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FFI PSP Thunderbolt — Cerberus casts Thunderbolt in *Final Fantasy*.

Lightning (雷撃? or らいげき, Raigeki?, lit. Lightning Attack), sometimes called Thunderbolt, Thunder, Lit Flash, or Shock, is a recurring enemy ability in the series. It deals moderate Lightning-elemental damage to the party, and is commonly used by bosses.

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Appearances

Final Fantasy

Template:Sideicon Thunderbolt, originally called Thunder, inflicts moderate to massive Lightning-elemental damage to the party, and is used by Shinryu, Cerberus, Tiamat, and Blue Dragon.

Final Fantasy II

Template:Sideicon Lightning inflicts Lightning-elemental damage to the party, and is mostly used by the powerful Lightning-elemental enemies such as Blue Dragon and Tiamat. Phrekyos can also use it if the player challenges him after learning 11 or more of the plot's Key Terms.

Final Fantasy III

Template:Sideicon Thunder inflicts moderate Lightning-elemental damage to the party, and is used by, most famously, the Garuda, as well as Cerberus, Ahriman, the left Tentacle of Cloud of Darkness in the Nintendo DS version, Thor, Chimera Mage, and Haokah.

Final Fantasy IV

Template:Sideicon Lightning, originally called Thunder, inflicts moderate Lightning-elemental damage and can target one or more characters. It is used by Tyrannosaurus, Ramuh, Lunar Ramuh, Barbariccia, Zeromus EG, and Geryon.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Template:Sideicon Lightning retains its same properties as from the previous game, and is used by Ramuh and Yellow Dragon. Thunderbolt is used by Ramuh and does damage equal to half of the target's max HP.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Template:Sideicon Shock is a Ninjutsu ability, used by Edge and Zangetsu at the cost of 7 MP. It inflicts Lightning-elemental damage to all enemies.

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Final Fantasy V

Template:Sideicon Lightning is an enemy ability used by several enemies and bosses, including Bahamut, Ramuh, and Hydra. It inflicts major Lightning-elemental damage to the party equivalent to 1/4th of their maximum HP. The player may utilize this ability by catching and releasing a Hydra or Yellow Dragon.

Final Fantasy VI

Template:Sideicon Lightning is an enemy ability used by Apparition, which deals medium physical damage. This is one of the few instances in which Lightning isn't Lightning-elemental.

Final Fantasy VII

Template:Sideicon Lightning is an enemy ability used by the Thunderbird, which inflicts moderate Lightning-elemental damage to the entire party.

Final Fantasy XIV

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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Template:Sideicon Lightning is an enemy-exclusive ability that inflicts minor to moderate Lightning elemental damage to one target, and is used by Asp, Mutadragon, Nidhogg, and Zahak.

Vagrant Story

Template:Sideicon Lightning Bolt is an Air elemental spell which affects one body part. It is used by Ghost, Zombie Mage, Dark Eye, Imp, Crimson Blade, Djinn, Air Elemental, and Shadow.

Final Fantasy Legend II

Template:Sideicon Lightng is a magical attack that has 15 uses, it also increases a Robot's HP by 9. The damage formula for Lightng is the user's Mana x5. The ability target's all enemies, and deals Thunder-elemental damage. This attack can be used by FengLung, Sei-Ryu, Wyrm, Minion, Odin, and TianLung.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

Template:Sideicon Lightning is used by the second and third forms of Chaos. When the ability is used it causes a sphere of dark lightning to attack all members of the opposing party, inflicting moderate Light-elemental damage.

Final Fantasy Dimensions

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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between that cloud and another cloud (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning).

[view · edit · purge]A thunderbolt or lightning bolt is a symbolic representation of lightning when accompanied by a loud thunderclap.

[view · edit · purge]Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending on the distance and nature of the lightning, thunder can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide).

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