Lightning Blade

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Lightning Blade (雷神剣, Raijinken^?, "Lightning God Sword"^[1]), alternatively Thunder Punch (雷神拳, Raijinken^?, "Lightning God Fist") and Lightning Dog (雷神犬, Raijinken^?, "Lightning God Dog"), is a classic melee technique of the Tales series, usually with the element Wind or Lightning.

Contents 1 Arte Description and History 2 Thunder Punch 2.1 Appearances 2.1.1 Mothership Titles 2.1.2 Escort Titles 2.2 Fan-Translated Names 3 Lightning Blade 3.1 Appearances 3.1.1 Mothership Titles 3.1.2 Escort Titles 3.2 Fan-Translated Names 3.3 In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes 3.3.1 Tales of Eternia 3.3.2 Tales of Symphonia 3.3.3 Tales of the Abyss 4 Lightning Dog 4.1 Appearances 4.1.1 Mothership Titles 5 References

[edit] Arte Description and History

When the arte is used, the character thrusts forward with the weapon, and a bolt of lightning strikes the target upon contact. The arte will not continue if the initial thrust misses; the lightning bolt will appear only if the attack connects with an enemy.

In the original Tales of Destiny, the dummied character Lilith Aileron has her own version of this arte, translated within the dummied game files as "Thunder Punch" (雷神拳, Raijinken^?, "Lightning God Fist"^[1]). Like the kanji difference between the weapon and unarmed versions of the Demon Fang arte, Lilith's version of this arte lacks the use of a weapon. Instead, she punches forward with an electrically charged fist, followed by a rising uppercut.

Because Lilith's role within as an intended part of the party was removed by the developers, the arte remains as an unused remnant of data that was left within the game, and it can be accessed only through the use of a cheat code or glitch to add her to the party. But in the Tales of Phantasia remake versions for the PlayStation and PlayStation Portable, this arte was given to Lilith for her appearance in the colosseum cameo battle. However, in the remake versions of Tales of Destiny, this arte was removed from her movelist, with most of her other existing artes to allow Lilith to follow a more food/cooking based fighting style instead of her original martial arts abilities.

With the release of Tales of Eternia, Lightning Blade is formally introduced into the series as a sword-based attack. It is the first of the "thrust" type artes in Reid Hershel's movelist, followed by Super Lightning Blade, which combines Lightning Blade with additional wind-elemental damage. Both of these artes were carried over into Tales of Symphonia, available to both Kratos Aurion and Zelos Wilder. If Lightning Blade is used in a Unison Attack with any of Tiger Blade's base and master rank variants, it will become Thunder Tiger Blade. By using it with Photon in a Unison Attack, it will become Plasma Blade.

Tales of Symphonia also has another, much weaker version of this arte, known as Lightning Thrust. This arte is available to Lloyd Irving only, as an altered arte variant of his Sonic Thrust if Lloyd has an active lightning-elemental damage enchant. Lightning Thrust and Lightning Blade might not be related by technicality: Lightning Thrust is derived from Sonic Thrust, and it is considered to be a part of its branch of artes, while Lightning Blade is separate from that branch, learned separately from Sonic Thrust and related attacks.

The "dog" variant of this arte, Lightning Dog, is introduced in Tales of Vesperia. Like with Demon Fang and its fist and dog versions, this name is based on a pun on the Japanese reading of the kanji for the word "dog" (犬, inu^?), which can be read as "ken" when used as a part of kanji compounds. Lightning Dog is learned as an altered arte, which requires both the "Hell Fire" and "Gale" skills to be equipped while using Sonic Dog for 100 times during battle. After this, it is learned as a separate arte that can be used without the equipped skills.

In Tales of Hearts, Raijinken is available to Shing Meteoryte. By using the Connect Command panel system, Raijinken can be timed to be used with Arataka, used by Hisui Hearts, combining both artes into Voltic Line. Alternatively, it can be combined with Kunzite's Makuuga, to activate Senraiga.

[edit] Thunder Punch

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Mothership Titles

Tales of Destiny - Lilith Aileron (Thunder Punch)
Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition (PSP) - Lilith Aileron

[edit] Escort Titles

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Lilith Aileron costume
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Lilith Aileron

[edit] Fan-Translated Names

Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): ?
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?

[edit] Lightning Blade

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Mothership Titles

Tales of Eternia - Reid Hershel (Lightning Blade)
Tales of Symphonia - Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder (Lightning Blade)
Tales of the Abyss - Luke fon Fabre, Asch (Lightning Blade); Reid Hershel (Sonic Blade)
Tales of Vesperia - Traitor To Heaven (Lightning Blade)
Tales of Hearts - Shing Meteoryte
Tales of Graces - Richard

[edit] Escort Titles

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Gail Swordsman costume, Thunder Swordsman costume, Demonic Swordsman costume, Master Fencer costume, Reid Hershel
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Swordsman costume, Reid Hershel, Zelos Wilder
Tales of Mobile: Tales of Wahrheit - Seltz Vacstome
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Magic Knight class, Reid Hershel, Kratos Aurion, Luke fon Fabre (Lightning Blade)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Zelos Wilder (Lightning Blade)
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder, Asch
Tales of VS. - Kratos Aurion, Asch

[edit] Fan-Translated Names

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?

[edit] In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

[edit] Tales of Eternia

Localized Description: "The enemy is slashed and struck with lightning."^[2]

[edit] Tales of Symphonia

Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: thrust and shock the target with lightning."^[3]

[edit] Tales of the Abyss

Localized Description: "Arcane: An electrifying thrust attack."^[4]

[edit] Lightning Dog

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Mothership Titles

Tales of Vesperia - Repede (Lightning Dog)

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02 GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
2. ↑ Tales of Destiny II (PS) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 1/2 by Psycho Penguin GameFAQs (2002) Retrieved on 2009-03-07.
3. ↑ Tales of Symphonia (GC) Technique FAQ by DarthMarth GameFAQs (2005) Retrieved on 2009-03-07.
4. ↑ Tales of the Abyss (PS2) FAQ/Walkthrough by Gray Fox GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2009-06-20.