Thunderbolt

Sprite

Power 20 Accuracy +50%

Type Special Magic

Effect Deals lightning damage to the target

Element Lightning

Used By Blue Dragon, Bolt Fish, Thunder Gigas, Tiamat

Cast By Items Thunder Spear

Thunderbolt is basically the Monster equivalent of the Thunder Spell, roughly equal to that Spell cast by a Character with 40–50 intelligence. Since Monsters get no stat bonuses to Spells, their Abilities deal more damage and are more accurate than Spells. Thunderbolt is most often used to simulate a breath attack of some kind.

Compare Thunderbolt to other Spells

Monsters: Which use Thunderbolt – 4 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Blue Dragon	7	3,500	240	180	8×100%	-	150	1×75%	8×40%	−170%	12,275 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	Poison	Lightning
Bolt Fish	5	540	80	60	4×80%	-	50	1×50%	4×40%	−110%	510 gil	Aquatic	-	Fire, Lightning, Poison
Thunder Gigas	7	2,500	370	150	8×95%	-	150	1×60%	4×50%	−130%	2,620 gil	Giant	Poison	Lightning
Tiamat	7	5,000	450	150	8×100%	Poison	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	10,325 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	-	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice

Weapons & Shields: Which cast Thunderbolt in battle – 1 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to 1/4 of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from 1/4 to 1/2 of the wielder's strength score Attack	The accuracy bonus of the weapon; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine physical attack accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons have a chance to inflict a status ailment with each hit; a weapon with the Drain HP ability drains 1/16 of the target's maximum hp in addition to its normal damage on each hit, but this effect is reversed against undead; the Healing ability means that the attack value of the weapon is ignored except against undead, and the target is healed for 30–60 hit points per hit; the Ripper ability appears to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied and the ability has no actual effect Effect	Weapons and shields grant a bonus to evasion equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the item type Evasion	When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); there is no penalty for using a weapon against a monster that resists or absorbs any of its elemental properties; shields instead grant resistance to the listed elements Elements	When used against a monster of any of the listed families, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Effective Against	Most weapons and shields incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in combat Break	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value
(Polearm)Thunder Spear	78	+67%	-	+1%	Lightning	-	40%	Thunderbolt 16	No	-	15,000 gil

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