Lightning (Final Fantasy VI element)

Thundaga, the strongest Lightning-elemental spell.

Lightning is an element in Final Fantasy VI. Many mechanical enemies are weak to it.

See also: Lightning (element)

Abilities

Abilities	Plasma (Dance), Thunder Beam
Items	Lightning Scroll
Spells	Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga
Summons	Ramuh, Valigarmanda
Weapons	Thunder Blade, Thunder Rod

Enemy abilities

Ability	Description	Enemy
Diffractive Laser	Inflicts Lightning damage to the party.	Spitfire, Armored Weapon, Io, Air Force, Laser Gun, Guardian, Machine
Gigavolt	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target or the party.	Aspiran, Angler Whelk, Kaiser Dragon, Gold Dragon, Muud Suud, Vector Chimera, Inferno, Parasite, Anemone, Gorgimera, Crane (Left)
Lightning Scroll	Inflicts Lightning damage to the party.	Ninja, Samurai Soul, Covert
Magitek Laser	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target.	Magitek Armor, Heavy Armor, Proto Armor, Mega Armor, Chaser, Sky Armor, Laser Gun, Pluto Armor, Machine, Guardian, Schmidt, Air Force, Satellite, Tunnel Armor
Megavolt	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target or the party.	Anemone, Belmodar, Delta Beetle, Ymir, Angler Whelk, Ultros (2nd), Rhizopas
Plasma	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target.	Chaser, InnoSent, Guardian, Gold Dragon (Dragons' Den), Kaiser Dragon
Thundaga	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target or the party.	Armodullahan, Chadarnook (Demon), Crane (Left), Goddess, Gold Dragon, Humbaba, Inferno, Joker, Shambling Corpse, Kefka (Final), Level 70 Magic, Level 80 Magic, Level 90 Magic, Cherry, Magic, Magic Master, Master Tonberry, Moebius, Soul Saver, Ultima Buster, Ultros (3rd), Wrexsoul, Kaiser Dragon, Zurvan, Vilia, Al Jabr
Thundara	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target or the party.	Chadarnook (Demon), Crane (Left), Crane (Right), Goddess, Gold Dragon, Inferno, Joker, Level 30 Magic, Magic Master, Moebius, Number 024, Humbaba, Veil Dancer, Misty
Thunder	Inflicts Lightning damage to one target or the party.	Gold Dragon, Humbaba, Kefka, Level 10 Magic, Number 024, Specter, Tunnel Armor, Crane (Left)
Wave Cannon	Inflicts Lightning damage to the party.	Io, Gamma, Demon, Kaiser Dragon, Omega Weapon, Air Force, Gold Dragon (Dragons' Den), Guardian

Protection

Armor	Cat-ear Hood (Resists), Dueling Mask (Resists), Force Armor (Resists), Force Shield (Resists), Minerva Bustier (Nulls), Paladin's Shield (Absorbs), Thunder Shield (Absorbs)
Relic	Berserker Ring (Nulls)

In addition, the Cursed Shield makes the user weak to Lightning attacks.

Enemies

Weak	Acrophies, Actinian, Anguiform, Apocrypha, Armodullahan, Armored Weapon, Belzecue, Brainpan, Cancer, Chaser, Creature, Death Machine, Devourer, Dragon, Dropper, Duel Armor, Exocite, Fortis, Gamma, Great Dragon, Heavy Armor, InnoSent, Io, Joker, Junk, Kamui, Level 40 Magic, Mega Armor, Metal Hitman, Murussu, Naude, Nautiloid, Ninja, Oceanus, Onion Dasher, Onion Knight, Opinicus Fish, Pluto Armor, Prometheus, Proto Armor, Satellite, Schmidt, Seaflower, Sergeant, Sky Armor, Spitfire, Sprinter, Tonberry, Trapper, Warlock, Wizard, Zurvan, Air Force, Bit, Blue Dragon, Crane (Right), Erebus (Bottom Right), Guardian, Inferno, Laser Gun, Machine, Magitek Armor, Missile Bay, Nelapa, Phantom Train, Rhizopas, Siegfried (Colosseum), Storm Dragon, Tunnel Armor, Ultros (Excluding final)
Nullifies	Zone Eater, Flame Eater, Ifrit, Nelapa, Shiva, Valigarmanda
Absorbs	Anemone, Belmodar, Destroyer, Great Malboro, Illuyankas, Spritzer, Angler Whelk, Chadarnook, Crane (Left), Erebus (Bottom Left), Goddess, Gold Dragon, Humbaba, Malboro Menace, Moebius, Neslug, Rahu, Tentacle (Upper Right), Ymir