Lightning is an element in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. It is one of three basic elements, alongside fire and ice. The player can use various lightning-elemental physical attacks via command materia and spells via magic materia, as well as attach the element to Zack's normal attacks with Elemental Strike and accessories. Lightning has a fourth tier spell that fire and ice lineages of spells lack: Electrocute. The player can protect against lightning damage with materia setups and accessories.
Abilities[]
| Ability | Thundaga Blade, Thundara Blade, Thunder Blade |
|---|---|
| Accessory | Element Blade, Force of Nature, Lightning Ring |
| Spell | Dark Thundaga, Dark Thundara, Dark Thunder, Electrocute, Hell Thundaga, Thundaga, Thundara, Thunder, Tri-Thundaga |
| Materia | Elemental Strike imbues physical attacks with elemental attributes of other equipped materia. |
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Blitz | Inflicts Lightning-elemental damage. | G General |
| Discharge | Inflicts Lightning-elemental damage. | Bee Saucer I, Metal Saucer I |
| Electrocute | Inflicts Lightning-elemental magic damage that can hit up to 3 times. | Experiment No. 119, G Antenora, Scissor Chitin |
| EM Field | Inflicts up to 5 hits of Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Guard Scorpion, Guard Spider |
| Lightning Bolt | Inflicts 1-5 hits of Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Bahamut |
| One Million Volts | Inflicts multiple hits of Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Experiment No. 111, Simurgh |
| Power Discharge... | Inflicts 3 hits of Lightning-elemental damage. | Bee Saucer III |
| Thundaga | Inflicts Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Ahriman, Evil Eye, Evilgoyle, Experiment No. 121, G Eliminator, Gargoyle, Thunder Materia, Thunderbird, Yellow Materia |
| Thundara | Inflicts Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Experiment No. 121, G Battler, G Commando, Needle Kiss, Thunder Materia |
| Thunder | Inflicts Lightning-elemental magic damage. | Experiment No. 121, Fly Eye, Raijincho, Thunder Materia |
| Thunder of Envy | Inflicts Lightning-elemental damage. Used if Zack stays behind user for too long. | Angeal Penance |
| Tri-Thundaga | Inflicts up to 3 hits of Lightning-elemental magic damage. | G Regicide, G Eliminator, G Regicide, Garuda, Iron Claw, Scissor Chitin, Scissor Claw, Simurgh |
Protection[]
| Accessories | Bolt Armlet (Absorbs), Dragon Armlet (Halves), Escort Guard (Nullifies), Force of Nature (Absorbs), Lightning Armlet (Halves), Thunder Armlet (Nullifies), Wizard Bracelet (Absorbs), Genji Shield (Absorbs) |
|---|---|
| Materia | Elemental Ward defends against elemental attributes of other equipped materia based on level: Level 1 - 25% resistance Level 2 - 50% resistance Level 3 - 100% resistance Level 4 - 50% absorption Level 5 - 100% absorption. |
| Status | Null Physical (protects from physical lightning abilities), Null Magic (protects from magical lightning abilities), Invincible |
Enemies[]
| Weak | Blizzard Materia, Blue Materia, Experiment No. 88, Flying Machine, Heli Gunner, Needle Kiss, Raijincho, Sky Armor, Sky Gunner, Spitfire, Guard Spider |
|---|---|
| Halves | Alert Head, Diceratops, Dual Horn, Experiment No. 124, Grand Horn, Green Materia, Griffon, Gun Bull Head, Gun Bull Head+, Hippogriff, Support Materia, Tycoon, Wyerd, Bahamut (Mission), Bahamut Fury (Shinra HQ), Hollander, Minerva |
| Nullifies | Advanced Head, Cannon Head, Cerberus, Escort Head, Fire Materia, Hauser Head, Nisumbha, Power Head, Proto Cannon Head, Proto Power Head, [[Red Materia (enemy)|Red Materia], Bahamut Fury (Mission) |
| Absorbs | Garuda, Jatayu, Needle Kiss, Raijincho, Sahagin Chief, Sahagin Prince, Simurgh, Thunder Materia, Thunderbird, Water Warrior, Yellow Materia |