Lightning, also known as Bolt or LIT, is an element in Final Fantasy. Lightning is an effective offensive element, as while fewer enemies are weak against it than Fire, far less enemies resist it than either other offensive element, making it a safe element to use in most battles. Additionally, as most Aquatic-type enemies are weak against Lightning, it excels in the Sunken Shrine and when traveling by sea or river. Defensively, Lightning resistance occupies a middle ground between Fire and Ice in terms of how commonly enemies can inflict Lightning damage.
Content in italics is exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and/or 20th Anniversary releases.
Abilities[]
Spells[]
| Name | Description | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Dispel | (Non-elemental) Attempts to remove all elemental resistances and status immunities from one target.[note 1][note 2] | White Wizard Dark Fighter, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Death Knight, Reaper |
| NulAll | (Non-elemental) Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to all elements to all allies.[note 3] | White Wizard Dark Fighter, Gilgamesh |
| NulShock | (Non-elemental) Grants resistance to Lightning to all allies. | Knight, Red Mage, Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard |
| Thundaga | Inflicts Lightning damage on all enemies. | Red Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard Chaos, Chronodia (#200/202/203), Dark Wizard |
| Thundara | Inflicts Lightning damage on all enemies. | Ninja, Red Mage, Red Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard Astos, Evil Eye, Kraken (#126), Lich (#49), Tiamat (#127), Vampire Lord, Water Naga |
| Thunder | Inflicts Lightning damage on one enemy. | Ninja, Red Mage, Red Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard Rakshasa, Spirit Naga, Water Naga |
Enemy abilities[]
| Name | Description | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder | Inflicts Lightning damage on one enemy.[note 1] | Scarmiglione (#133) |
| Thunderbolt | Inflicts Lightning damage on all enemies. | Ahriman, Blue Dragon, Cerberus, Chronodia (#200/202/203), Shinryu, Tiamat, Yamatano Orochi, Yellow Dragon |
Status-inflicting attacks[]
Due to a bug in the original release, the element(s) of status-inflicting regular attacks became those that the user was weak against instead of the element normally associated with the status. The status-inflicting attacks below became Lightning-elemental as a result of this bug. This bug was fixed in subsequent releases, and no enemies have Lightning-elemental attacks.
| Status | Users |
|---|---|
| Paralysis | Guardian |
| Poison | Ochu, Sea Scorpion, Water Naga |
Equipment[]
| Equipment | Type | Description | Equipable by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excalibur | Weapon | Deals damage from all elements and is effective against all enemy types. | Knight |
| Thor's Hammer | Weapon | Casts Thundara when used as an item. | Knight, Ninja, White Wizard |
| Diamond Armor | Armor | Grants Lightning resistance. | Knight |
| Dragon Mail | Armor | Grants Fire, Ice, and Lightning resistance. | Knight |
| Diamond Shield | Shield | Grants Lightning resistance. | Knight |
| Hero's Shield | Shield | Grants resistance to all elements. | Knight, Ninja |
| Ribbon | Helmet | Grants resistance to all elements and immunity to all status effects.[note 1] | Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, White Mage, White Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard, Red Mage, Red Wizard |
| Gauntlets | Gloves | Casts Thundara when used as an item. | Knight, Ninja, Red Wizard |
| Blue Curtain | Item | Casts NulShock when used. | |
| Blue Fang | Item | Casts Thundara when used. |
- ↑ Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to pixel remaster.