Final Fantasy 8

Junction

Once you have chosen Junction, you will have this menu. Press X and choose the "Junction" tab. The top tool bar will have the following options:

Diagram 2.2C: Junction Tab
 ___________________________________________________
|             |
| Junction    |  <  GF  >      <  Magic >
|_____________|_____________________________________



GF
This allows you to set the GF monsters that you would like the character to use and this will lead to the Auto and Ability Menu. After selecting this command you will have the following screen:

Diagram 2.2D: Guardian Force selection tab.
______________________________________________
                                              | Well, let's get started.
G.F Page No. 1       G.F Page No. 2           | Here is the layout of 
 _________________    __________________      | all the GFs. [] 
|Quezacotl     [] |  |Brothers          |     | represents a character
|Shiva            |  |Diablos           |     | has already picked the
|Ifrit         [] |  |Carbuncle         |     | GF If you point the
|Siren            |  |Leviathan         |     | cursor next to it, you
|_________________|  |__________________|     | will see the name of
                                              | the character that the 
G.F Page No. 3       G.F Page No. 4           | GF is currently 
 _________________    __________________      | equipped with. Press 
|Pandemonium      |  |Bahamut           |     | D-Pad Right or Left
|Cerberus         |  |Cactaur           |     | to change pages. Press
|Alexander        |  |Tonberry          |     | X to select the GF and 
|Doomtrain        |  |Eden              |     | Press Circle after you
|_________________|  |__________________|     | you have equipping your
                                              | Guardian Forces
______________________________________________| --> Optimize Menu.






Magic
If you have acquired junction abilities [icons with "UP" sign], you will find that you can junction magic to bolster your character's stats. This is rather difficult and here is a part of it. Press X and you will see the Magic Inventory Pages on the right of character's photo.

Diagram 2.2E: Magic Inventory fused with Junction Menu

A portion of the screen...
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 ________    __________________
|        |  |Magic P1     Num  |  I have "cut" the screen to a small
| Photo  |  |Fira         100  |  part as what I am saying will be
|   of   |  |Blizzard     100  |  focusing on within this area. For
| Squall |  |Thunder      100  |  example if you want to junction 100x
|________|  |Blizzaga     100  |  Fira to your Strength [provided that
    ________|__________________|  you have acquired Strength J]. Select
   | <-- Elem-Atk/Elem Def     |  Str and select the magic from the
   |___________________________|  character's magic pages [1~8]. Press
                                  Left and you will see the following  
                                  screen [below]. You will also see a
                                  "[]" next to the magic. 

Elemental Attack/ Defense Junction Window
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    ___________________________    Tip: Press Left to change back to
   |<-- ST Atk/Def    ABILITY >|        Status chart. Press Right to
   |___________________________|_____________________   Return...
                  |  Fire     100%    Poison     0 % |
  Elem-Atk -----  |  Ice       0 %    Wind       0 % |
|>Elem-Def Fira   |  Thunder   0 %    Water      0 % |
  Elem-Def -----  |  Earth     0 %    Holy       0%  |
                  |__________________________________|

Status Attack Junction Window
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    ___________________________     Tip: Press Right to change back to
   |            Elem Atk/Def-->|         Elemental chart.
   |___________________________|__________________________________
                  | Death             0%     Zombie         0%    |
|>ST-Atk  Silence | Poison            0%     Sleep          0%    |
  ST-Def  -----   | Petrify           0%     Slow           0%    |
  ST-Def  -----   | Blind             0%     Stop           0%    |
                  | Silence         100%     Confuse        0%    |
                  | Berserk           0%     Drain          0%    |
                  |_______________________________________________|

Status Defense Junction Window
------------------------------------------
    ___________________________   Tip: Press Right to change back to
   |            Elem Atk/Def-->|         Elemental chart.
   |___________________________|__________________________________
                  | Death             0%     Zombie         0%    |
|>ST-Atk  Silence | Poison            0%     Sleep          0%    |
|>ST-Def  Confuse | Petrify           0%     Curse          0%    |
  ST-Def  -----   | Darkness          0%     Slow           0%    |
                  | Silence           0%     Stop           0%    |
                  | Berserk           0%     Confuse      100%    |
                  |                          Drain          0%    |
                  |_______________________________________________|





Occasionally, if you junction 100x of a spell to the characters' attributes defense, you will see a green-colored star. This marks that the spell being cast on the equipped character will be absorbed. A green star marks 100% protection against the spell [which means it does 0 HP damage.] Over 100% will instantly absorb the spell.

Thanks to fuuie for his precise guide on magic junctioning.

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