Lightning Element - Final Fantasy IV (PlayStation) - Guides

Weapons: Lightning-Elemental – 3 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won or stolen from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure or as rare monster drops; forbidden weapons are powerful items found in the Lunar Subterrane; exceptional weapons are found only as rare monster drops Name	The specific type of weapon this is; this has no special in-game meaning Type	The higher a weapon's power, the more damage physical attacks made with it deal Power	A weapon's base accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons grant a bonus or penalty to one or more statistics; bonuses are listed in green, while penalties are listed in red Bonuses	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value	The spell cast when this weapon is used as an item in combat; unlike items, weapons are not consumed when used to cast spells Spell	The status ailment that may be inflicted by hits with this weapon Status	The elemental nature of this weapon; targets that are weak to this element take extra damage, while targets that resist or absorb this element take reduced damage Elements	When used against monsters of any of the listed families, this weapon does increased damage Families	The characters which are capable of using this weapon Equipped By
Bolt Claw	Claw	0	80%	-	550 gil	275 gil	-	-	Lightning	Mech	Edg, Ya
Thunder Rod	Rod	10	50%	Wis +3	700 gil	350 gil	Bolt1	-	Lightning	-	cRy, Fu, Pa, Ry, Te
Blitz Whip	Whip	40	60%	-	10,000 gil	5,000 gil	-	Paralyze	Lightning	-	cRy, Ry

Armor: Resistant to Lightning – 15 shown

Rare armors can only be found as treasure or won or stolen from monsters; unique armors can only be found as treasure or as rare monster drops; forbidden armors are powerful items found in the Lunar Subterrane; exceptional armors are found only as rare monster drops Name	The slot where this armor is equipped Type	Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit; the defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Defense	All shields and some types of armor grant a bonus to the wearer's evasion, while other armor incurs a penalty to evasion; the evasion adjustments of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Evasion	Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks; the magic defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Mag. Def.	Most types of armor grant a bonus to the wearer's magic evasion; the magic evasion bonus of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Mag. Eva.	Some types of armor grant a bonus or penalty to one or more statistics; bonuses are listed in green, while penalties are listed in red Stat Modifications	The cost to buy this armor in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this armor in a shop Value	The wearer becomes immune to all of the listed status ailments while using this armor Status Immunity	The wearer takes reduced damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements Resistance	The characters who are capable of using this armor Equipped By
Diamond Shield	Shield	4	+32%	2	+3%	-	15,000 gil	7,500 gil	-	Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Dragon Shield	Shield	6	+38%	3	+5%	-	-	5 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Diamond Helm	Helm	9	−10%	2	+2%	-	10,000 gil	5,000 gil	-	Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Dragon Helm	Helm	11	−10%	7	+4%	-	-	5 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Crystal Helm	Helm	12	−10%	8	+5%	Will +3	-	5 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce
Tiara	Helm	7	-	10	+9%	Wis +10	20,000 gil	10,000 gil	-	Lightning	cRy, Po, Ro, Ry
Ice Armor	Armor	17	−10%	4	+2%	-	35,000 gil	17,500 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Diamond Armor	Armor	19	−10%	4	+2%	-	40,000 gil	20,000 gil	-	Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Dragon Armor	Armor	23	−10%	8	+5%	-	-	5 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Sorcerer Robe	Armor	12	-	9	+9%	Wis +5, Will +5	30,000 gil	15,000 gil	-	Lightning	Ce, cRy, Fu, Pa, Po, Ro, Ry, Te
Adamant Armor	Armor	100	+99%	20	+12%	Str +15, Agil +15, Vit +15, Wis +15, Will +15	-	5 gil	All status ailments	Fire, Ice, Lightning	All characters except CDK
Diamond Gloves	Gloves	7	−10%	3	+3%	-	5,000 gil	2,500 gil	-	Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Dragon Gloves	Gloves	9	−10%	6	+3%	-	-	5 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Ce, Ci, Ka
Gold Ring	Gloves	6	-	8	+6%	-	4,000 gil	2,000 gil	-	Lightning	cRy, Edg, Edw, Fu, Pa, Po, Ro, Ry, Te, Ya
Protect Ring	Gloves	10	+5%	12	+10%	Vit +15	-	3,000 gil	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	All characters except CDK

Spells: Lightning-elemental – 6 shown

Plot spells are learned as part of the plot rather than at a specific level; ultimate spells are learned at very high levels; quest spells are learned by completing sidequests; hidden spells are earned by finding rare monster drops; item effects power items and cannot be learned Name	The type of spell this is; twin spells are the result of using Palom and Porom's Twin battle command; special spells are the effects and abilities created by items or monsters Type	The number of magic points required to cast this spell MP	The effect of damaging or healing spells is increased with a high power; characters add a bonus to the spell power of damaging spells based on intelligence for black magic or mind for white magic Power	The base accuracy of the spell; characters add a bonus to accuracy based on intelligence for black magic or mind for white magic Accuracy	The targets that this spell can be used on; spells that target 'all' cannot be retargeted, and deal full damage to each target; spells that have a target of 'one/all' are less effective against each target if used to target a group Target	The status effect this spell causes on a successful casting Status	The elemental nature of this spell; targets that are weak to this element take extra damage, while targets that resist this element take reduced damage; targets that absorb this element gain hit points based on the usual damage dealt Element	The characters which can learn this spell; the level at which the spell is learned is shown on individual character pages Learned By
Bolt1	Black	5	8	100%	One/All	-	Lightning	cRy, Fu, Pa, Ry, Te
Bolt2	Black	15	32	100%	One/All	-	Lightning	Fu, Pa, Ry, Te
Bolt3	Black	30	128	100%	One/All	-	Lightning	cRy, Fu, Pa, Ry, Te
Ramuh	Summon	30	40	100%	All Enemies	-	Lightning	Ry
Blitz	Ninja	25	80	100%	All Enemies	-	Lightning	Edg
LitStorm	Special	-	-	-	-	-	Lightning	-

Monsters: Weak against Lightning – 15 shown

Minibosses appear as treasure guardians or are otherwise especially powerful monsters; bosses are unique monsters that are defeated as part of the plot; lunar guardians are powerful monsters guarding forbidden weapons; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; special monsters are not fought in standard battles Name	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster Gil	The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members) Exp	Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack Att	Magic determines how powerful the monster's spells and special abilities are Magic	Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit Def	Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks Mag. Def.	Some weapons are especially effective against certain monster families Family	The monster takes extra damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements Weakness	Monsters that resist an element take reduced damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed by spells instead of taking damage (elemental weapon attacks are resisted instead of absorbed); individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs	The monster is vulnerable to status ailments listed in white, and immune to those listed in red; the status ailments are Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Mini, Toad, Petrify, KO, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Paralyze, Curse, and Gradual Petrification Status Vulnerability
EvilShel	58	28 gil	101	11	-	1	8	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
WaterHag	64	38 gil	136	18	-	2	7	Reptile	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Pike	65	30 gil	119	11	-	1	7	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
WaterBug	125	79 gil	225	16	-	3	11	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Cream	55	33 gil	144	16	-	254	12	Pudding	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Piranha	180	145 gil	430	30	-	3	10	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Hydra	257	209 gil	670	44	-	2	14	Reptile	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
FangShel	380	262 gil	1,030	42	-	2	19	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
AquaWorm	638	219 gil	690	42	-	0	22	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Tricker	12,000	10,700 gil	20,000	174	143	3	0	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Octomamm	2,350	500 gil	1,200	22	-	0	25	-	Darkness, Lightning	Holy	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Cagnazzo	5,312	4,000 gil	5,500	44	29	2	48	-	Ice, Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Elements (Cagnazzo)	30,000	2,500 gil	15,625	128	?	3	?	-	Lightning	Fire, Holy, Ice	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Odin	20,001	-	18,000	116	95	5	38	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Leviatan	50,001	-	28,000	174	34	5	54	-	Lightning	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP

Monsters: Which Absorb Lightning – 14 shown

Minibosses appear as treasure guardians or are otherwise especially powerful monsters; bosses are unique monsters that are defeated as part of the plot; lunar guardians are powerful monsters guarding forbidden weapons; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; special monsters are not fought in standard battles Name	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster Gil	The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members) Exp	Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack Att	Magic determines how powerful the monster's spells and special abilities are Magic	Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit Def	Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks Mag. Def.	Some weapons are especially effective against certain monster families Family	The monster takes extra damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements Weakness	Monsters that resist an element take reduced damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed by spells instead of taking damage (elemental weapon attacks are resisted instead of absorbed); individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs	The monster is vulnerable to status ailments listed in white, and immune to those listed in red; the status ailments are Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Mini, Toad, Petrify, KO, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Paralyze, Curse, and Gradual Petrification Status Vulnerability
ElecFish	284	214 gil	640	40	-	2	13	-	Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
VampGirl	270	195 gil	810	38	21	2	15	Undead	Fire, Holy	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Cave Bat	334	151 gil	598	42	-	3	12	-	Holy, Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Chimera	700	228 gil	1,708	80	-	3	18	-	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Grudger	1,400	149 gil	2,459	76	-	4	22	-	Holy	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
GiantBat	439	262 gil	1,977	56	-	3	16	-	Fire, Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Clapper	7,600	900 gil	7,777	124	-	4	254	Dragon	Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Were Bat	1,014	255 gil	2,306	94	-	3	25	-	Fire, Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Yellow D	3,100	1,500 gil	28,000	108	-	4	37	Dragon	-	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Mantcore	3,400	1,200 gil	28,000	114	-	3	38	-	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Blue D.	15,000	40,200 gil	36,000	144	-	4	47	Dragon	-	All elements	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Elements (Milon Z.)	25,000	2,500 gil	15,625	132	?	3	?	Undead	Fire, Holy	Ice, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Elements (Rubicant)	25,000	2,500 gil	15,625	132	?	3	?	-	Ice	Fire, Holy, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
White D.	32,700	-	55,000	156	31	5	48	Dragon	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP