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Lightning
- Not to be confused with Thunder.
Lightning (Japanese: ライトニング Lightning), known as Light (Japanese: ライト Light) in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, is a light magic tome which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. In all of its appearances as a light magic tome, it is the the most basic light tome. In most appearances as a light tome, it is the light equivalent to Fire, Thunder, Wind, and Flux, statistically, functioning similarly to the Bronze or Iron Swords, possessing low might and weight relative to higher hit compared to its counterpart tomes. In Genealogy of the Holy War, however, it is closer to being a counterpart to Elfire stat-wise, and in Thracia 776 it is not a direct counterpart to other tomes, but it has a high critical rate.
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In Fates and Engage, Lightning functions differently. It is an uncategorized tome, and it is a brave weapon, allowing its user to strike twice as many times as they normally would when they initiate an attack, but in exchange it has very low might and inflicts temporary stat reductions on its user after its use in its Fates iteration.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Genealogy of the Holy War | C | 14 | 5 | 90 | -- | 1–2 | 50 | 5,000 | -- | -- | |
Thracia 776 | E | 9 | 6 | 75 | 20 | 1–2 | 20 | 3,200 | 1 | -- | |
The Binding Blade | E | 5 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 1–2 | 30 | 540 | 1 | -- | |
The Blazing Blade | E | 4 | 6 | 95 | 5 | 1–2 | 35 | 630 | 1 | -- | |
The Sacred Stones | E | 4 | 6 | 95 | 5 | 1–2 | 35 | 630 | 1 | -- | |
Path of Radiance | D | 2 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 1–2 | 40 | 800 | 1 | -- | |
Radiant Dawn | E | 3 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 1–2 | 40 | 960 | 1 | -- | |
Fates | C | 1 | -- | 75 | 0 | 1–2 | -- | 3,400 | 1 | If user initiates combat, strikes twice consecutively. If user attacked, inflicts stacking -2 magic and skill debuff on the user after combat. Sells for 1,150 gold. | |
Engage | |
D | 3 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 1–2 | -- | 100 | -- | If user initiates combat, strikes twice consecutively. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
Game | Icon | Type | Might | Range | SP cost | Refine cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
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Heroes |
4 | 2 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | ✓ | -- |
Locations
Genealogy of the Holy War
Inventory | Second Generation: Ced • Julia (Endgame only, if she possessed no weapons when she left the party) |
Armory | Second Generation: Chapter 8 (Only if Hawk is present) |
Thracia 776
Inventory | Homer • Saias |
Vendor | Chapter 22 |
The Binding Blade
Inventory | Yoder |
Vendor | Chapters 11A • 11B • 13 • 14 • 15 • 18B • 19A • 19B • 20A • 21 • 23 |
The Blazing Blade
Inventory | Lyn's Tale: Lucius Eliwood's Tale: Lucius Hector's Tale: Lucius |
Dropped by | Eliwood's tale: Chapter 20, enemy Monk (Hard Mode) Hector's tale: Chapter 21, enemy Monk (Hard Mode) |
Vendor | Lyn's Tale: Chapter 10 Eliwood's Tale: Chapters 16x • 17 • 20 • 23 (Lloyd, Linus)• 27 • 29x Hector's Tale: Chapters 17x • 18 • 21 • 24 (Lloyd, Linus) • 25 • 29 • 31x |
The Sacred Stones
Inventory | Artur |
Vendor (in-chapter) |
Chapter 5 • Chapter 9A • Chapter 10B • Chapter 12A (Western version) • Chapter 12B (Western version) • Chapter 15 (Japanese version) |
Vendor (World map) |
Serafew • Port Kiris • Bethroen • Jehanna Hall |
Path of Radiance
Armory | Chapters 14 • 16 • 18 • 19 • 21 • 23 • 24 • 26 • 28 • Endgame |
Radiant Dawn
Inventory | Micaiah |
Armory | Part 1: Chapters 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • Endgame Part 3: Chapters 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • Endgame Part 4: Prologue • Chapters 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • Endgame |
Fates
Treasure | Chapter 24 , chest • Paralogue 20, village |
Armory | Dusk Armory: Level 2 (limit 1) • Level 3 (limit 2) |
Lottery Shop | Dusk Lottery: Gold Prize |
Rank rewards | Battle Rank: 525 (limit 1) |
Engage
Emblems | Camilla, when engaged (obtained at bond level 10) |
Heroes
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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Thracia 776 | Basic light tome
High critical rate* |
光の魔法
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The Binding Blade | *
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光魔法 天上からの怒り
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Path of Radiance | Low-level light magic. It is simple to master,
but it possesses little destructive power. |
光の下位魔法
あつかいやすいが 威力は低い |
Radiant Dawn | Low-level light magic. It can only be wielded by
those dedicated to serve good. |
威力の低い光属性の魔法
神に仕える者のみが扱える |
Fates | Strikes twice when attacking. After use in
combat, Mag/Skill-2 (recovers 1/turn). |
自分から攻撃時2連続/戦闘後能力減
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Engage | Magic wielded by Emblem Camilla.
If user initiates combat, attacks twice. |
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Trivia
- Micaiah is seen wielding a copy of Light in the "The Escape" cutscene in Radiant Dawn. When casting it, she recites a chant in the ancient language, "Ekarif Magae Teiodasto Ieraka"; unlike other instances of the ancient language, this has no known meaning.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
• Lightning |
• This name is used in The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Fates, and Engage. |
Japanese |
• ライトニング |
• Lightning; this name is used from Genealogy of the Holy War to The Sacred Stones as well as Fates and Engage. |
Spanish |
• Relámpago |
• Lightning; this name is used in The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Fates, and Engage. |
French |
Lumière |
Light |
German |
• Blitz |
• Lightning; used in every title but Heroes. |
Italian |
• Lampo |
• Lightning; this name is used in The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Fates, and Engage. |
Portuguese |
Luz |
Light |
Korean |
라이트닝 |
Lightning |
Simplified Chinese |
闪电 |
Lightning. Used for Camilla's Lightning tome in Engage. |
Traditional Chinese |
• 光輝 |
• Radiance. Used in Heroes. |
Gallery
Concept art of the Light tome from Path of Radiance.
Artwork of Lightning from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.
Light as it appears in Heroes.
Micaiah wielding a Light tome in a Radiant Dawn cutscene.
Micaiah casting Light in a Radiant Dawn cutscene.
Ced casting Lightning in Genealogy of the Holy War.
Elen casting Lightning in The Binding Blade.
Serra casting Lightning in The Blazing Blade.
Rhys casting Light in Path of Radiance.
Micaiah casting Light in Radiant Dawn.
References
See also
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