Lightning Tiger Blade

Lightning Tiger Blade (襲爪雷斬) is a classic technique of the Tales Series. This is one of the most well-recognized elemental melee artes of the series.

Arte Description and History
When Lightning Tiger Blade is used, the character slashes upwards and jumps high into the air, summoning a large bolt of lightning to deal several hits to nearby enemies before falling back to the ground.

Despite what the arte's officially localized name seems to imply, this is not an attack that combines two lower-ranked artes. This is an individually-learned melee arte that does not rely on two separate artes to be mastered. This translation of the name has led to some frustration among the fan communities due to the continued use of this name, which many would argue would be better suited for an attack that combines Tiger Blade and Lightning Blade (which does exist, localized instead as Thunder Tiger Blade). Additionally, this arte should not be confused with the unrelated arte Lightning Tiger, a Lightning elemental variant of Tiger Blade.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Phantasia - Cress Albane Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition (PSP) - Cress Albane Tales of Phantasia (GBA) - Cress Albane (Lightning Tiger Blade) Tales of Symphonia - Compound Special Attack: Lloyd Irving + Genis Sage/Kratos Aurion/Zelos Wilder (Lightning Tiger Blade) Tales of Legendia - Chloe Valens (Lightning Tiger Blade) Tales of the Abyss - Luke fon Fabre, Asch, Van (Lightning Tiger Blade) Tales of Innocence - Spada Belforma Tales of Hearts - Shing Meteoryte

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Magic Knight class, Luke fon Fabre (Lightning Tiger Blade) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Magic Knight class, Cress Albane, Luke fon Fabre Tales of VS. - Cress Albane, Luke fon Fabre, Asch Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Magic Knight class, Cress Albane, Luke fon Fabre, Asch, Van Grants

Fan-Translated Names
Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Lightning Bolt Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Thunder Claw, Shūsōraizan Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Phantasian Productions): Lightning Tiger Blade, Shuso Raizan

Tales of Phantasia (SFC)
Japanese Description: 周囲の敵を巻き込む落雷を生じさせる技 Romanization: Shuui no teki wo maki komu rakurai wo shouji saseru waza Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Create a lightning bolt to strike nearby enemies."

Tales of Phantasia (PSX)
Translated Description (Absolute Zero): "Strike an enemy with a thunderbolt then bring down your weapon on your foe." Translated Description (Phantasian Productions): "Base: Fry an enemy with a bolt of lightning and finish with a downward slash."

Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
Japanese Description: 周囲の敵を巻き込む落雷を生じさせる Romanization: Shuui no teki wo maki komu rakurai wo shouji saseru Localized Description: "Strike surrounding enemies with lightning."

Tales of Legendia
Localized Description: "Base: Call forth lightning and slash the enemy."

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Localized Description: "Master: Cut an enemy up, then call down lightning."