Tifa Lockhart

Tifa Lockhart

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“	No matter how close we are now... We were far apart before. But when we were in the Lifestream surrounded by all those screams of anguish, I thought I heard your voice... sniff... you probably don't remember this... But deep in my heart I heard you calling my name... Or at last I thought I did...	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to Cloud Strife

“	Don't go any further! There are dangerous things in these mountains!	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to her cat

“	Stop running! I know, even if you find the kids, you might not be able to help them. Maybe something will happen that can never un-happen. That scares you, doesn't it? But you need to think about now, really take it in. Look at you! You think you've got it so damn hard! Well you hate being alone, so let people in! Sure, you might not answer the phone, but I don't see you throwing it away either! ...Which is it? A memory, or us?	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to Cloud Strife

“	Of course he is! We're talking to him, aren't we? And do you really have to shout so close to my ear?	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to Barret Wallace

“	Nobody is a better guide than me in this town.	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to Zack Fair and Sephiroth

“	You've seen how much ass I can kick.	„
	~ Tifa Lockhart to Cloud Strife

Background

Tifa Lockhart is a primary protagonist of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. As a young woman hailing from the backwater town of Nibelheim, Tifa is the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, who becomes pivotal in Cloud's story following Sephiroth's ravaging of their hometown. She is a main member of Barret Wallace's branch of AVALANCHE, and seeks to use her martial artist background for the betterment of the planet.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Tifa’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Tifa Lockhart was a young girl born and raised in the backwater village of Nibelheim, far away from the bustling city of Midgar. Popular in her village even as a kid, Tifa constantly surrounded by friends. She was notably a childhood friend of Cloud Strife, who himself was a loner and sought her attention. When the two became teenagers, Cloud announced that he was leaving for Midgar in hopes of becoming a SOLDIER like Sephiroth, to which Tifa made him promise that he would come and recue her if she was ever in a bind. As the years went by and all the men left Nibelheim in search of jobs, Tifa remained. She became a tour guide for Nibelheim and Mt. Nibel, priding herself as being the best guide in town. During this as well, a powerful old martial artist named Zangan took her under his wing as a student, and she quickly rose to become his greatest martial arts pupil. By the time she turned 16, Tifa noticed that Midgar's Shinra Power Electric Company sent a platoon of troops to Nibelheim in order to investigate Mt. Nibel's Mako Reactor. Two SOLDIER members in particular were sent, Sephiroth and Zack Fair, which disappointed Tifa as she hoped to see Cloud again. Regardless, she agreed to lead Sephiroth and Zack up Mt. Nibel as per her duties as a guide. After Sephiroth reached the Mako Reactor and learned the truth of his creation, he went mad. After seven days of restless research, Sephiroth wreaked havoc upon Nibelheim, burning it down and killing all of its citizens. This included Tifa's father, who she was helpless to protect. In a fury, she confronted Sephiroth herself, but was delivered a gruesome slash across her chest. To her surprise, Cloud appeared by her side and carried her to safety. Following Sephiroth's death at the hands of Cloud, she was to be captured by Professor Hojo and turned into a lab experiment. Thankfully, Zangan intervened, and saved her from that fate. She ended up in Midgar, where she met up with a man named Barret Wallace, and agreed to join his Avalanche group. She also started a small bar called Seventh Heaven, which she ran as the sole bartender. Years passed as Tifa fought alongside Avalanche, and she eventually was able to reconvene with Cloud. However, she noticed that he was acting strange, and vowed to keep an eye on him as he joined Avalanche as well. Together, they were able to destroy several of Midgar's Mako Reactors, only to find that the true threat to the planet was the resurrected Sephiroth. Tifa became a key member in the main party that travelled the planet to stop Sephiroth from destroying the planet with Meteor, and also was the main driving force to Cloud rediscovering who he really is. With Cloud back to normal and Sephiroth defeated once more, she and him settled down in Midgar together. They agreed to take in Barret's daughter, Marlene, and also adopted a young orphan boy named Denzel. Tifa and Cloud together ran Cloud's Delivery Service, until three years later when a horrible plague began to infest the planet known as Geostigma. Cloud, having been infected, secluded himself from his newfound family and caused Tifa endless frustration. After a long talk with him however, along with help from Aerith Gainsborough and Zack Fair from the Lifestream, Tifa was able to rejuvenate Cloud's fighting spirit. Sephiroth was defeated for good, allowing for Tifa, Cloud, Marlene and Denzel to continue their happy family life.

Statistics

Key: Before Crisis/Crisis Core | Final Fantasy VII | Advent Children/Dirge of Cerberus

Tier: 10-A | 3-A | At least 3-A

Name: Tifa Lockhart

Origin: Final Fantasy VII

Sex: Female

Age: 15 - 16 years old | 20 years old | 22 - 23 years old

Classification: Martial Artist, Seventh Heaven Bar Hostess, AVALANCHE Member, Mt. Nibel Guide (formerly)

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Tifa always does what she feels is right, though despite her strong moral dilemmas with it, she still inadvertently causes destruction through Avalanche. She joins the party mainly to help out Cloud Strife, more than her will to stop Sephiroth. When Cloud was put into a wheelchair, she almost immediately decided to stay and help him rather than focus on saving the planet. Regardless, she will still do what is right and put her life on the line)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Athlete level (Was trained in martial arts by Zangan, who claims she will be a powerful fighter in the future. However, she was still unable to defend herself against standard enemies at this time) | Universe level (Was able to contend with Sephiroth, who knew Super Nova during their fight; Super Nova has Sephiroth create a dimension, containing one galaxy with room for countless more) | At least Universe level (Should be stronger than before. Could contend with and even surpass Loz on her own, who is comparable to his brother Kadaj, who is stated to be just as strong as Sephiroth during the original game)

Durability: Athlete level | Universe level | At least Universe level

Striking Strength: Athlete Class | Universal Class | At least Universal Class

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Class 25 (Tifa is constantly shown able to lift enemies during gameplay, and thus should be comparable to Barret Wallace, who could catch and lift a falling boulder, and push a minecart with enough strength to destroy a boulder) | Class 25

Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Should be just as fast as her older self) | Athletic Human (Comparable to Cloud Strife, who can run at similar speeds to a Chocobo; Chocobo are said in the Dissidia Final Fantasy Museum to run at 20 mph) | Athletic Human

Combat Speed: Athletic Human | FTL+ | At least FTL+

Reaction Speed: Athletic Human | FTL+ (Could keep up with and defeat Sephiroth; Sephiroth knew Super Nova at the time of their fight, meaning he could react to the comet of his Super Nova) | At least FTL+ (Should be faster than before)

Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to go on several Avalanche bombing missions consecutively without much rest, fighting off dozens of Shinra soldiers and combat machines along the way, without much rest. She later participated in the long mission against Sephiroth with the rest of Cloud Strife's party, fighting incredibly powerful monsters and only requiring rest to restore health and magic)

Range: Standard Melee, far higher with Materia

Intelligence: Genius (Tifa is a trained martial artist, having been taught by Zangan for several years. This training has led for her to be able to compete with fighters who have comparable, if not much more experience than her, such as Sephiroth and the Turks, who each have been expertly trained for years.)

Key: Pre-Destiny's Crossroads | Post-Destiny's Crossroads

Tier: 4-A | 2-C

Name: Tifa Lockhart

Origin: Final Fantasy VII Remake

Sex: Female

Age: 20 years old

Classification: Martial Artist, Seventh Heaven Bar Hostess, AVALANCHE Member, Mt. Nibel Guide (formerly)

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi Solar System level (Can fight alongside Cloud Strife, who is far stronger than his younger self, who was able to overpower a weakened Sephiroth. Cloud's power was considered very noteworthy to Freyra, who herself could just barely defeat Zirconiade; as the “Ultimate Summon”, Zirconiade should be above Bahamut Fury, who created its own realm containing several stars) | Complex Universe level (Could completely destroy the Whisper Harbinger, which is connected to all of time and space, and the destruction of which was seen across all of time. Was later able to contend with Sephiroth, with Sephiroth being stronger than ever before after absorbing the Whispers)

Durability: Multi Solar System level | Complex Universe level

Striking Strength: Multi Solar System Class | Complex Universal Class

Lifting Strength: Class 25 | Class 25

Travel Speed: Athletic Human | Athletic Human

Combat Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ | Extra-Temporal

Reaction Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Could dodge the lasers from the Shinra security system) | Extra-Temporal (Could keep up with the Whisper Harbinger and Sephiroth after he absorbed the Whispers, who are connected to all of time and space)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee, far higher with Materia

Intelligence: Genius

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Powers and Abilities

Spirit Energy Physiology, which includes: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Blessed (Everyone born into the world is blessed with Spirit Energy), Sheer Will (Willpower alone can be enough to fight off Mako poisoning, and the will of Jenova. Those with a strong enough will can retain their sense of self after dying and returning to the Lifestream), Memory Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Rage Power, & Aura (Limit Breaks are born of memories, are comprised of Spirit Energy, and are unleashed when the user's anger is pushed to the limit. They give off an aura when used), Non-Physical Interaction (Characters can interact with the souls of the Gi Tribe), Regeneration Negation (Mid-High; Jenova can regenerate itself fully so long as its cells remain, as Cloud Strife participates in Jenova's Reunion despite only containing her cells. Despite this, pieces of Jenova defeated by the heroes were unable to enact the Reunion), Immortality Negation (Type 3; Can completely kill pieces of Jenova, preventing them from regenerating), Accelerated Development (When Sephiroth fought the party far earlier than he was supposed to, the main characters could still contend with him, even after Sephiroth absorbed the Whispers and became stronger than he had ever been)

Acrobatics, Human Achievements (Tifa is a leading member of Avalanche), Vehicular Mastery (Tifa can drive a car), Martial Arts (Was trained in martial arts by Zangan), Water Manipulation (Via Waterkick and Dolphin Blow), Summoning (Summons a dolphin with Dolphin Blow), Explosion Manipulation (Meteodrive ends in an explosion), Light Manipulation (Final Heaven ends in an explosion of light)

Spirit Energy Physiology, which grants Resistance to: Mind Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (Those with high willpower can resist succumbing to Jenova's will, which passively takes over one's mind and eats away at the soul, and can prevent their mind from shattering), Poison Manipulation (High willpower can prevent the toxicosis that comes with the exposure to Jenova Cells), Power Mimicry & Power Absorption (Limit Breaks cannot be copied by others. Only Zack Fair can copy Limit Breaks, though he is noted to be the only exception to this), Corruption (Types 1 & 2; Several main characters have been exposed to high amounts of Mako energy, and never became Makonoid monsters), Biological Deconstruction & Soul Manipulation (Main characters have fallen into the Lifestream and returned unscathed, without being forcefully diffused or dissolved into it, or having their spirit be eroded and dissipated), Heat Manipulation & Radiation Manipulation (Can withstand Super Nova without any negative effects of heat or radiation), Limited Disease Manipulation (Those with a will to live are unaffected by Geostigma, which infects those with a weak will)

Forcefield Creation (Creates a barrier with different effects), Damage Reduction (Barrier reduces the damage of physical attacks. MBarrier reduces the damage of magic. Wall does both at once), Attack Reflection (Reflect has magic spells be reflected back on the opponent)

Earth Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Comet and Comet2 launch a flaming rock at the opponent)

Possible Ice Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with ice using Freeze), possible Earth Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with earth using Break), possible Air Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with wind using Tornado), possible Fire Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with fire using Flare)

Forcefield Negation (Removes Barriers and MBarriers)

Earth Manipulation (Casts Quake)

Fire Manipulation (Casts Fire)

Gravity Manipulation (Casts Demi)

Poison Negation (Poisona negates poison effects), Status Effect Negation (Esuna negates all status effects)

Ice Manipulation (Casts Ice)

Electricity Manipulation (Casts Bolt)

Status Effect Inducement (Confu has a 60% chance of confusing an enemy. Berserk has an 80% chance of inflicting berserk on an enemy)

Poison Manipulation (Casts Bio)

Healing (Restores health with Cure, Cure2, and Cure3), Regeneration (Low; Grants Regen, which slowly restores HP)

Resurrection (Life and Life2 revive an ally)

Sleep Manipulation (Sleepel puts an enemy to sleep), Magic Negation (Silence prevents an opponent from casting magic spells)

Resistance to Physical Attacks & Elemental Magic (Shield provides immunity to physical attacks and elemental magic spells)

Statistics Amplification (Casts Haste, which increases the speed of one's ATB gauge, thereby allowing for them to attack faster), Statistics Reduction (Casts Slow, which decreases the speed of a foe's ATB gauge, thereby making them attack slower), Time Stop (Stop completely freezes a target in time)

Size Manipulation & Statistics Reduction (Mini turns a target tiny in size, and reduces their damage output to 1), Transmutation (Toad transforms the opponent into a toad)

Magic & Attack Reflection Negation (Ultima is a powerful magic spell that ignores all reflection)

Berserk Mode (Paired with Mystify Materia it inflicts Berserk), Resistance to Petrification & Time Stop (Paired with Contain Materia, grants resistance to Petrify and Stop), Resistance to Death Manipulation (Paired with Destruct and Odin Materia, grants resistance to Instant Death), Resistance to Magic Negation & Sleep Manipulation (Paired with Seal Materia, grants resistance to Silence and Sleep), Resistance to Size Manipulation & Transmutation (Paired with Transform Materia, grants resistance to Small and Frog)

Enhanced Magic (All allows for magical spells to be multi-targeted to all allies or enemies)

Resistance to Elemental Manipulation (Elemental Materia grants resistance to elemental magic when paired with a Magic Materia of that element)

Healing (HP Absorb restores health when the Magic Materia it is paired with is used)

Healing (MP Absorb restores magic power when the Magic Materia it is paired with is used)

Damage Boost (MP Turbo increases the damage of the Magic Materia it is paired with)

Damage Boost (Grants access to D.Blow, which attacks with a critical hit when it lands)

Power Mimicry (Enemy Skill allows for the user to copy and use the abilities of opponents for themselves)

Body Puppetry (Manipulate takes control of an enemy and allows for the user to control their every move)

Power Mimicry (Mime has the user perfectly replicate the most recently-performed attack of either an ally or enemy)

Transmutation (Morph transforms an enemy into an item)

Information Analysis (Sense allows for the user to see the opponent's HP, MP, level, and weaknesses)

Statistics Reduction (Enemy Away reduces the chances of running into a random enemy encounter)

Statistics Amplification (Enemy Lure increases the chances of running into a random enemy encounter)

Statistics Amplification & Accelerated Development (Experience Plus increases the amount of experience gained after battle)

Statistics Amplification (Gil Plus increases the amount of Gil earned after battles)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Mega Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Mega Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Bahamut's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Giga Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Giga Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Neo Bahamut's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Tera Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Tera Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Bahamut ZERO's attacks cannot be reflected)

Time Stop (Has a chance to inflict Stop)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Levitation, Ice Manipulation (Shiva is an Ice elemental and attacks with ice magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Shiva's attacks cannot be reflected), Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Cold Manipulation

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Levitation, Fire Manipulation (Ifrit is a Fire elemental and attacks with fire magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Ifrit's attacks cannot be reflected), Resistance to Fire Manipulation & Heat Manipulation

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Electricity Manipulation (Ramuh is a Lightning elemental and attacks with lightning magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Ramuh's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Earth Manipulation (Titan is an Earth elemental and attacks with earth magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Titan's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Vehicular Mastery (Rides atop a horse), Weapon Usage (wields a lance and a sword), Teleportation (Can appear from nowhere out of a cloud of black smoke), Death Manipulation (Odin inflicts Instant Death)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Aquatic Breathing, Flight, Water Manipulation (Leviathan is a Water elemental and attacks with water magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Leviathan's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, & Ice Manipulation (Kujata attacks with Fire, Lightning, and Ice magic), Vibration Manipulation (It's final attacks sends ripples across the earth)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Inorganic Physiology, Holy Manipulation (Attacks with Holy-type damage), Damage Boost (Alexander's attacks do more damage to undead enemies)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Fire Manipulation (Phoenix is a Fire elemental and attacks with fire magic), Resurrection (Pheonix resurrects all party members back to full HP)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1 & 7), Levitation, Inorganic Physiology, Status Effect Inducement (Hades inflicts Sleep, Silence, Poison, Confusion, Small, Frog, Slow, and Paralyzed to all enemies)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Air Manipulation (Typhon is a Wind elemental), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, & Earth Manipulation (Typhon attacks with Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Earth magic), Magical Durability Negation (Disintegration ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Typhon's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Weapon Usage (Each knight wields a blade), Durability Negation (Ultimate End ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (The Knights of the Round's attacks cannot be reflected)

Healing (Potions, Hi-Potions, and X-Potions all restore Cloud’s health. Ethers and Turbo Ethers restore magic power), Resurrection (Phoenix Down fully restores fallen party members when they are defeated), Resistance to Status Effect Inducement (Remedy, Elixir, and Megalixir prevents negative status effects)

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Standard Equipment

Weapons

• Leather Glove: Tifa's initial equipment, which she is seen wearing at the beginning of Final Fantasy VII. These are a simple pair of leather gloves that she wears for physical combat. It only has a single Materia slot.
• Premium Heart: Tifa's ultimate weapon, which she obtained after returning to the city of Midgar. These gauntlets not only increase Tifa's strength tremendously, but has eight linked Materia slots. The more of the Limit Break gauge that Tifa has filled, the stronger this glove becomes.

Items

• Potion: Restores some of Tifa's health.
• Hi-Potion: Restores a little of Tifa's health.
• X-Potion: Restores a lot of Tifa's health.
• Ether: Restores some of Tifa's magic power.
• Turbo Ether: Restores a lot of Tifa's magic power.
• Elixir: Restores Tifa’s health, magic power, and cures her of status ailments.
• Megalixir: Restores Tifa’s health, magic power, and cures her of all status ailments.
• Phoenix Down: Fully resurrects Tifa when she is defeated.

*Summon Materia: Small red orbs of crystalized Mako energy that Tifa can use to call upon legendary, gargantuan beasts from the distant past, to fight alongside him. This includes giant flaming behemoths like Ifrit, to huge dragons like Bahamut.

Magic Materia: Small green orbs of crystalized Mako energy that Tifa can use to enable the use of magic spells, oftentimes being elemental in nature, such as Fire/Fira/Firaga which attacks with flames.

Command Materia: Small yellow orbs of crystalized Mako energy that Tifa can use to empower herself with techniques he couldn’t previously use; including ones that can inflict status effects, like poison and paralysis.

Support Materia: Small blue orbs of crystalized Mako energy that have the primary purpose of being linked to other Materia, in order to enhance their effects.

Independent Materia: Small purple orbs of crystalized Mako energy that increase the stats of the users.

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Notable Techniques

• Beat Rush: Tifa charges at an enemy, and unleashes a flurry of powerful punches and kicks on them.
• Somersault: Tifa plants her foot on the opponent, before flipping backwards and kicking them upside the head during her backflip.
• Waterkick: A powerful sweep kick attack, which has Tifa give off a wave of water with the kick.
• Meteodrive: Tifa lifts up the enemy, and then suplexes them, resulting in an explosion as they crash into the ground.
• Dolphin Blow: After upper-cutting the opponent with a powerful strike, Tifa summons a dolphin that flies up from the ground and strikes them as well.
• Meteor Strike: Tifa and the opponent rocket up into the air, after which she grabs ahold of them and throws them at incredible speed down to the ground, much like a meteor.
• Final Heaven: Tifa's final, most powerful Limit Break. Tifa rushes up to the enemy, charging a ton of energy in her fist, before punching straight through them. This creates a huge explosion of light, resulting in massive damage.

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Other

Weaknesses: Tifa is extremely apprehensive when it comes to confronting personal issues, such as when she held the truth of Cloud Strife's past from him.

Battle Records

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