Spirit Spotlight: Lightning's Swift Strike

"The child of a passing storm-spirit, Lightning's Swift Strike danced off the shores of the island many ages ago, and liked it enough to stay. It spends much of its time resting and quiet, waking up to dance through the sky when the winds blow strong.
It only concerns itself occasionally with the Dahan, usually appearing out of nowhere to send them off on some obscure errand. The Dahan cooperate - partly out of wary respect for Lightning's power, but as much for the sake of the Thunderspeaker - Lightning's child - who is a patron and ally of their people."
Chris Burton (Game Development Manager at Greater Than Games) talks strategy and gives insights into the various playstyles of the spirits of Spirit Island.
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[@moontan91]

the visual, audio, narration, etc are all excellent !

[@Tolinar]

This gives me a newfound appreciation for the thunderbird. I always told players "not a lot of depth to this one. You blow things up." but that doesn't mean the spirit is boring, or ineffective. It's a little one dimensional, it does one thing - but that thing is good. Really good. And it has more nuance than I thought.

[@swarmlord5]

Like Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot: it's good at destroying, so It does. And It works

[@TakeWalker]

Ooh, I don't recall discussion of the Aspects before, and I don't think that's one we've seen prior to now, either! :D Exciting. Thank you!

[@dannyboyjenkins]

Credit to how well produced these spirit guides are. Hope you consider doing more for the other spirits.

[@Muhd_Akmal]

Best spirit for beginners to the game. Its so good and straightforward

[@Pit1993x]

I played it for my 2nd game together wit SflF (solo). Only game I have forfeited so far. I did not get Lightning to work that time. XD

[@brianlewolfhunt]

My favorite murder bird is here!

[@Fluxquark]

Lightning's Swift Strike often actually feels more like a support spirit that can hold its own than a real damage dealer. In the late game, River, Ocean, Snek, Keeper, Wildfire, Thunderspeaker and (sometimes) Earth feel a lot more destructive. I think this is mostly because of the limited energy you have as Lightning, getting major powers isn't all that good usually

[@the_puppeteer2136]

Little late but i think that's part of the flavour. Much like lighting. It comes, bolts something and then it goes. Not much more after

[@Brian0033]

If this whole board game thing ever goes south for you I think you could get a job narrating audio books

[@Aljechino]

agreed

[@daniada]

As a non native English speaker, I found that it is quite hard to understand some of the words pronunciation by the narrator, maybe because of the speed he uttered the words, or sometimes the narrator mumbled the words. I believe at one point even youtube's translation became unable to correctly translate, it used the word urinate, which I do not think is what the narrator said. It might not be a good idea to narrate audio books. Just my opinion.

[@igorastakhov8444]

Thank you! Please make more of these 😊

[@Kerbezena]

The plan is to make one of these for every spirit. (Trevor said as much.) This is № 9 out of 20. The videos have always been released in a one month interval, approximately.

[@igorastakhov8444]

Bernhard Maierhofer great! Didn’t know that, thanks

[@juliangillis7242]

Excellent video! Is there any plan adding to the video the Aspects gained from the Promo packs for this Spirit?

[@ophirgonen1772]

Hold on... do I understand that you can't use the elements of slow powers on your fast phase?... Wow, that's a major oversight by me. Where does it say that?

[@LeFiendComedian]

Page 16 of the rulebook, Anatomy of Powers #3: "You gain Elements the moment you pay for a Power Card, regardless of whether the Power is Fast or Slow". Hope this helps! Get to destroying!

[@ophirgonen1772]

Ah, so I did play it right. Though the vid was saying otherwise (02:30). Thank you!

[@MafiulRobin]

@@ophirgonen1772 For every AIR you may use one slow card or innate as fast.

[@MrMy23]

I agree, the video was confusing.

[@Kerbezena]

You'll need to safe power for a while to really unleash the full force. "Wer viel einst zu verkünden hat, schweigt viel in sich hinein. Wer einst den Blitz zu zünden hat, muß lange Wolke sein." - Friedrich Nietzsche 🌩️

[@blakraven66]

11 Fear and 4 Strife? On top of whatever else other powers generated to get that many elements? Yikes!

[@lucasscheper8783]

Thank you very much GTG, waited 7 long days for this vid ;) , which normaly comes earlyer in the month, but i suggest the virus as the reason. I like the combination of the standard and jagged earth spirits in this playlist. But for the next vid, please speak slower (for example your Vital strengh video was good slow. Or do you want to speak like Lightnings?)

[@Sipricy]

This videos have been coming out at the same time as the Jagged Earth updates on their kickstarter, which is the first Tuesday of each month. This one came later because the first Tuesday came later.

[@Fluxquark]

It's not "wind", it's "air"

[@olegyd]

To be honest I don't know how to win solo with this guy start from 3 level. Is almost impossible… cannot even think about level 6

[@Kindlesmith70]

I don't like playing this spirit. It's too limited for my play style. It's cool making powers fast but its not helpful as much on the board without assistance of certain other spirits. You generate energy over time to fuel powers, but the two uses you get are either making everyone else better (slow powers become fast), or taking out one problem when there are generally more than one at a time. It doesn't do enough for me, nor is it flexible.

[@michaelbaker7499]

For my money, lighting is one of, if not the, worst spirit in the game (at least the base game plus jagged earth, and branch and claw). It's so one dimensional and boring, and so hampered by its card gaining ability.