Holy Lightning

For the Dual Crush spell, see Thunder Cross.

Holy Lightning is a lightning spell that relatives of the Belnades Clan can perform. It involves the creation of one or more lightning balls which then are sent out and home in on an enemy.

Game specific information

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

The earliest version of this spell, the Lightning Bolt, is Sypha's spell in Dracula's Curse (referred to as Goodness Gracious Great Bolts of Lightning in the North American instruction booklet). Three large powerful lightning orbs are created, which then home in on an enemy. Sypha's relative, Yoko Belnades, is able to perform a similar triple homing lightning ball attack in Dawn of Sorrow and Harmony of Despair.

Castlevania (N64) / Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness

Carrie Fernandez's Homing Energy Bullet, also known as a Magical Orb (called エネボール, EneBall in the Japanese version), in Castlevania (N64) and Legacy of Darkness is a similar homing ball. It's used as her primary long-range attack weapon and does not consume Red Jewels. It can be quickly shot forward by attacking or it can home in on an enemy if it has been charged long enough before releasing it. It can be leveled up to two times upon finding a Power-Up, with its color changing and the amount of damage and enemies it can go through increasing.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Thor's Bellow is one of Charlotte Aulin's magic spell skills in Portrait of Ruin. It is an ancient electricity spell that creates a ball of lightning.

Castlevania Judgment

In the 3-D versus game Judgment, Sypha generates only a single lightning sphere in her Lightning Strike spell. This is a very large sphere, however, and takes a while to charge. Once the sphere has been created and released, it's possible to "steer" the path of the sphere with the analog controller toward an opponent.

Item Data

Item Data: Holy Lightning
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Goodness Gracious Great Bolts of Lightning (Lightning Bolt) [alt] - Dracula's Curse   Warakiya War Items - Sypha				[edit]
	The lightning bolt shoots zapping balls in three directions.	Consume: 1 Heart		Find: Candle Drop: Any enemy
	Homing Energy Bullet [Level 1] (EneBall) [alt] - Castlevania 64   Weapon (Distance Attack) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)			Evolve: + Power-Up > Level 2
	Homing Energy Bullet [Level 2] (EneBall) [alt] - Castlevania 64   Weapon (Distance Attack) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)		Create: Level 1 + Power-Up	Evolve: + Power-Up -> Level 3
	Homing Energy Bullet [Level 3] (EneBall) [alt] - Castlevania 64   Weapon (Distance Attack) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)		Create: Level 2 + Power-Up
	Magical Orb [Level 1] (EneBall) - Legacy of Darkness   Weapon (Long-Range) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)	ATK = 3, charge up to 15		Evolve: + PowerUp > Level 2
	Magical Orb [Level 2] (EneBall) - Legacy of Darkness   Weapon (Long-Range) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)	ATK = 3.75, charge up to 18.75	Create: Level 1 + PowerUp	Evolve: + PowerUp -> Level 3
	Magical Orb [Level 3] (EneBall) - Legacy of Darkness   Weapon (Long-Range) - Carrie				[edit]
		Consume: (no cost, unlimited)	ATK = 4.5, charge up to 22.5	Create: Level 2 + PowerUp
	Holy Lightning (jpn) - Dawn of Sorrow   Subweapon - Yoko				[edit]
	Yoko's magic	Attrib: Electric Consume: 80 MP		Find: Starts with	Effect: Summons three lightning balls moving randomly.
	Thor's Bellow (Thor Ring) - Portrait of Ruin   Magic Spell - Charlotte				[edit]
	An ancient lightning spell that creates a ball of lightning.	Attrib: Electric Consume: 120 MP	ATK +14 (partially charged), ATK +28 (fully charged)	Drop: Amduscias	Effect: Creates a small electric storm that sends five lightning bolts at enemies. The storm itself damages enemies and hits multiple times. Special: Fully charged: The electric storm becomes larger.
	Holy Lightning (jpn) - Harmony of Despair (DLC)   Spell - Yoko				[edit]
	Create orbs of lightning that pursue foes.	Attrib: Lightning, Holy Consume: 15 MP	ATK +8	Rarity: *** First Obtained: (start with)	Evolve: Stronger with each Lv.; 3 to 4 to 5 lightning balls

Gallery

Artwork

Goodness Gracious Great Bolts of Lightning from the American Dracula's Curse instruction booklet

Screenshots

Sypha Belnades summoning Holy Lightning in Pachislot III

Animations

Goodness Gracious Great Bolts of Lightning from Dracula's Curse

Holy Lightning from Dawn of Sorrow

Thor's Bellow from Portrait of Ruin

Fully charged Thor's Bellow from Portrait of Ruin

Lightning Strike from Judgment

Trivia

• "Goodness Gracious Great Bolts of Lightning", the name given to the Lightning Bolt in the American instruction booklet of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, is a pun to the lyrics of the 1957 song "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis.
• Malphas can perform an attack similar to Holy Lightning. At some point while confronting him, he may hover in the air and slowly build up energy. After enough energy has been gathered, he will unleash four gigantic electrical spheres that will travel in an arcing pattern and which also have slight homing properties.