Final Fantasy VIII Online - Guardian Forces

Guardian Forces
Select a Guardian Force profile.

Acquiring

You can draw Pandemona from Fujin only during your battle with her and Raijin inside the Balamb Hotel, during its occupation by Galbadia.

Boss	HP	AP
Fujin	7720	10

Wkn	Def	NoEf	Abs

Draw

Wind, Cura, Life, [GF]Pandemona

Battle Strategies

Draw Pandemona first. Casting Blind on Fujin will make her attack accuracy slim to none. Simply follow up with magic and physical attacks to easily defeat her.

Win Items	Mug Items
None	Magic Source

Boss	HP	AP
Raijin	8800	10

Wkn	Def	NoEf	Abs

Draw

Thunder, Thundara, Shell, Barrier

Battle Strategies

Junction Bio to your elemental attack to inflict considerable damage on Raijin. Use GF's for added damage, except for Quezacotl. Raijin attacks can be near fatal, so make sure your characters are constantly healed.

Win Items	Mug Items
Power Source Combat King 001 Megalixir	None

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Tornado Zone

Pandemona slowly approaches the earth from the center of a tornado. Everything in his path is inhaled, including all enemies. After exhaling, all enemies are blown back onto the battlefield, sustaining massive wind damage.

V I T A L S T A T I S T I C S

Level	1+	19+	20+	30+	40+	50+	60+	70+	80+	90+	100
MaxHP	N/A	1442	1506	2146	2794	3450	4114	4786	5486	6154	6850
Atk Pwr	None	1052	1092	1466	1840	2213	2587	2981	3335	3708	4082

G U A R D I A N F O R C E A B I L I T I E S

Junction

Str-J

Junction magic to strength.

Spd-J

Junction magic to speed.

120

Elem-Atk-J

Junction magic to elemental attack.

Elem-Def-J

Junction magic to elemental defense.

Elem-Defx2

Junction magic to two elemental defenses.

130

Magic

Allows the equipped character the ability to use stocked magic.

Allows the equipped character to summon a Guardian Force.

Draw

Allows the equipped character to draw magic from an enemy.

Item

Allows the equipped character to use an item.

Absorb

Allows the equipped character to absorb an enemy's HP during battle. Takes HP from the enemy to cure the commanding character, based on the experience level of the opponent.

Str+20%

Increases the equipped characters strength by 20%.

Str+40%

Increases the equipped characters strength by 40%.

120

Spd+20%

Increases the equipped characters speed by 20%.

150

Spd+40%

Increases the equipped characters speed by 40%.

200

Initiative

Allows the party to have the 'first strike' scenario when entering battle.

160

SumMag+10%

Increases GF attack power by 10%.

SumMag+20%

Increases GF attack power by 20%.

SumMag+30%

Increases GF attack power by 30%.

140

GFHP+10%

Increases GF total HP by 10%.

GFHP+20%

Increases GF total HP by 20%.

GFHP+30%

Increases GF total HP by 30%.

140

Boost

Increases damage infliction caused by the GF. Press select to enable the Boost function ability. Continue to press the square button to fade in the targetting red cross and increase attack power. Starting power is 75 and can be increased to a maximum of 250.

G U A R D I A N F O R C E C A R D

Pandemona

Element	CCI	Amt
Wind	Windmill	100

Defeat a Pandemona in Win card game against the Balamb Hotel Owner after the Galbadian occupation. in battle.

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A B I L I T Y P R O P E R T I E S
Guardian Force abilities in Final Fantasy VIII are either innate or command activated, depending on the type of ability. There are four ability categories: junction, command, GF, and character abilities. Guardian forces learn abilities by acquiring AP from enemies defeated in battle. Certain abilities can grow to become new abilities once their AP requirements have been met.

Junction	Junctions magic to a statistic, such as strength or speed.
Command	Ability is an action command, available during battle.
Character	Ability is equipped to the character's statistic.
GF	Ability is equipped to the GF's statistic.
Ability	Ability is a menu command, available from the game menu.
Party	Ability is equipped to the entire party.

Junction*	AP*
Ability that can be junctioned to the Guardian force.	AP requirement to learn the ability. Abilities indicated as Complete are already learned and available for use when obtaining the GF.

* field can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

G U A R D I A N F O R C E P R O P E R T I E S
Select a Final Fantasy VIII Guardian Force from the GF selection menu for a complete and comprehensive profile, including GF bio, ability list, vital by-level statistics, and acquiring properties. Non-junctional Guardian Forces include innate ability and acquiring properties.

GF Profile	Ability List*	Acquring Properties
General information about the GF, including attack name, elemental/status properties, and vital statistics.	GF Ability list featuring all available supported abilities, their AP requirements, and descriptions.	Detailed method of acquring the GF, including boss/GF battle strategy guides for where a battle is required.

* information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

V I T A L S T A T I S T I C P R O P E R T I E S
Vital statistics of a GF aren't much different from that of a character. As experience and AP is collected from battles, Guardian Forces also gain strength and HP.

Level	MaxHP	Atk Pwr
Experience level of the Guardian Force. Certain GF's start at a level beyond 1 when acquired. Values defined at N/A or None indicate the GF isn't available at this level.	Maximum HP of the GF at its corresponding level.	The effectiveness of the Guardian Force's attack. This value is independent and does not effect the character which has the GF equipped in any way.

C A R D P R O P E R T I E S
Cards can be acquired typically by defeating enemies, mugging them, completeing subquests, and battling characters to a game of Triple Triad throughout the entire world. Rules vary, based on where you've played and what your opponent may desire to play under.

Card	Name*	Top*	Lft*
Image of what the card looks like.	Name of the card.	Top numerical value of the card. If this value is greater than the bottom of a card above, this card is stronger.	Left numerical value of the card. If this value is greater than the right of a card to the left, this card is stronger.

Rgt*	Btm*	Element	CCI
Right numerical value of the card. If this value is greater than the left of a card to the right, this card is stronger.	Bottom numerical value of the card. If this value is greater than the top of a card below, this card is stronger.	Elemental value of the card. When battling another card, elemental variants can either improve or hinder the overall strength during battle.	What the card can be turned into using the Card Mod refinement ability from Quezacotl.

Amt	Acquire
The amount of resulting CCI items that can be refined from a single card. Values shown with an equal sign (for example 10=1) indicates it takes 10 cards to refine to 1 CCI item.	Method of obtaining the card via battle, card battle, or side quest.

* information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.