Judgment (move)

Judgment さばきのつぶて Judgment Strike

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Battles Type  Normal 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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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 Normal 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.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0493 Arceus Normal 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:Arceus Judgement ball.png Arceus forms a ball File:Arceus Judgement Beams.png Arceus shoots beams off into the sky File:Arceus Judgement explosion.png Explosion that forms and scatters meteors File:Arceus Judgement meteor shower.png Meteor shower
The user shoots a shower of glowing beams.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The wheel on Arceus's body glows brightly, and an orange orb appears on top of Arceus's forehead. It then launches the orb into the sky, which leaves behind orange streaks as it fires. The orb then explodes in the air, releasing multiple pink meteors to come crashing down on the opponent.
Arceus (anime)	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		Debut

Trivia

• Its name is derived from judgment, a concept within the Jewish belief that says that Yahweh casts judgment upon wicked people on earth.
• Provided Arceus is holding the Dread Plate, Judgment is the second-highest powered Template:Type2 move in the game, behind using Fling when holding an Iron Ball which causes 130 power.
• Due to the types of both Arceus and Judgment being determined by the plate held, Judgment always receives STAB when used by Arceus.
• In the English debut of the movie Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Arceus repetitively used the word "Justice" whenever using this move.
• Judgment has the highest fixed attack power of any move with 100% accuracy and no drawbacks (tied with Searing Shot, Psystrike, Earthquake, Fusion Flare, and Fusion Bolt).

In other languages

• Chinese: 制裁石礫 Zhìcái Shílì
• Dutch: Vonnis
• French: Jugement
• German: Urteilskraft
• Greek: Εκδίκαση
• Hebrew: פסק-דין
• Italian: Giudizio
• Korean: 심판의뭉치 Simpan-yi Mongchi
• Portuguese: Julgamento
• Spanish: Sentencia

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.