Judgment Bolt Judgment Bolt , also known as Judgement Bolt , Bolt of Judgment , Bolt of Judgement , Thunder , JudgeBlt , or Bolt Fist , is a recurring ability in the series . It is a Lightning - elemental attack and usually the signature move of Ramuh . Appearances . " Final Fantasy III " . Judgment Bolt is Ramuh ' s ultimate attack and deals Lightning - elemental damage to all enemies , much like Thunderstorm , though the latter only targets one enemy . " Final Fantasy IV " . Ramuh ' s Judgement Bolt attack , Bolt of Judgement in the " Advance " version and Thunder in previous versions , inflicts lightning - elemental damage to all enemies . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Judgment Bolt is Ramuh ' s attack when summoned and functions identically to its " Final Fantasy IV " appearance . Ramuh uses Judgment Bolt when fought as a boss . It deals lightning - elemental damage to the entire party . He also uses Judgment Bolt when summoned in battle . " Final Fantasy V " . Judgement Bolt , also known as JudgeBlt in the " Anthology " release and as Bolt of Judgement in the RPGe translation , is Ramuh ' s attack . It hits all enemies with Lightning - elemental damage . " Final Fantasy VI " . Originally titled Bolt Fist , Judgement Bolt is the Lightning - elemental attack of Ramuh . It hits all enemies . " Final Fantasy VII " . Continuing the pattern , Judgement Bolt is Ramuh ' s attack . It hits all enemies with Lightning - elemental damage . " Final Fantasy IX " . Ramuh ' s Judgement Bolt attack inflicts lightning - elemental damage to all enemies . It can be used by Dagger . Like most summons , Judgement Bolt has two versions : long version and short version , with the long version being stronger . With the support ability Boost the player can always summon the long version unless it is a counterattack as part of Dagger ' s Trance . Judgement Bolt is likely the first summon attack Dagger will use . Its damage can be boosted by having more Peridots in stock ( see Summon ( Final Fantasy IX ) # Mechanics for damage formulae ) . " Final Fantasy XI " . Judgment Bolt is the Astral Flow Blood Pact of Ramuh . It costs twice the user ' s level in MP to active the command , and using it reduces their MP to 0 . Judgment Bolt is a Lightning - elemental area of effect attack . " Final Fantasy XII " . Judgement Bolt is the ability of Adrammelech in " Final Fantasy XII " . It unleashes a powerful Lightning attack on the enemy . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Judgement Bolt is Ramuh ' s ultimate attack used in both the hard and extreme difficulty versions of The Striking Tree trial . Like most Primal ultimate attacks , the player party is required to defeat additional enemies to prevent an automatic defeat . Should the party defeat the Gray Arbiters enemies , Judgement Bolt will only deal moderate damage to the entire party . However , should the player party fail to defeat all the Gray Arbiters , Judgment Bolt will instantly kill the party . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Ramuh will cast Judgment Bolt for a cost of 24 MP . It is a Lightning - elemental attack . Adrammelech uses Judgement Bolt as its Scion ' s Wrath ability . It inflicts Lightning - elemental damage to all enemies . Judgment Bolt is used by Lucifer in both of his boss battles . The attack reduces the AP of all members of the opposing party to zero . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Judgment Bolt is the name of Eidolon Ramuh ' s attack . It deals Thunder damage to all enemies and requires 29 MP to use . Ramuh also use Judgment Bolt during the battle with him inside Cave of Fulmination . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Ramuh blocks the opponent ' s summon , disabling him / her of summoning it . Like some summons in " Dissidia " , Ramuh can be summoned by two distinct ways : Automatically , which summons him immediately when the summoner breaks the opponent ' s Brave and shows an artwork of his " Final Fantasy XI " appearance , and manually , where his " Final Fantasy IV " artwork appears . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . As with Ramuh , Judgement Bolt returns in " Dissidia 012 " with the same effects . " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy " . Judgment Bolt appears as Ramuh ' s signature attack and is used when he is summoned in battle stages .