LightCore Skylanders are playable characters introduced in Skylanders: Giants. The Skylanders are protectors of the Core of Light, and in times of peril, they can call upon its power to ignite their own light from within and radiate with magic, becoming known as LightCore Skylanders.

These characters light up without batteries when placed near the Portal of Power. They have a LightCore shockwave attack that defeats all surrounding enemies when placed in the game. This attack can be used once per level for each LightCore Skylander the player owns. LightCore Skylanders also have different poses from their regular model. There is a Target-exclusive 3-pack of LightCore Skylanders consisting of Drobot, Prism Break, and Eruptor.

List of LightCore Skylanders

Skylanders: Giants Skylander Element Chill Legendary Chill Drobot Eruptor Hex Jet-Vac Pop Fizz Prism Break Shroomboom

Skylanders: Swap Force Skylander Element Bumble Blast Countdown Flashwing Grim Creeper Legendary Grim Creeper Smolderdash Star Strike Enchanted Star Strike Warnado Wham-Shell

Gallery

LightCore Hex

LightCore Jet-Vac

LightCore Chill

LightCore Drobot

LightCore Eruptor

LightCore Shroomboom

LightCore Prism Break

LightCore Pop Fizz

Legendary Chill

LightCore Wham-Shell

LightCore Flashwing

LightCore Warnado

LightCore Countdown

LightCore Star Strike

LightCore Smolderdash

LightCore Grim Creeper

LightCore Bumble Blast

Legendary Grim Creeper

Enchanted Star Strike

Prototype figure of LightCore Pop Fizz

Trivia

• LightCore Figures of Skylanders introduced in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure are compatible with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure but will not light up in game or create a shockwave, due to LightCore being a concept introduced after the game's release.
• No new LightCore Skylanders were introduced after Swap Force.
  • However, the Sunscraper Spire and Midnight Museum Expansion Packs from Trap Team light up when placed on the Traptanium Portal.
• Light and Dark are the only elements without any LightCore Skylanders.
• LightCore Hex is the only variant of this kind used in Skylanders: Ring of Heroes, replacing her default appearance.
  • Additionally, despite not being a LightCore character, Light Hex has an ability that uses its power.
• None of the Skylanders from Spyro's Adventure in the Magic or Life elements have a LightCore counterpart.
• With the exception of Hot Dog, Fright Rider and Sprocket, each of the core Skylanders who first appeared in Giants had a LightCore counterpart.
• In Ring of Heroes, the Light elemental versions of Skylanders from other elements (Light Hex, Light Jet-Vac and Light Flashwing) seem to be based on the LightCore Skylanders. It is a similar case to the Dark elemental versions of Skylanders being based on their dark edition counterparts.
• Flashwing, Wham-Shell and Warnado are the only LightCore Skylanders without an additional counterpart in the Swap Force toyline.
  • They are also the only Swap Force-debut LightCore counterparts of Skylanders who had appeared in previous games.