Attack
Call down
Call down verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner
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It can even be used as a Magical Defibrillator, providing there are two Marvels, one to call down the lightning, and one to absorb it safely; otherwise this works the same as the attack.
Source: Comic Book / Shazam -
The Undertaker has the ability to call down lightning from the heavens, though he mostly uses it for dramatic effect and not as an attack.
Source: Shock and Awe -
In Mega Man ZX, Serpent has a One-Hit Kill lightning bolt attack that he can call down whenever he feels like it... in the first cutscene in which you actually encounter him.
Source: Cutscene Power to the Max
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