Judgment (move)

Judgment (Japanese: さばきのつぶて Judgment Strike) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV. It is the signature move of Arceus, and like Arceus, varies in type depending on the plate held by the user.

Effect

Judgment inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The type of Judgment depends on the type of plate held by the user, being Normal-type if there is no held plate.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0493 Arceus Steel 100 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Judgmentarceus.PNG Arceus File:Judgement2.JPG Judgment File:Judgmenthit.JPG Judgment
The user shoots a shower of glowing beams.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A glowing pink sphere appears above Arceus's head. Many beams of light then shoot out of it.
Arceus	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		Debut

Trivia

• Provided Arceus's Attack and Sp.Atk stats are identical and the battle is a single battle, Judgment, when used by an Arceus holding an Earth Plate, is absolutely identical to Earthquake other than its damage category and its inability to hit a Pokémon using Dig.
• Its name is derived from judgment, a concept within the Christian belief that says that God casts judgment upon wicked people on earth.

In other languages

• French: Jugement
• Dutch: Vonnis
• Italian: Giudizio
• Spanish: Sentencia
• Portuguese: Julgamento
• German: Urteilskraft

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