Thunderbolt

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Thunderbolt or Plasma Dome is an ability in the series. It launches an arrow charged with lightning at enemies.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Thunderbolt costs 3 MP to use, deals 20% more damage than a normal attack +10 Lightning-elemental damage to a single enemy, and has a range of fifteen meters. It can be learned by a Ranger, Armamentalist, Sage, and Item Master by allocating 42 points into the Bow skill.

Dragon Quest X Offline[edit | edit source]

Thunderbolt costs 3 MP to use and deals 20% more damage than a normal attack +10 Lightning-elemental damage to a single enemy. It can be learned by the Hero as a Ranger, Armamentalist, or Sage through the Bows panel in their Character Builder. The damage can be increased further with Skill-Up Panels.

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road[edit | edit source]

Thunderbolt makes its debut as an attack that can be used by Phantom fencer. It inflicts Lightning-elemental damage to all enemies.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[edit | edit source]

GameDescription
A shocking shaft that sends out a hemisphere of hectic electric shocks.[1]

Plasma Dome is known automatically by Bianca when she joins the party and costs 9 MP to use. It launches an arrow that creates a field of electricity on the ground that repeatedly causes damage and prevents enemies from moving for a short time. By holding down the button before it is launched, you can control where the field will be placed. Since it is a lightning attack, it is possible to short circuit monsters from the Machine family.

  • Plasma Dome can be upgraded with the skill Plusma Dome, which costs 20 skill points to learn. It increases the duration of Plasma Dome.

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Thunderbolt is an enemy-only skill that can be used by certain monsters in high-level stages and boss battles. It costs 84 MP to use and inflicts major Zap-type martial damage to all enemies in a radius of 1 around the user.

Thunderbolt (サンダーボルト Sandāboruto)
Ability information
Thunderbolt
Role * Type * Element MP cost
Attack Martial 84
Range Additional effects

Radius 1
None
Description
Deals major Zap-type martial damage to all enemies in area of effect
Naturally learnt by
Azurome, Cyber slime, King slime

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Sony PlayStation 4 and Steam versions.