Final Fantasy XIII-2

I beat the main portion and finished the two battles but I never got the follower though I completed it.

How do I unlock the follower?

In order to unlock Lightning as a party member you have to earn 5 stars for completing the battle.
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Necronmon posted...

How do you level up Lighting? Ugh, its going to suck if I need DLC items just to level her up.

You fight Caius over and over, each time you win or lose a battle you get EXP and Lightning levels up (she immediately gets max level if you manage to beat both bosses though)

And fyi, you will always get a 0 star rank if you have her at level 10.
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Ah, thanks I manage to pull that off, but, how do you level up Lighting as a monster? I don't want to download another DLC pac just so I can level her up, unless that just means fighting that same battle again and again.

She uses the same crystal (rank 5 organic) materials as regular monsters, don't worry. It's grinding for a specific type to use that can get to be a pain.

I'm not even going to bother myself until post-game, or whenever I unlock the mog clock skills necessary to prevent my brains liquefying and oozing out during farming.