Lightning (Final Fantasy)


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Summary
Lightning, her original name being Claire Farron (Eclair Farron (エクレール・ファロン, Ekurēru Faron?) in the Japanese version), is the main protagonist of Final Fantasy XIII. She is the narrator and a temporary playable character in Final Fantasy XIII-2, and returns as the protagonist and sole permanently playable character in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

In Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning seeks to save her younger sister Serah, but becomes entangled in a plot that endangers her home of Cocoon. In Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning serves as a knight protecting the goddess Etro from her fated rival, Caius Ballad. In the concluding tale Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning is chosen to be a savior by the god Bhunivelze, tasked to save the people's souls before the end of the world.

Powers and Stats
Tier: 5-C | 3-C | Low 2-C

Name: Lightning, Claire Farron (Birth Name), Esclair Farron (Japanese Version)

Origin: Final Fantasy

Gender: Female

Age: 21 | at least 22 | 521

Classification: Human, Former member of The Guardian Corps |A Knight of Etro | The Savior of Humankind

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic, Healing, Resurrection, Summoning, Gravity Manipulation, Invisibility, Energy Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation (Of the fire, water, ice, thunder, wind, and earth varieties), Mastery of Weapons and Martial Arts, Regeneration (High-Low), Can inflict status effects and buff/debuff stats, Time Manipulation | Immortality (Type 4), Darkness Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Flight, Soul Manipulation

Attack Potency: Moon Level (Overpowered Orphan with the aid of her party. Said person who capable of lifting Coccon and destroying it entirely) | Galaxy Level (Stronger than Serah and Noel, who have fought and defeated Gilgamesh. Comparable to Caius Ballad) | Universe Level+ (Defeated Bhunivelze, who created the universe and is capable of destroying it. Pushed back The Darkness that was devouring the old Universe, of which was noted by Lightning and Bhunivelze themselves to be destroying the Universe)

Speed: Sub-Relativistic (Able to more or less keep pace with Odin, who's fast enough to keep up with Lightning as Etro's Knight, while fighting side-by-side) | Sub-Relativistic | At least Infinite (Can move and fight in a Torn Space-Time against Bhunivelze. Can fight creatures from The Void Beyond, which is a realm outside of Time)

Lifting Strength: Class M (Able to outmuscle and topple monsters of this size) | Class T (Capable of halting a massive meteor) | Class Y+ (Overpowered Bhunivelze and pushed him through space at faster-than-light speeds, who was this strong physically through size alone)

Striking Strength: Moon Class (Killed Orphan with the assistance of her party) | Galaxy Class (Physically superior to both Noel and Serah, who can harm Gilgamesh)| Universal+ (pushed Bhunivelze through Space and can trade blows with him)

Durability: Moon Level (Lived through Orhpan's Merciless Judgement ability) | Galaxy Level (Can survive trading blows with Caius. Should be more durable than Serah who can fight and tank hits from Gilgamesh) | Universe Level+ (Can survive the destruction and recreation of The Universe. Tank hits from Bhunivelze himself)

Stamina: Superhuman+ | The Same as before | Nigh-Infinite

Range: Extended melee range with her gunblade, hundreds of meters with magic and gunfire

Standard Equipment: Her Gunblade, various swords and items

Intelligence: A former member of Cocoon's Guardian Corps, Lightning is capable with all forms of military equipment and is a highly-skilled special ops agent. She is a master swordswoman and an expert markswoman, clashing with foes like Caius Ballad in combat and accurately shooting targets while fighting at high speeds and even while in free fall. Despite her loathing of her status as a L'Cie, she later masters the abilities it grants her, mastering a wide variety of potent elemental magic and status debuffing effects and forming an intimate and close relationship with her Eidolon, Odin, who follows her into combat even after completing her Focus. In addition, combat technique is so refined that she is still able to clash with her former allies Noel Kreiss and Snow Villiers on even ground

Weaknesses: Can't use her magic all at once and has to limit her use for Magic Consumption

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Blitz: Lightning whips her weapon around in a circle, attacking entire groups of enemies that choose to surround her. ◾Counter: Lightning's counterattack to certain targets. It can range from Level 1 to Level 3. ◾Launch: Lightning sends the opponent skyward, leaving them helpless against follow-up attacks unless they have a flight ability. ◾Smite: The instant an airborne opponent is about to recover from being staggered, Lightning attacks with a single physical blow for immense damage. ◾Deathblow: Has a chance to instantly slay targets hit who are below a certain HP threshold. ◾Block: A well-timed block can deflect much of the damage dealt by an attack and leave her in an advantageous position. ◾Mediguard: Guards against all attacks while continuously healing her own HP. ◾Steelguard: Guards against all attacks extremely effectively. The more attacks are absorbed, the more potent it becomes. ◾Magic Slash: A special attack inflicting both physical and magic damage simultaneously. ◾Relentless Assault: Attacks with a series of Magic Slash attacks. ◾Flamestrike: Attacks with a fire-imbued strike. ◾Aquastrike: Attacks with a water-imbued strike. ◾Froststrike: Attacks with an ice-imbued strike. ◾Sparkstrike: Attacks with a thunder-imbued strike. ◾Galestrike: Attacks with a wind-imbued strike. ◾Flame: Releases a large blast of fire magic that inflicts physical damage. ◾Flood: Releases a large blast of water/ice magic that inflicts physical damage. ◾Lightning: Releases a large blast of thunder magic that inflicts physical damage. ◾Wind Slash: Releases a large blast of wind magic that inflicts physical damage. ◾Shadowbind: A strike that greatly extends the length of time for which an enemy is staggered and additionally immobilizes them. ◾Darkness: Sacrifices some of her own HP to inflict heavy damage to a target and all enemies in an area near it. ◾Ashura: Sacrifices some of her own HP to inflict immense damage to a single target, likely stagger them, and throw them into the air. ◾Cosmic Arts: A lengthy physical combo, concluded with a Ruinga. ◾Army of One: Lightning blitzes an opponent with a series of powerful melee attacks, concluded with a single, powerful attack, for extreme damage output.

=Magic= ◾Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: An ice elemental spell at various levels depending on the intensity it is cast, with Blizzard being the weakest and Blizzaga the strongest. ◾Fire/Fira/Firaga: A fire elemental spell at various levels depending on the intensity it is cast, with Fire being the weakest and Firaga the strongest. ◾Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: A thunder elemental spell at various levels depending on the intensity it is cast, with Thunder being the weakest and Thundaga the strongest. ◾Aero/Aerora/Aeroga: A wind elemental spell at various levels depending on the intensity it is cast, with Thunder being the weakest and Thundaga the strongest. ◾Firespark/Firesparka: A spell that simultaneously inflicts fire and thunder damage. ◾Firestorm/Firestorma: A spell that simultaneously inflicts fire and wind damage. ◾Icespark/Icesparka: A spell that simultaneously inflicts ice and thunder damage. ◾Icestorm/Icestorma: A spell that simultaneously inflicts ice and wind damage. ◾Element/Elementa/Elementaga: A spell that assails targets with fire, water, ice, and thunder all at once. ◾Ruin/Ruina/Ruinga: A spell that deals non-elemental damage at various levels depending on the intensity it is cast, with Ruin being the weakest and Ruinga the strongest. ◾Magnet: Deals magic damage continuously to enemies in an area while pulling them towards its center. ◾Ultima: Blasts all enemies in a giant area with a burst of energy, dealing heavy non-elemental damage. ◾Enfire/Enwater/Enfrost/Enthunder: Imbues an ally's attacks with one of four elemental attributes. ◾Barfire/Barwater/Barfrost/Barthunder: Increases an ally's resistance against one of four elemental damage types. ◾Poison/Poisonga: A spell that deals light damage and afflicts a target with Poison, slowly draining away their HP. ◾Imperil/Imperilga: A spell that deals light damage and afflicts a target with Imperil, reducing all of their elemental resistances. ◾Slow/Slowga: A spell that deals light damage and afflicts a target with Slow, slowing down their movements. ◾Haste/Hastega: A spell that bestows Haste upon a target, speeding up their movements. ◾Curse/Cursega: A spell that deals light damage and afflicts a target with Curse, making them easier to interrupt and knock around, and making it harder for them to do the same in return. ◾Dispel/Dispelga: A spell that deals light damage and removes one of a target's status enhancements. ◾Stopga: Lightning stops time and cancels all actions taken by the opponent at the time of casting at the cost of doing the same for Lightning herself. ◾Disaster: A spell that deals moderate damage and afflicts a target with Curse, and also dramatically lowers all of their stats. ◾Cure/Cura/Curasa/Curaja: A spell that restores a target's HP, with Cure being the weakest and Curaja being the strongest. ◾Esuna: A spell that removes a status ailment from a target. ◾Quake: Rends apart the earth, launching all enemies in a giant radius into the air. ◾Teleport: Instantly teleports to a location. ◾Overclock: Dramatically slows time instantly, allowing her to act at far higher speeds for a short time. ◾Chronostasis: Stops time for up to 75 seconds, though she cannot interact directly with other beings in this time. ◾Arise: Automatically returns to life upon death. ◾Summon: Odin: Lightning is able to generate a crystal that she shatters with her blade to summon the Eidolon Odin, an armored knight who specialized in lightning and physical attacks. At Lightning's command he will transform into the steed Sleipnir for her to ride as part of their Gestalt Mode, providing her with powerful series of attacks such as Crushing Blow, Razor Gale, Lightning Strike, and Thunderfall, finishing with the mighty Zantetsuken, a spinning attack that instantly fells weakened foes before dismissing Odin until later.

Key: Beginning of Series | Knight of Etro | The Savior