Adrammelech readies Thundaja in Final Fantasy XII.
Thundaga (サンガー, Sangā?, lit. Thunger), also known as Thundaja, Bolt 3, or LIT3, is a recurring ability from the Final Fantasy series.
The spell appears as the original final tier of the Thunder-school of Black Magic in Final Fantasy, but was eventually replaced with the traditional Thundaga (サンダガ, Sandaga?) spell starting from Final Fantasy III. While sharing the name of two recurring spells in later English localizations, it is considered a separate ability in the Japanese versions of the respective titles the spell appears in, serving as homages to the original Final Fantasy.
Since its appearance in the Dissidia entries in the series, the ability has often appeared as a signature skill for Garland. It has also come to be associated with the summon Adrammelech.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy[]
Deals lightning damage to all foes.
Description
Thundaga (LIT3 in the NES version and Bolt3 Final Fantasy Origins) is a level 6 Black Magic spell, which inflicts major Lightning-elemental damage to all enemies. In the Origins release, it inflicts between 60 and 240 Lightning damage, while in subsequent releases, damage dealt depends on the caster's Intelligence. Thundaga may be cast by Chronodia, Dark Wizard, and Chaos.
The spell can be bought at Crescent Lake and can be learned by the Black Mage, Black Wizard, and Red Wizard job classes. In the GBA/PSP/mobile releases it costs 35 MP to cast.
Despite being remade several times, no version of Final Fantasy in Japanese has attempted to update the spell's name to use the recurring "Thundaga" (サンダガ, Sandaga?) name in Japanese, instead retaining the original "Thunger" (サンガー, Sangā?) name.
Final Fantasy XII[]
Thundaja is a spell exclusive to the Esper Adrammelech during his boss fight. It causes heavy Thunder damage and inflicts the Stop status. This ability is similar to the Ark Blast Quickening concurrence.
In the Japanese version, this spell was named Thunger (サンガー, Sangā?) rather than Thundaja (サンダジャ, Sandaja?) to pay the original Final Fantasy homage in which the third tier of Lightning-elemental spell was named so. It was likely renamed to Thundaja in the localization for consistency with the other Esper abilities that used the -Ja suffix.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]
Venerable strength!
Garland using Thundaga
Garland has Thundaga as a Bravery attack. It calls a lightning bolt down around the opponent, and comes in both ground and aerial variants. Thundaga costs 30 CP to equip and 100 AP to master.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]
Slam your axe into the earth and send a pillar of slow-moving lightning towards your opponent.
Description
Thundaga is a Bravery Attack for Garland with a base damage of 32 (48/64 after his signature buffs), increased to 384 (432/480 after buffs) in Deranged Soul.
Thundaga does not track targets and moves slowly, but is a highly effective short-range counter.
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
Thundaga appeared as a set of abilities associated with the Adrammelech Sicarius cards. There were five versions of the attack with each being associated with a specific job-type. Each version of Thundaga dealt wind-elemental damage within an area of effect, with its damage type being dependent on the job.
Two upgraded variants known as Extreme Thundaja and Extreme Thundaja X also appeared as Mage abilities, being associated with the Extreme Adrammelech and Extreme Adrammelech X cards respectively. Both attacks dealt ten wind-elemental damage magic attacks to enemies within an area of effect, along with having the Painful Break, Improve Critical, Exploit Weakness, and Guard Breaker effects.
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]
SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny[]
In the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy Legend II (known as SaGa 2 in Japanese), Thunger is the base magic cooperation skill of the Thunder Book. The skill deals lightning damage to all enemies.
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