Thunder Blade (サンダーブレード / サンダーブレイド Sandaabureedo / Sandaabureido?) is a classic Lightning- or Wind-elemental spell that has appeared frequently in several games throughout the Tales series.
Arte Description and History[]
In Tales of Phantasia, Thunder Blade involves hitting the entire screen with a large and instant electric blast. Since then, its animation has changed twice. In Tales of Arise, the arte takes the form of an orb of electricity, that quickly shoots a stream of lightning across the area in front of the caster.
In Tales of Eternia, the spell summons a long lightning sword from the bottom of the field behind the caster's position, which swings back to the right to toss enemies into the air. This same animation style was repeated in Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2, Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3, Tales of Legendia, and Tales of the World: Reve Unitia.
In Tales of Symphonia, the spell summons a large sword of lightning in the sky, which pierces into the ground to create an electric shock that affects a circular area around the impact point. Thunder Blade is available to Genis Sage if he is aligned with the Technical branch of artes. If he is associated with the Strike style, he learns Spark Wave instead. This does not apply for Kratos Aurion and Zelos Wilder, as both acquire Thunder Blade, regardless of their branch affinity. This title's animation for Thunder Blade would become the spell's staple animation, being reused in the Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology series, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of VS., Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave, Tales of Hearts R, and Tales of the Rays.
In the PlayStation 2 remake of Tales of Destiny, this becomes a mid-range bolt of lightning that swings upward. In Tales of VS., Philia uses this animation, whereas everyone else uses the generic animation.
In Tales of the Abyss, this spell is introduced as part of the Wind element due to the lack of a dedicated Lightning element in the game. For Jade Curtiss and most enemy characters, using Thunder Blade within a fully-charged Earth or Dark FOF Circle changes the spell into Gravity Well. Thunder Blade must be fully mastered to unlock Jade's second mystic arte, Indignation, during a second or later playthrough.
In Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, this arte appears as a Lightning-elemental arte available to Zelos throughout the game and Genis starting in Chapter 7. Monsters can also learn this through the Volt's Melancholy tome.
Thunder Blade appears as an altered arte learned by Rita Mordio. Like other lightning-themed attacks in Tales of Vesperia, the spell is both Wind- and Fire-elemental. The spell can be learned if Rita casts Blade Roll with the Hell Fire and Gale skills equipped, until Thunder Blade itself is mastered and enabled as a separate arte. Similar to Tales of the Abyss, the PlayStation 3 and Definitive Edition versions of the game requires this spell to be used over 200 times in order to learn the mystic arte Indignation.
In Tales of Graces ƒ, Thunder Blade makes its debut as a strike arte. While the Fodra Queen is in her mobile, sword-using form, she can use Thunder Blade to attack with a line of lightning bolts.
In Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2, the blade spins around the user like a corkscrew before piercing the ground.
In Tales of Crestoria, Zelos's Summoned With a Rose unit deals 55% more damage but deals one less hit than Jade's Perspicacious Colonel unit. Arche's Presents by Broomstick unit deals 10% more damage but deals two less hits than Jade's. Since the game took into account how each spell appears in each title and characters originating from them, Arche's version deals damage to all enemies while Zelos's and Jade's deals damage to one enemy.
In the collaboration event with Star Ocean: Anamnesis, Dhaos performs a variation called Thunder Blade - I (サンダーブレード・異?, "Thunder Blade - Foreign"), referencing his nature as an alien on Aselia.
In the Japanese files of Tales of Vesperia, there is a voice clip of the Time Traveller using the arte. However, because the Sorrowful Queen of Darkness uses it, he does not have access to it in any final version of the game.
Appearances[]
Original Titles
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Arche Klein, Ishrantu, Volt, Maxwell, Charon, Priest
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX / iOS) + Full Voice Edition - Arche Klein, Ishrantu, Volt, Maxwell (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Phantasia (GBA) + Mobile - Arche Klein (Thunder Blade), Ishrantu, Volt, Maxwell, Dhaos, Charon, Specter
- Tales of Phantasia: Cross Edition - Arche Klein, Rondoline E. Effenberg
- Tales of Destiny (PSX) - Swordian Clemente, Thunder Spirit Aura Disc, Electrify Aura Disc (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Philia Felice, Ilene, Alhambra
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon - Thunder Mage costume, Thunder Fighter costume, Morrison costume, Maxwell, Volt, Dragon Thunder, Scissorhand, Badorutona, Dark Eye, Blue Wisp
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X - Arche Klein, Volt, Surudoku Houkousuru Raimei
- Tales of Eternia - Meredy, Keele Zeibel, Hyades, Volt, Arche, Nereid (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Symphonia - Genis Sage, Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder, Volt, Yuan, Mithos, Commander, The Fugitive (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Legendia - Will Raynard, Walter, Maurits, Galf Fiend, Fenrir (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of the Abyss - Jade Curtiss, Asch, Sync, Nebilim, Philia Philis, Replicantis, Rune Replica, Coliseum Queen (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Eternia Online - Arcane Craymel Mage class
- Tales of Wahrheit - Vila Czarheit
- Tales of the Tempest - Arria Ekberg, Lukius
- Tales of Innocence - Spada Belforma
- Tales of Innocence R - Spada Belforma, Kongwai Tao, Hasta, Mathias Venus, Milla, Ancient Soul
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Genis Sage, Zelos Wilder, Awakener, Cacodemon, Moirae, monster ally Unison Attack (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Vesperia - Rita Mordio, Alexei, Gauche, Droite, Sorrowful Queen of Darkness (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Hearts R - Beryl Benito, Chalcedony Akerman, Creed Graphite (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Graces ƒ - Fodra Queen (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Xillia - Milla Maxwell, Volt (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Xillia 2 - Milla/Milla Maxwell, Volt (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Arise - Rinwell (Thunder Blade)
Crossover Titles
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Thunder Swordsman costume, Thunder Fighter costume, Thunder Mage costume, Shrine Maiden costume, Arche Klein, Meredy
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Arche Klein
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Mage class, Magic Knight class, Bishop class, Arche Klein, Genis Sage (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Mage class, Magic Knight class, Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Genis Sage, Zelos Wilder, Asch, Spada Belforma
- Tales of VS. - Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Kratos Aurion, Jade Curtiss, Asch, Rita Mordio
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Meredy, Genis Sage, Zelos Wilder, Will Raynard, Asch, Spada Belforma
- Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave - Zelos Wilder
- Tales of the World: Tactics Union - Meredy, Zelos Wilder, Milla Maxwell
- Tales of the World: Reve Unitia - Milla Maxwell, Spada Belforma, Meredy
- Tales of Link - Meredy, Genis Sage, Kratos Aurion, Hasta Ekstermi (Thunder Blade), Philia Felice, Spada Belforma; Cutscene: Philia Felice, Jade Curtiss (Thunder Blade)
- Tales of Asteria - Arche Klein, Dhaos, Rondoline E. Effenberg, Meredy, Keele Zeibel, Hyades, Zelos Wilder, Yuan Ka-Fai, Maurits Welnes, Jade Curtiss, Asch, Sync, Nebilim, Lukius Bridges, Rita Mordio, Hasta Ekstermi, Chalcedony Akerman, Rinwell, Volt
- Tales of the Rays - Milla Maxwell (Thunder Blade), Yuan Ka-Fai, Sync, Lukius Bridges, Spada Belforma, Droite, Beryl Benito, Rinwell, Volt
- Tales of Crestoria - Arche Klein, Zelos Wilder, Jade Curtiss (Thunder Blade)
Animation
- Tales of the Abyss - Jade Curtiss (Thunder Blade)[1]
Manga
- Tales of Symphonia - Genis Sage (Thunder Blade)
Collaborations
- Brave Frontier - Arche Klein (Thunder Blade)
- God Eater Resonant Ops - Milla Maxwell
- Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin - Milla Maxwell
- Star Ocean: Anamnesis - Arche Klein
- Union Arena - Rinwell
Other
Fan-Translated Names[]
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): ?
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Thunder Blade
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): Thunder Blade
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Thunder Blade
- Tales of Innocence (Absolute Zero): ?
In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes[]
Tales of Phantasia (SFC)[]
Japanese Description: 雷系攻撃呪文の一つ。敵の周りに落雷を生じさせる
Romanized Description: Ikazuchi kei kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Teki no mawari ni rakurai wo shouji saseru
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Strikes all enemies with a wave of thunder."[2]
Tales of Destiny (PSX)[]
Japanese Description: 敵の周りに落雷を生じさせる
Localized Description: "Generates a thunderbolt around the enemy."
Tales of Phantasia (PSX)[]
Translated Description (Absolute Zero): "A mid-level thunder spell that produces a thunderclap near the enemy."
Tales of Eternia[]
Japanese Description: 雷の刃で敵を切り裂く雷系中級晶霊術
Localized Description: "Tear apart the enemy with blades of lightning. Lightning Arte."[3]
User: Nereid
Japanese Quote: 愚かな!
Localized Quote: "Fool!"
Tales of Phantasia (GBA)[]
Japanese Description: 雷系攻撃呪文の一つ 敵の周りに落雷を生じさせる
Romanized Description: Ikazuchi kei kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Teki no mawari ni rakurai wo shouji saseru
Localized Description: "A lightning-based attack spell that causes a lightning strike around the enemy."[4]
Tales of Symphonia[]
Japanese Description: 電撃の剣を地面に突き刺し稲妻を発生させる雷系中級魔術
Localized Description: "Lightning (mid): thrust a sword of thunder and create lightning."[5]
User: Genis Sage
Japanese Description: ビリビリだよ!サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Wanna charge? Thunder Blade!"
User: Kratos Aurion
Japanese Quote: 遅い!サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Out of the way! Thunder Blade!"
User: Zelos Wilder
Japanese Quote: 逃げるなよ!サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Don't run! Thunder Blade!"
User: Yuan Ka-Fai
Japanese Quote: 喰らえ!サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Die! Thunder Blade!"
User: Mithos
Japanese Quote: 滅びろ!
Localized Quote: "Die..."
User: Meredy
Japanese Quote: 今だ!サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Now! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut[]
Japanese Description: 術者から生み出される稲妻の剣で薙ぎ払う晶術。追加効果で敵を麻痺にする。
Translated Description (Life Bottle Productions): "Summons a sword of lightning to cleave foes. May paralyze the enemy."
User: Philia Felice
Japanese Quote: 迅雷の剣!サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Jinrai no tsurugi! Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "Sword of clapping thunder! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of Legendia[]
Japanese Description: 雷の刃で一刀両断する呪文
Localized Description: "Mid: Slash the enemy with a sword of lightning. A. ATR.: Lightning."[6]
Tales of the Abyss[]
Japanese Description: 雷撃の剣を地面に突き刺し 稲妻を発生させ攻撃する上級譜術。
Localized Description: "Send forth lightning from your blade to attack the enemy."
Users: Jade Curtiss, Asch
Japanese Quote: 雷雲よ、我が刃となりて敵を貫け、サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "O darkened storm cloud, loose thy blade and run mine enemies through... Thunder Blade!"
User: Sync
Japanese Quote: 雷雲よ刃となれ、サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Raiyunyo yaiba to nare, Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "Become a blade by the storm clouds, Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "O storm cloud, loose thy blade... Thunder Blade!"
User: Nebilim
Localized Quote: "It begins... Thunder Blade!"
User: Philia Philis
Localized Quote: "Here I go! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of the Abyss (anime)[]
Japanese Quote: 雷雲よ、我が刃となりて敵を貫け、サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote (YouTube): "Storm clouds, become my blade and pierce my enemies! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology[]
Localized Description: "Magic: Call down a sword of lightning to pierce the ground."
Tales of the Tempest[]
Japanese Description: 対象の頭上に落ちた雷が剣状に広がり周囲の敵を巻き込む
Tales of Innocence[]
Japanese Description: 電撃の剣を突き刺し稲妻を発生させる術
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World[]
Japanese Description: 電撃の剣を地面に突き刺し稲妻を発生させる雷系中級魔術
Japanese Quote: 雷雲よ、刃となりて敵を貫け!サンダーブレード!!
Localized Quote: "O darkened storm cloud, loose thy blade and run mine enemies through... Thunder Blade!"
Tales of Vesperia[]
Japanese Description: 狙った敵の真上から雷の剣を落とし 稲妻を発生させるスキル変化術
Localized Description: "Altered Arte: Calls a blade of thunder down on the enemy and cause an explosion of lightning."
User: Rita Mordio
Normal Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 正義の意志、雷撃の剣となり咎ある者に降り落ちる…サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Seigi no ishi, raigeki no tsurugi to nari toga aru mono ni furi ochiru... Sandaa Bureedo!
Localized Quote: "O righteous will, let fall thy sword of lightning upon those who bear fault... Thunder Blade!"
Shortened Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 痺れるんだからね…サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Shibirerun dakara ne... Sandaabureedo!
Localized Quote: "This'll tingle a little... Thunder Blade!"
User: Alexei
Japanese Quote: 光の化身なる神の剣は蒙昧なる汝を貫く…サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Hikari no keshin naru kami no ken wa moumai naru nanji wo tsuranuku... Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "O incarnation of light, become the sword of god and pierce through those who are ignorant... Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "O divine sword of lightning incarnate, run my foolish enemies through... Thunder Blade!"
User: Gauche
Japanese Quote: 落ちる衝撃の雷…サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Ochiru shougeki no ikazuchi... Sandabureedo!
Translated Quote: "Fall impacting thunder... Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "Fall to this lightning... Thunder Blade!"
User: Droite
Japanese Quote: 雷鳴ゴロゴロドッカーン!サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Raimei gorogoro dokkaan! Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "Rumbling thunder ka-boom! Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "Thunder rumble BOOM! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of Xillia[]
Japanese Description: 雷の剣で切り裂き貫く精霊術(長押しで発動)。をすぐに離すと、落雷の技ライトニングが発動。
Localized Description: "Thunder sharpened for the kill. Hold to cast it, or release it early to execute a Lightning attack.
User: Milla Maxwell
Japanese Quote: 一剣を以って万業を滅却せん、抜刀!サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Ikken wo motte magyou wo mekkyaku sen, battou! Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "By means of one sword, draw out myriads of blades and destroy! Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "One true sword to smite the masses! Thunder Blade!"
User: Volt
Japanese Quote: ハイエンドクラス、スペル、スタンバイ。サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Hai endo kurasu, superu, sutanbai. Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "High end class, spell, standby. Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote: "Loading Class A Spell. Please hold on stand by. Thunder Blade!"
Tales of Innocence R[]
Japanese Description: 電撃の剣を地面に突き刺し 魔法陣内の敵に電撃を浴びせる上級天術
User: Spada Belforma
Normal Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: この胸に宿る正義の心、雷撃の剣となりて降り注げ!サンダーブレード!
User: Kongwai Tao
Normal Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 雷雲よ、我が刃となり敵を貫け
Shortened Spellcasting Time (both):
Japanese Quote: 雷よ!サンダーブレード!
Tales of Hearts R[]
Japanese Description:上空から魔法陣へ稲妻の剣を 突き刺し、陣内を電撃で満たす上級術
Localized Description: "An advanced arte that calls down a sword of pure electricity from on high."
User: Beryl Benito
Normal Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 天地を揺るがす乙女の怒り!サンダーブレード!
Shortened Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 雷念ビリビリ〜! サンダーブレード!
User: Chalcedony Akerman
Normal Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 雷念よ、我が剣となり敵を貫け!サンダーブレード!
Shortened Spellcasting Time:
Japanese Quote: 響け雷念!サンダーブレード!
Tales of Xillia 2[]
User: Milla
Japanese Quote: 一剣を以って万業を滅却せん、抜刀!サンダーブレード!
Romanized Quote: Ikken wo motte magyou wo mekkyaku sen, battou! Sandaabureedo!
Translated Quote: "By means of one sword, draw out myriads of blades and destroy! Thunder Blade!"
Tales of the Rays[]
Japanese Description: 雷場を生成し、雷でできた剣を突き立てる術
Localized Description: "An arte that impales foes with blades of lightning."
User: Beryl Benito
Japanese Quote: ビリビリでぶっ刺~~す!サンダーブレード!
User: Milla Maxwell
Japanese Quote: 万業を滅却せん、抜刀!サンダーブレード!
User: Yuan Ka-Fai
Japanese Quote: 裁きの雷に震えよ!サンダーブレード!
User: Lukius Bridges
Japanese Quote: 雷雨よ、裁きのやいばで受かって!サンダーブレード!
User: Sync
Japanese Description:
- 雷場を生成し、雷でできた剣を突き立てる術
- 6連携目以降で発動すると『グラヴィティ』に変化
Tales of Crestoria[]
User: Arche Klein
Japanese Quote: 切り裂く雷光!サンダーブレード!
Tales of Arise[]
Japanese Description: 雷撃が地を裂きながら走る光属性の下級術
Localized Description: "A beginner light arte that shoots a bolt of lightning along the ground, tearing it open."
Japanese Quote: 天雷の裁き、サンダーブレード!
Localized Quote: "Lightning condemns! Thunder Blade!"
Localized Quote (skit): "May lightning condemn those who bear fault! Thunder Blade!"
References[]
- ↑ Funimation/YouTube subtitles
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (SNES) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 2/2 by JPuga GameFAQs (2001-07-15) Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ↑ Tales of Destiny II (PS) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 1/2 by Psycho Penguin GameFAQs (2002) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (GBA) FAQ/Walkthrough by sonicfreak77 GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Symphonia (GC) Technique FAQ by DarthMarth GameFAQs (2005) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Legendia (PS2) Eres Guide by AncientNova GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.