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Thunder

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Ventus using Thunder at the Castle of Dreams

Thunder (サンダー Sandā?), Thundara (サンダラ Sandara?), and Thundaga (サンダガ Sandaga?) magic are offensive spells used by Sora, Donald, and other characters and enemies associated with the element of lightning. Although named "Thunder", lightning is actually used, not thunder itself.

Uses

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Thunder is used much differently than its other incarnations. The user casts a ring of lightning around them, and any enemies inside the ring are struck by lightning. Avaliable to all three characters.

Kingdom Hearts

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Sora using Thundaga magic

The Thundara spell in Kingdom Hearts.]]

Thunder was the first magic ability seen, where it was used by Donald to awaken a sleeping Goofy.

In Kingdom Hearts, Thunder was a more powerful and also more costly spell than Fire or Blizzard, summoning a barrage of lightning bolts from above to strike the surrounding enemies at the cost of 1 MP bar.

Characters who cast Thunder magic in Kingdom Hearts:

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

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Sora using Thunder in midair against Darkside
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In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Thunder appears as a magic card that can be used in the following sleights:

  • Thundara
  • Thundaga
  • Thunder Raid

Keyblades are sometimes given elemental properties in this game. Thunder-elemental keyblades appearing in this game are as follows:

Kingdom Hearts II

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Sora using Thunder

In Kingdom Hearts II, Thunder is approximately equal to the other base elemental spells Fire and Blizzard in power. Thunder has decreased in power in Kingdom Hearts II, as opposed to Fire and Blizzard, which have increased in power from their incarnations in Kingdom Hearts. The spell summons a single lightning bolt to strike an enemy and an area-of-effect that is expanded with each upgrade.

A new ability, Thunder Boost, appearing in Kingdom Hearts II increases the amount of damage caused by lightning-elemental spells. Although it may be learned by leveling up, it is also a passive ability acquired when equipping the Photon Debugger keyblade.

Characters who cast Thunder magic in Kingdom Hearts II:

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

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Xion using Thundaga

In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Thunder sends out a straight line of lightning before the caster. Thundara resembles Thunder magic as it appears in Kingdom Hearts, in which lightning strikes randomly around the caster for a brief period of time. Thundaga invokes a single, enormous bolt of lightning to strike the target.

Kingdom Hearts coded

In Kingdom Hearts coded, the Thunder license may be used from the Hero's License.

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

In Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, Thunder summons lightning bolts to hit the surrounding area.

Acquiring

Kingdom Hearts

Thunder: Learned after completing Phil's barrel challenge. Power = (Max MPx2)+14.
Thundara: Upgraded after defeating the giant Ursula. Power = (Max MPx2)+18.
Thundaga: Upgraded after defeating Cerberus in the Hades Cup. Power = (Max MPx2)+22.

  • Note: Though the Olympus Coliseum tournaments are not needed to go through the storyline, a second-tier spell may not be acquired before the first-tier. When acquiring any sort of Magic for the first time, the player receives the first-tier spell in lieu of the upgrade that would normally be acquired. Because Olympus Coliseum and Atlantica can both be skipped in Kingdom Hearts, Thunder is one of three spells that can be missed entirely in-game, the others being Stop and Gravity.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Thunder: A Magic Card obtained after defeating Larxene for the first time.
Thundara: Stock two Thunder Cards.
Thundaga: Stock three Thunder Cards.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Thunder: Granted after completing Mission 36 in the Olympus Coliseum.
Thundara: Granted after completing Mission 56 in Twilight Town.
Thundaga: Granted after completing Mission 69 in Wonderland.

Kingdom Hearts II

Thunder: Defeat the Hydra (Olympus Coliseum).
Thundara: Upgraded after the defeat of Storm Rider (Land of Dragons).
Thundaga: Upgraded after the defeat of Groundshaker (Pride Lands).

Kingdom Hearts coded

  • Thunder License: A gift in a Moogle Shop in Olympus Coliseum.
  • Thundaga License: Defeat Data Cloud in Olympus Coliseum.

Recipe

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Thunder can be synthesized for 1400 munny once Roxas is promoted to Novice rank.

Thundara can be synthesized for 1400 munny once Roxas is promoted to Novice rank.

Thundaga can be synthesized for 2000 munny once Roxas is promoted to Novice rank.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Thundara-Thunder (LVL 2) and Stun Edge (LVL 2)-100%

  • Thunder (LVL 2) and Thunder (LVL 2)-100%
  • Zero Gravity (LVL 2) and Magnet (LVL 2)-100%

Thundaga-Thundara (LVL 3) and Binding Strike (LVL 3)-90%

  • Thundara (LVL 3) and Thundara (LVL 3)-90%
  • Thunder (LVL 3) and Thundara (LVL 3)-90%

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

Thundara

  • Thunder Blade + Fire
  • Spark Dash + Revolve Break
  • Thunder + Thunder Blade
  • Thunder + Fire
  • Thunder + Cure
  • Thunder + Slow
  • Cure + Thunder Blade
  • Slow + Thunder Blade
  • Stop + Thunder Blade

Thundaga

  • Thunder Blade + Aero Raid
  • Thunder Blade + Wind Sweep
  • Thundara + Spark Storm
  • Confu + Spark Storm
  • Esuna + Spark Storm

Drop

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep

Enemies capable of casting Thunder Magic

Heartless

Somebodies

Nobodies

Unversed

Other usage

Synthesis materials

  • In Kingdom Hearts, the synthesis materials with the power of thunder were called Thunder materials.
  • In Kingdom Hearts II, the synthesis materials with the power of thunder were called Lightning materials.

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Armor and accessories

There are pieces of accessories in Kingdom Hearts and pieces of armor that have attributes that can increase defense against Thunder or increase damage done by Thunder.