Lightning is an element in Final Fantasy X-2, opposed to water. Many aquatic enemies are weak to it, but unlike in Final Fantasy X, machina enemies resist it or outright absorb it. The player gains various means of inflicting lightning damage via abilities from dresspheres, Garment Grids, and accessories.
Abilities[]
| Ability | Cait Thunder (Rikku's Mascot), Electric Whirl (Floral Fallal), Electroshock (Alchemist), Kogoro Shock (Yuna's Trainer), Levin (Full Throttle), Lightning Bolt (Alchemist), Lightning Fish (Rikku's Festivalist), Lightning Sandals (Yuna's Festivalist), Magic Reels (Thundara), Rolling Thunder (Alchemist), Thunderblast (Alchemist), Thunderbolt (Alchemist), Thunder Blade (Warrior) |
|---|---|
| Accessory | Electrocutioner (adds Lightningstrike to Attack), Force of Nature (adds Omnistrike), Lightning Gleam (adds Lightningstrike to Attack) |
| Garment Grid | Tetra Master (Tetrastrike in effect), Thunder Spawn (yellow gate to activate Lightningstrike) |
| Item | Electro Marble, Lightning Gem, Lightning Marble |
| Spell | Thunder & Thundara & Thundaga (Black Mage) |
| Support ability | Lightningstrike, Omnistrike, Tetrastrike |
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Breath | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to the party. | Bolt Drake |
| Electrocute | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. | Machina Soldier |
| Electro Marble | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. Only used if Confused. | Rikku |
| Fulmen Command | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to the party. | Tria |
| Lightning Gem | Inflicts 6 hits of lightning-elemental damage to random targets. | Lucil |
| Lightning Marble | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. | Rikku, Ruffian |
| T.Thunder | Deals eight lightning-elemental attacks against random party members. | Lulu (Fiend Arena), Violet Goon (Fiend Arena) |
| Thundaga | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. | Aka Manah, Anything Eater, Aranea (Oversoul), Arast, Black Elemental (Oversoul), Cactuar (Oversoul), Concherer (Oversoul), Daeva, Dark Elemental, Deep Haizhe (Oversoul), Drowsy Ochu (Oversoul), Elder Zurvan, Flailing Ochu (Oversoul), Flan Azabache (Oversoul), Gemini (Oversoul), Gigas (Oversoul), Great Haunt, Grim Gaze (Oversoul), Gug (Oversoul), Haizhe (Oversoul), Hug Bug (Oversoul), Humbaba, Insect Matriarch, Ironside (Oversoul), Jumbo Cactuar (Oversoul), Lich, Mindy, Node A, Node B, Node C, Paragon (Oversoul), Protean Gel (Oversoul), Queen Coeurl, Rhyos, Stalwart (Oversoul), Taromaiti, Tria, Vertigo (Fiend Arena), Watcher-R, Wight, Zarich |
| Thundara | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. | Amorphous Gel, Behemoth, Chocobo Eater, Coeurl (Oversoul), Deep Haizhe (Oversoul), Drowsy Ochu (Oversoul), Elma (Chapter 5), Fem-Goon, Flan Amarillo (Oversoul), Fly Eye (Oversoul), Great Haunt, Haizhe (Oversoul), Haunt, Hrimthurs (Oversoul), Hug Bug, Humbaba, Iron Giant (Oversoul), Ironside (Oversoul), Ixion, Jahi, Jumbo Cactuar (Oversoul), League Mage, League Master, Leblanc (Final), Pairika, Protochimera, Rhyos, Stalwart (Oversoul), Varan, Vertigo (Oversoul), Watcher-R, Zarich, Zurvan |
| Thunder | Inflicts lightning-elemental damage to one target. | ????, Ahriman (Oversoul), Coeurl, Deep Haizhe (Oversoul), Elma, Fem-Goon, Flan Amarillo, Gold Elemental, Haizhe (Oversoul), Ironside (Oversoul), Leblanc (Luca), Ochu (Oversoul), Precepts Guard (Oversoul), Stalwart (Oversoul), Watcher-R, Yellow Elemental |
Protection[]
Eater abilities absorb elemental damage as healing, proof abilities nullify respective elemental damage, and ward abilities half respective elemental damage. Omnistrike both adds all elements to Attack, and absorbs all elements.
| Accessory | Force of Nature (Tetra Eater), NulShock Ring (Lightningproof), Ochre Ring (Lightning Eater), Short Circuit (Ltg./Water Eater), Tetra Band (Tetra Ward), Tetra Bracelet (Tetra Eater), Tetra Guard (Tetraproof), Yellow Ring (Lightning Ward) |
|---|---|
| Enemy ability | Absorb Lightning, Barrier Shift, Immune to Lightning |
| Garment Grid | Tetra Master (yellow gate to activate Lightning Water), Thunder Spawn (Lightning Eater active) |
| Support ability | Ltg./Water Eater, Lightning Eater, Lightning Ward, Lightningproof, Omnistrike, Tetra Eater, Tetra Ward, Tetraproof |
Enemies[]
| Weak | Barbuta, Blue Elemental, Deep Haizhe, Dinictus, Elder Drake, Flan Azul, Haizhe |
|---|---|
| Halves | Bully Cap, Dolmen, Flan Blanco, Flan Palido, Flan Rojo, Sahagin, Sahagin Chief, Sahagin Prince, Tomb, Xiphactinus, YAC-13, YAC-62, Experiment, Guardian Beast, Zarich |
| Nullifies | Arast, Dark Elemental, Elder Zurvan, Epitaph, Flan Azabache, Insect Matriarch, Monolith, Protochimera, Red Elemental, Rhyos, White Elemental, Buddy, Anima |
| Absorbs | Assault Machina, Behemoth, Bolt Drake, Claret Dragon, Flan Amarillo, Gold Elemental, Guard Machina, Hug Bug, Jahi, Killer Machina, Machina Leader, Machina Ranger, Machina Soldier, Machina Striker, Pairika, Pop Fry, Scout Machina, Taromaiti, Watcher-A, Watcher-R, Watcher-S, Yellow Elemental, Brother, Lulu, Seymour, Chac, Humbaba, Ixion, Machina Panzer |
| Varies | Amorphous Gel, Great Haunt, Haunt, Lich, Protean Gel, Wight |