Lightning Element - Final Fantasy II (Famicom)

Lightning

Elemental Weapons Excalibur, Thunder Spear

Resistant Shields Diamond Shield, Dragon Shield

Resistant Armor Black Robe, Diamond Armor, Diamond Gloves, Diamond Helm, Dragon Armor, Gold Hairpin, Ribbon

Of the three basic Elements, Lightning is generally the least useful. It's mostly useful against sea creatures, although it is also useful against Bomb-type enemies (but so is Fire). It's nonetheless worth leveling for the few enemies it does work well against, but it's not a high priority.

Compare Lightning to other Elements

Weapons & Shields: Lightning-Elemental – 2 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to 1/4 of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from 1/4 to 1/2 of the wielder's strength score Attack	The accuracy bonus of the weapon; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine physical attack accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons have a chance to inflict a status ailment with each hit; a weapon with the Drain HP ability drains 1/16 of the target's maximum hp in addition to its normal damage on each hit, but this effect is reversed against undead; the Healing ability means that the attack value of the weapon is ignored except against undead, and the target is healed for 30–60 hit points per hit; the Ripper ability appears to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied and the ability has no actual effect Effect	Weapons and shields grant a bonus to evasion equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the item type Evasion	When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); there is no penalty for using a weapon against a monster that resists or absorbs any of its elemental properties; shields instead grant resistance to the listed elements Elements	When used against a monster of any of the listed families, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Effective Against	Most weapons and shields incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in combat Break	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value
(Polearm)Thunder Spear	78	+67%	-	+1%	Lightning	-	40%	Thunderbolt 16	No	-	15,000 gil
(Sword)Excalibur	100	+75%	-	+1%	All elements	Giant, Spellcaster, Dragon, Werebeast, Undead	30%	-	-	-	65,000 gil

Weapons & Shields: Resistant to Lightning – 2 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to 1/4 of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from 1/4 to 1/2 of the wielder's strength score Attack	The accuracy bonus of the weapon; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine physical attack accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons have a chance to inflict a status ailment with each hit; a weapon with the Drain HP ability drains 1/16 of the target's maximum hp in addition to its normal damage on each hit, but this effect is reversed against undead; the Healing ability means that the attack value of the weapon is ignored except against undead, and the target is healed for 30–60 hit points per hit; the Ripper ability appears to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied and the ability has no actual effect Effect	Weapons and shields grant a bonus to evasion equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the item type Evasion	When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); there is no penalty for using a weapon against a monster that resists or absorbs any of its elemental properties; shields instead grant resistance to the listed elements Elements	When used against a monster of any of the listed families, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Effective Against	Most weapons and shields incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in combat Break	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value
(Shield)Diamond Shield	4	+0%	-	+7%	Lightning	-	70%	-	-	-	4,000 gil
(Shield)Dragon Shield	5	+0%	-	+9%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	-	70%	-	-	-	7,500 gil

Armor: Resistant to Lightning – 7 shown

Rare armors can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique armors can only be found as treasure; ultimate armors are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The slot where this armor is equipped Type	Each physical hit you take will have its damage reduced by this amount; the defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Defense	Most types of armor incur a penalty to the wearer's evasion rate based on how heavy the armor is; multiple penalties are cumulative Evade	Some armor grants a bonus to the wearer's magic defense rate; multiple bonuses are cumulative Mag. Def.	Any elemental resistances this armor provides; resistance to an element causes the wearer to fully resist all spells or abilities of that element, and further reducing damage by half Resistance	Some armor grants a bonus to a single statistic; multiple bonuses to the same statistic are not cumulative, though bonuses to different statistics are Bonus	Most types of armor incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer based on how heavy the armor is; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The cost to buy this armor in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this armor in a shop Value
Diamond Helm	Head	17	−18%	+5%	Lightning	-	34%	-	2,500 gil
Gold Hairpin	Head	11	-	+10%	Lightning	Agility +10	2%	-	300 gil
Ribbon	Head	10	-	+21%	All elements	-	-	-	5,000 gil
Diamond Armor	Body	43	−47%	+5%	Lightning	-	86%	-	10,000 gil
Dragon Armor	Body	50	−54%	+5%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	-	50%	-	32,500 gil
Black Robe	Body	35	−5%	+21%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	Intelligence +10	-	-	2,500 gil
Diamond Gloves	Arms	25	−27%	+5%	Lightning	-	100%	-	4,000 gil

Spells: Lightning-elemental – 2 shown

Rare spell tomes can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique spell tomes that only be found as treasure; special abilities are used by monsters or triggered by items, and cannot be learned from tomes; bugged spells have either no effect or a much lesser effect than intended, and may not be worth learning or leveling up Name	Whether this spell is black magic, white magic, or a special ability; characters cannot learn to cast special abilities Type	For damaging or healing spells, each spell success causes or heals between one and two times this amount of damage; non-damaging spells heal targets that absorb their element based on the spell's listed power Power	When cast by a character, the spell grants a bonus to accuracy; spells or abilities used by monsters or created by items use a preset base accuracy value instead of the usual spell accuracy Accuracy	The status ailments inflicted or cured if the spell is successful, if any; if a number is shown, the spell requires that number of successes to cure the listed status ailment Status	The elemental nature of the spell; weakness to the element causes the spell to have perfect success, and doubles the damage dealt; resistance to the element causes the spell to have minimal effects, and halves damage; if the target absorbs the element, the spell is treated like the Cure spell and other effects are ignored Element	The cost to buy this spell's tome in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this spell's tome in a shop Value	When used as an item in combat, spell tomes cast their spell at a high level, but are lost in the process; view individual spell pages for the base accuracy and targets of the tome's combat effect Tome Effect
Thunder	Black	10	+0%	-	Lightning	400 gil	100 gil	Thunder 8
Thunderbolt	Special	20	+50%	-	Lightning	-	-	-

Monsters: Weak against Lightning – 12 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Killer Fish	3	100	-	25	2×65%	-	17	1×30%	2×50%	−70%	65 gil	Aquatic	Lightning	Fire, Poison
Sea Snake	4	300	-	40	3×75%	Poison	40	1×40%	3×50%	−70%	120 gil	Aquatic	Lightning	Fire, Poison
Sea Dragon	5	870	80	70	5×80%	-	60	1×60%	4×40%	−110%	510 gil	Aquatic	Lightning	Fire, Poison
Manta Ray	5	870	-	70	5×80%	-	60	1×60%	4×40%	−110%	510 gil	Aquatic	Lightning	Fire, Poison
Malboro	5	750	-	50	5×80%	Paralysis	50	1×60%	4×40%	−100%	460 gil	Aquatic	Lightning	Fire, Poison
Red Mousse	3	100	45	25	2×65%	Poison	210	0×0%	2×50%	−70%	120 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Lightning	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Poison, Ice
Balloon	1	20	10	9	1×50%	-	0	0×0%	1×50%	−20%	8 gil	Magic Beast	Fire, Lightning	Mind, Body
Grenade	2	60	10	25	1×65%	-	17	0×0%	2×50%	−20%	16 gil	Magic Beast	Fire, Lightning	Mind, Body
Mine	3	190	30	35	2×70%	-	25	0×0%	3×40%	−50%	65 gil	Magic Beast	Fire, Lightning	Mind, Body
Bomb	5	640	140	60	5×80%	-	50	0×0%	4×40%	−110%	400 gil	Magic Beast	Fire, Lightning	Mind, Body
Green Dragon	7	3,000	190	150	7×100%	-	150	1×75%	8×40%	−170%	3,805 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	Lightning	Poison
Iron Giant	7	3,500	240	180	12×100%	-	180	0×0%	14×100%	−170%	10,550 gil	Spellcaster	Lightning, Ice	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire

Monsters: Resistant to Lightning – 16 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Adamantoise	5	450	-	50	2×75%	-	60	0×0%	1×50%	−70%	475 gil	Earth, Dragon	Ice	Lightning, Poison
Land Turtle	3	140	-	35	2×65%	-	35	0×0%	2×50%	−50%	78 gil	Earth, Dragon	Ice	Lightning, Poison
Shadow	2	45	-	17	1×60%	Darkness	9	1×20%	2×40%	−20%	32 gil	Undead	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning
Antlion	5	370	-	50	3×75%	Paralysis	40	1×50%	3×50%	−85%	300 gil	Earth	Poison, Ice	Fire, Lightning
Beast Demon	7	1,000	140	70	6×80%	Poison	60	1×75%	6×60%	−170%	2,000 gil	Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Imp	5	300	100	35	4×70%	Poison	35	1×50%	3×100%	−110%	640 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Malboro Terra	6	1,000	-	60	7×80%	Multiple	60	1×65%	6×30%	−120%	1,850 gil	Earth	-	Lightning, Poison
Hecteyes	6	1,140	300	85	7×90%	KO	70	1×70%	5×70%	−166%	1,800 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Yellow Jelly	2	45	6	17	1×60%	Poison	210	0×0%	2×40%	−20%	8 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Fire, Ice	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison
Black Flan	5	370	80	40	4×80%	Poison	210	0×0%	3×50%	−100%	400 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Vampire Girl	5	540	100	40	5×80%	Drain	50	1×60%	4×40%	−120%	640 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster, Undead	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Vampire Lady	6	1,140	140	85	6×85%	Drain	85	1×70%	6×30%	−153%	2,345 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster, Undead	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Imperial Shadow	7	3,000	240	120	8×100%	Curse	120	1×80%	8×30%	−170%	-	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster, Undead	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Stone Golem	7	1,800	240	120	7×95%	-	150	1×50%	14×100%	−170%	830 gil	Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Ice
Astaroth	7	7,000	540	150	8×100%	Drain	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	6,775 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Emperor	-	10,000	540	180	8×100%	Drain	210	1×80%	16×70%	−170%	-	Magic Beast, Earth	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice

Monsters: Which Absorb Lightning – 7 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Bolt Fish	5	540	80	60	4×80%	-	50	1×50%	4×40%	−110%	510 gil	Aquatic	-	Fire, Lightning, Poison
Red Soul	5	540	30	35	1×80%	-	40	1×60%	4×40%	−85%	32 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Green Soul	4	6	60	25	1×70%	-	17	1×40%	3×40%	10%	200 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Yellow Soul	4	20	80	35	1×70%	-	25	1×40%	3×40%	10%	200 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Thunder Gigas	7	2,500	370	150	8×95%	-	150	1×60%	4×50%	−130%	2,620 gil	Giant	Poison	Lightning
Blue Dragon	7	3,500	240	180	8×100%	-	150	1×75%	8×40%	−170%	12,275 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	Poison	Lightning
Tiamat	7	5,000	450	150	8×100%	Poison	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	10,325 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	-	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice

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