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Final Fantasy VIII - Magic / Spells Hints and Tips

Category: Final Fantasy 8


Drawing Magic:
Make sure each character has a GF equipped that has learnt the ability Draw. Then equip this on your abilities list and head out to battle. Select it from the command box and use it on a enemy. Some enemies magic will be displayed as ???. You need to draw that magic successfully in order to find out what its about. Instead of using the Stock command, you can always use Cast instead to use the magic on yourself or the enemy. Some characters will fail drawing magic. Increase your characters "Mag" stats to increase the chance of drawing magic and the amount drawn each time.

Refining Magic:
Make sure each character has a GF equipped that has learnt the ability that corresponds with the refining process. Then go on the main menu and select the ability. You can refine items in to magic, or magic into items. It's your choice.

Using Magic
Each time you use a magic, whether its from the main menu or in battle, one will be depleted from your stocks. Go into battle regularly and make sure you have 100 of each magic. This may seem extreme but 100 on each stat can do wonders to your characters performance in battle. some magic's can't be found by drawing from enemies and can be found from draw points in villages or the world map. They are purple fountains.

Junctioning Magic
Junctioning magic can be a big asset in upcoming battles. try out lots of different combinations in order to get the best effect. Remember you can only junction one type of magic to one parameter. Here is a list of the best choices.
 

  HP STR VIT MAG SPR SPD EVA HIT LUCK
1 Ultima Ultima Ultima Ultima Ultima Triple Ultima Triple Ultima
2 Full-Life Meteor Full-Life Triple Full-Life Ultima Triple Ultima Aura
3 Meteor Aura Meltdown Pain Reflect Haste Tornado Aura Pain
4 Holy Triple Regen Meteor Curaga Stop Meteor Double Death
5 Aura Flare Curaga Holy Regen, Dispel Slow Stop Meteor Triple

As you can see, Ultima tends to be the best magic to junction to your stats, but of course apocalypse magic will make them 255 but I am not sure how to obtain 100 of that on a new game. Maybe you need a game shark. (if anyone knows, email me at admin@ffcompilation.co.uk



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