More:Final Fantasy 8: Magic
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Obtaining various magic
Use Time Magic Refining to refine Three Stars into
100 Triple. Then, Flare, Meteor, and Meltdown can be drawn from
high level Behemoth, Ruby Dragon and Gayla respectively. Just
use Tonberry's Lv Up ability to draw, then use Level Down to decrease
the experience gain in order to keep your levels low. Death is
also one of the best magics to junction to Luck. Tornado can rise
your Eva rate to 21% if you have 100.
Once the Ragnarok is obtained, fly to the island closest to heaven
(resembles a lower-case r) in the northeast part of the map, then
equip Diablos' "Enc-None" ability. Explore around the
island's edge while tapping X (PlayStation version) to
find draw points of Flare, Ultima, Aura, Holy, Full-Life, Meteor
and many other powerful magic. This makes it easy to upgrade your
health to 9999 with Triple and Ultima equipped. This may also
be done on the island closest to hell, in the northwest part of
the map.
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Rare magic draw points
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- There is an Ultima draw point at the bottom of the Warship island before fighting Ultima Weapon. It is on the right of the entrance, and is easily discovered with Siren's Find Draw and Save points ability.
- There is a save point before fighting Ultima Weapon and on the left of the big comp. Walk near the comp then go left until you cannot go further. It is easily discovered with Siren's Find Draw and Save points ability.
- There is a Life 2 draw point in the Missile's Hangar at the Galbadian missile base. Enter the room with the save point on the left and the terminal where you cheated to prevent the Galbadian missiles by hitting Balamb Garden. It is near the second silo on the left and is easily discovered with Siren's Find Draw and Save points ability.
- There is an Aura draw Point in Altemicia's castle. Go to the room with the spiral staircase (enter the castle, go straight in the door up the stairs, fall down the big chandelier and then open the door on the ground; a Boss is also here). Go to the right, between the barrels. It is easily discovered with Siren's Find Draw and Save points ability.
- There's an Ultima draw point in Altemicia's castle. Go to the place where you fought the Galganture (big skeleton that causes abnormal status when attacking). The draw point is on the left, near the second knight's armor.
- In the Island closest to Heaven and Hell there are lots of draw points near the edges. Just follow the edge of the island and keep tapping Circle until you find one. The list of magic include: Ultima, Holy, Aura, Meteor, Flare, Tornado, and Quake.
- When you walk in Shumi Village, talk to the three Shumi's. They will ask you to pay 5,000 gil to go to the draw point. Answer "Yes" to get to an Ultima draw point.
Hidden Apocalypse magic
Before fighting Ultimecia on Disc 4, Junction the Draw
and Magic commands on any of your characters. When you reach Ultimecia's
final form, damage her until you see her having two targets in
the window. You can draw the Apocalypse spell on the lower part
of Ultimecia and either cast it on her or stock it. Cast Triple
on that character and cast it three times via magic. Ultimecia
also draws it from herself and casts it on you.
Saving Aura magic
Aura is a magic which can be used up after so many
changes of character (when Circle is pressed in the PlayStation
version). To prevent this, do not start tapping Circle
repeatedly until the two other characters who do not have aura
have had their turns. Then, before their bar is back up, keep
tapping Circle. This is a much more effective way to use
Aura.
Have Quistis in your party. Cast Aura on her and have her using
the Mighty Guard. Sometimes she will "transfer" her
Aura status to your entire party. You must be lucky, but it is
worth it. This will allow you to save two Auras.
Get Aura in Disc 2
You will need to have Siren's Tool Refine, Leviathan's
Supt Mag Refine, and Diablose' Mug ability. Go to the Great Plains
of Galbadia and look for Weindegos. They are a funny looking green
and yellow sort of monkey. Mug them to get Steel Pipes. Depending
on the Weindegos, you may get two or four steel pipes from each.
Be careful with these monsters -- although not that deadly, they
can take a lot of your HP. After winning, use Tool Refine to refine
the Steel Pipes into Aura Stones. Then use Supt Mag Refine to
turn them into Aura.
No potion heal
To save Gil and be safe during a Boss battle, get 100
Drains for a character that can junction his attack to status.
Put the 100 Drains in that slot. When you attack a normal enemy
with them junctioned 100, you will get the same Hp back. There
is one setback to this -- do not attack undead creatures.
Changing items into magic
Changing the Samasa's Soul item (from changing Seifer's
Card) will create 60 Triple magic. Triple is one of the best magics
to junction. Changing 50 Phoenix feathers with Eden's Elaborate
G.F. items ability will create a Phoenix Soul. This teaches the
Revive ability to one of your G.F. (Easy if you have a lot of
gil.)
Making full use of the Status Junction
Pain magic is one of the best magics for junction to
Status Attack. It can take charge of most of the monsters in the
Islands Closest To Heaven and Hell. For example, the T-Rex that
is weak against status attack (will miss all attacks with Blind
and he will be unable to cast magic) and Behemoths. For a major
effect, junction 100 Pain so will not miss. This does not work
against monsters like Rubulmdragons (absorbs St-Attack) and Morboros.
Drain magic is the best magic to junction to Status Attack, because
it will heal your character while attacking.100 Drain is a must
when on the Islands Closest To Heaven and Hell. It works well
against T-Rex, Molboros, and other less dangerous monsters. It
does not work against Rubulmdragons (will heal him) and Melth
Dragons (you will be harmed cause it is a zombie-based monster).
Best stat defense junctions and elemental defense junctions
To get the best Elemental defense (you must have the
Elem Def-Jx4 ability), junction 100 Full Life, 100 Life, 100 Ultima,
and 100 Shell to your Elemental Defense. To get the best status
Defense, junction 100 Pain, 100 Esuna, 100 Holy, and 100 of another
status magic.
Good offensive junction
The following junction will help against all enemies
except for Bosses. Junction 100 Pain spells on your Elemental
Attack. This way, you will always Blind, Poison, and Silence your
enemy. This will drastically reduce their accuracy and will prevent
them from using magic. This is especially helpful on the Islands
Closest to Heaven and Hell. Alternatively, you can junction 100
Pain spells to Elemental Defense. This way, you cannot be Silenced,
Poisoned, or Blinded. Pain spells can be found on the Island Closest
to Heaven and Island Closest to Hell using Siren's "Move-Find"
Ability, and Diablos's "No-Enc" ability. The Draw points
regenerate extremely fast.
Careful magic use
Do not use all the magic you have. If that certain
magic is junctioned (HP for example), and if you use the magic
that you have in your HP junction slot, your HP will deplete during
battle.
Magic Refining
Once you learned a Refine skill (such as Ammo Refine)
enter the Tutorial. Go to the Information section, then open the
Abilities menu, then select Menu Abilities. Once there, you can
find the Refine ability and a list of all the items or magic you
can refine with that skill.
Scan and party members
PlayStation Use Scan on your party members to get a little information
about them. Also when you scan, press L1 + Down
to zoom in to get a closer view of the person you are scanning.
Draw twice from one draw point
When you are captured in the Galbadian D-District Prison,
go to floor 9. Go in the only door that will allow entry. There
will be a Berserk draw point inside. You can draw from this point
twice in a row. Note: This can only be done the first time.
Instant death
If you have Quistis's Blue magic Bad Breath, you can
cause instant death to some enemies since it can cause every status
effect.
Absorb all Elementals
Use the following to to junction magic to absorb all
Elementals. Junction at least 60 Ultimas with 100 Full-life in
your Elemental Defense. To get 100 Ultimas, collect 100 Curse
Spikes by defeating either Malboro or Tri-face on eastern part
of The Island Closest To Heaven. Refine 100 Curse Spikes to 1
Dark Matter and refine 1 Dark Matter to 100 Ultimas.
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