Judgment (move)

Judgment さばきのつぶて Judgment Strike

The user releases countless shots of light. Its type varies with the kind of Plate the user is holding.

Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Order of appealing is random in the next turn

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Makes the order of contestants random in the next turn.

Judgment on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Judgment on Eevee's Movedex

Judgment (Japanese: さばきのつぶて Judgment Strike) is a damage-dealing Fire-type 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 493 Arceus Fire 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

Arceus	Judgment	Judgment
The user shoots a shower of glowing beams.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Arceus	A glowing pink sphere appears above Arceus's head. Many beams of light with meteors at the end then shoot out of it, causing expansive destruction.
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.
• Provided Arceus is wearing the Dread Plate, Judgment is the highest powered Dark-type move in the game, as otherwise no damage-dealing Dark-type move has a power greater than 80. In addition, when equipped with the Dread Plate, it is one of only two Special damage-dealing Dark-type moves, the other being Dark Pulse.

In other languages

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

Variations on the move Earthquake
	Earthquake
	Judgment

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