Judgment

This article is about the Ethereal Blades. You may be looking for the ability or the follow-up attack of Strike Raid.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Judgment
"A weapon that lets you string together faster, longer ground combos."
Japanese		ジャッジメント
Rōmaji		Jajjimento
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+48	+1	+52		+0	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+1	+6	+2	+4	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.0		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Combo Boost 2: Chain Time
Obtained
Lift Gear ③ (Xemnas)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Judgment+
"An upgraded Judgment. Lets you string together faster, longer ground combos."
Japanese		ジャッジメント+
Rōmaji		Jajjimento+
Stats
Strength				Magic
Base	Unit	Ultima		Base	Unit
+30	+1	+70		+0	+1
Defense		Crit Rate		Crit Bonus
Base	Unit	Base	Unit	Base	Unit
+0	+1	+8	+2	+3	+1
Attack Speed		Approach Speed
		Ground		Air
1.0		1.0		1.0
Abilities
1: Chain Power 2: Chain Time
Obtained
Lift Gear+ ③ (Xemnas)

The Judgment is a pair of Ethereal Blades that can be wielded by Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It can be upgraded to the Judgment+.

Design

Judgment's blade has a slight curve and gets increasingly wider from the handle to the tip. The tip of the blade is flat and slanted so that the inner edge of the blade is actually longer than the outer edge. The inner edge is lined with curved spikes. This type of Ethereal Blade glows yellow.

Upon striking targets, the blades create a violet X-shaped slashing effect. At the end of a combo, the effect is larger, and the center is colored pink.

Judgment is the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.

Gameplay

The attack combos for Judgment are characterized by broad, swift, spinning attacks. The ground combo consists of a spinning thrust, a 360° swing, another spinning thrust, and a double spin, with the blades extending on the last spin. The finisher has a knockback effect.

The aerial combo consists of an upwards spinning swing, a double spinning slash, and a downward 360° spin slash with knockback.

The ground combo for Judgment+ adds another 360° swing and another thrust before the double-spin finisher.

Judgment

Combos
Ground Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Ground) Horizontal Spin Thrust Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Ground) Dual-Wield Horizontal Swing Hit 1 0.50 X X X Hit 2 0.50 X X X (Ground) Horizontal Spin Thrust Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Ground) Rush Horizontal Spin Swing Hit 1 1.0 ◯ ◯ ◯ Hit 2 1.0 ◯ ◯ ◯		Air Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Air) Dual-Wield Diagonal Spin Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.5 X X X (Air) Dual-Wield Double Spin Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.5 X X X Hit 3 0.5 X X X Hit 4 0.5 X X X (Air) Horizontal Spin Launch Drop Hit 1 1.0 X ◯ ◯ Hit 2 1.25 ◯ ◯ ◯

Judgment+

Combos
Ground Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Ground) Horizontal Spin Thrust Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Ground) Dual-Wield Horizontal Swing Hit 1 0.50 X X X Hit 2 0.50 X X X (Ground) Horizontal Spin Thrust Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Ground) Dual-Wield Horizontal Swing Hit 1 0.50 X X X Hit 2 0.50 X X X (Ground) Horizontal Spin Thrust Hit 1 0.75 X X X (Ground) Rush Horizontal Spin Swing Hit 1 1.0 ◯ ◯ ◯ Hit 2 1.0 ◯ ◯ ◯		Air Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? Attack Power Critical? Flinch? Counter? (Air) Dual-Wield Diagonal Spin Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.5 X X X (Air) Dual-Wield Double Spin Swing Hit 1 0.5 X X X Hit 2 0.5 X X X Hit 3 0.5 X X X Hit 4 0.5 X X X (Air) Horizontal Spin Launch Drop Hit 1 1.0 X ◯ ◯ Hit 2 1.25 ◯ ◯ ◯