Judgment (move)

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

Generations IV
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.

Judgment is affected by.

Generation V
Judgment is unaffected by.

Generation VI onward
If is in effect, Judgment's type will always be Normal regardless of the Plate held.

Judgment is unaffected by, , , and. However, it is affected by (if the move would be Normal-type) and.

Judgment's type is unaffected by Z-Crystals held by the user, remaining a Normal-type move.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
While neither Arceus nor Judgment are legitimately obtainable prior to WiiWare games, the move Judgment still exists in Explorers of Sky data—it has no description, and its name is $$$, however. It hits all enemies in the room, and since Plates do not exist, it instead uses the user's primary type.

In, Judgment deals damage as if it were the same type as the user. Again due to the absence of Plates, this will almost always be Normal-type damage. However, Judgment will change to Water-type if the user's type is changed with (but not if a type is added to the user due to  or ), and will deal Electric-type damage if the user is under the effects of, or if the user is Normal-type and  is used.

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Trivia

 * In the English dub of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Arceus consistently says the word "Justice" whenever using this move.

In other languages
Urteilskraft Sentencia Jugement Giudizio さばきのつぶて 制裁光砾（招式）