Bolting

Bolting
An enemy Etrurian Sage casting Bolting on Roy in The Binding Blade.
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Weapon Type	Thunder (Anima Magic in FE6-8)
Most Common Rank	Varies
Uses	Varies
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“Long-range lightning strike.”
—In-game description, The Sacred Stones

Bolting (サンダーストーム Sandāsutōmu, lit. Thunderstorm) is a long-range Thunder Magic tome in the Fire Emblem Series. When cast, a single bolt of lightning will be drawn upon from overcast rain clouds, striking a selected enemy target located a considerable distance from its caster. The long range that this tome possesses is essentially offset by its inability to allow its user to attack at close range, leaving him/her vulnerable to enemy assaults. This is further made worse by the fact that the tome is one that is rather heavy, which not just impedes the user's ability to perform double attacks, but also reduces his/her Attack Speed by a significant amount. An exception of this is in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, where its weight is a mere 10, so it can be doubled rather easily.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Name				Type
Thunderstorm				Thunder
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Rng	Wt	Worth
C	50	15	60%	3~10	30	65,535
Effect
Cannot be countered; Reduces user's Move to 0.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Thunderstorm					Thunder
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
A	5	10	70%	20	3~10	20	1	2,200
Effect
-

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Bolting					Anima
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
A	5	12	70%	0%	3~10	10	1	3,000
Effect
-

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Name					Type
Bolting					Anima
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	5	12	60%	0%	3-10	20	1	2,500
Effect
-

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Name					Type
Bolting					Thunder
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	5	13	65%	5%	3~10	13	3	800
Effect
Effective against Dragon tribe Laguz.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Name					Type
Bolting					Thunder
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
B	5	6	60%	5%	3-10	19	3	800
Effect
Effective against Dragon tribe Laguz.

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Method	Location
Unobtainable	Exclusively wielded by Ishtore and Bloom.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 16 - Chest Ch. 21 - Secret Shop

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Method	Location
Dropped	Sage (Ch.24H Linus version), Limstella (Ch. 30E/32H)

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method	Location
Inventory	Selena (Creature Campaign)
Treasure	Ch. 19 - Chest • Tower of Valni Floor 6 - Chest
Secret Shops	Grado Keep • Jehanna Hall

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Sage (Ch. 22)
Treasure	Ch. 16 - Chest

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Method	Location
Disarm and Steal	Part 3: Ch. 2 (Enemy Thunder Sage) Part 3: Ch. E (Enemy Thunder Sage)

Trivia

• Although the Bolting tome is accorded critical hit ratio in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, its long ranged animation appears to be omitted.
• In Radiant Dawn, it is almost impossible to obtain a copy of the Bolting tome, and can only be acquired by means of stealing it.

Gallery

The Thunderstorm tome, as it appears in the third series of the TCG.

Ishtore casting Thunderstorm on Larcei in Genealogy of the Holy War.

An enemy mage casting Bolting on Karin in Thracia 776.

An enemy Sage casting Bolting on Marcia in Path of Radiance.

A Crimean Thunder Sage casting Bolting on a Rebel Warrior in Radiant Dawn.