Final Fantasy VIII Limit Breaks

Squall Rinoa Zell Quistis Selphie Irvine Seifer Edea Laguna Kiros Ward

Limit Breaks

Each playable character in Final fantasy VIII can perform Limit Breaks. When their HP is critical (yellow), it is easier to get a Limit Break. When Squall, for instance, is critical, a arrow may appear beside the attack command. Simply press right on the D-Pad, to execute the Limit Break.
After the Limit Break is complete, there is a chance for a Final Attack. These are achieved by doing certain things for a character. An example would be for Zell's final attacks, you need to read the Combat King magazines. In this section, you will learn the final attacks of each character, and how to get them. Try to get everyone's Limit Breaks. They are some of the best attacks in the game.

Squall's Limit Break: Renzokuken

When Squall begins his Limit Break, a bar appears with a line running right to left. When it enters the small box on the left, hit the R1 trigger for higher damage. If you miss the chain will continue, but the damage will be significantly less. After the chain is complete, there is a small chance a final attack will occur. The available final attack is determined by what weapon Squall is carrying. Bear in mind that though you might have the Lionheart Sword, the final attack might be one of the weaker ones. The upgrade on the weapon only UNLOCKS the final attack.

	Revolver Rough Divide		Shear Trigger Rough Divide Fated Circle
	Cutting Trigger Rough Divide Fated Circle		Flame Saber Rough Divide Fated Circle Blasting Zone
	Twin Lance Rough Divide Fated Circle Blasting Zone		Punishment Rough Divide Fated Circle Blasting Zone
	Lionheart Rough Divide Fated Circle Blasting Zone Lionheart

Rinoa's Limit Break: Angelo Rush/Angel Wings

When Rinoa is in dire need, her dog Angelo will come running. He can even appear in battle, without being called upon. Rinoa can teach Angelo various tricks, by reading Pet Pals magazines. Once a magazine is read, a new trick is placed in Rinoa's status screen. Just select the trick you want to learn, and continue your journey. When it is complete, you will get a sound indicating the trick is learned. You can then select another trick for Angelo to learn.

	ANGELO'S TRICKS
	Angelo Rush	Begins with	Damages one enemy/Random
	Angelo Cannon	Begins with	Damage to all enemies
	Angelo Strike	Pet Pals Vol. 1	Damage to a single enemy
	Angelo Recover	Pet Pals Vol. 2	Restore critical HP member's HP
	Invincible Moon	Pet Pals Vol. 3	Makes entire party invisible
	Angelo Reverse	Pet Pals Vol. 4	Revive fallen party member
	Angelo Search	Pet Pals Vol. 5	Finds items in the battle field
	Wishing Star	Pet Pals Vol. 6	Damage to all enemies

	Angel Wing
	When Rinoa summons Angel Wing, she is berserked for the rest of the battle. Even if she is KO'ed, she will be revived berserked. Instead of using physical attacks, Rinoa will cast magic. Her speed and magic power are given a hefty boost, and the spells are chosen at random. The great thing, is the spells Rinoa uses will not be taken from your inventory.

Zell's Limit Break: Duel

When Zell's limit is activated, a small window will appear at the bottom of the screen. This window shows all the available moves you can perform. To the right of the window, is the timer for your combo. If you do not enter a combo in the set time, the attack will end. When you correctly enter a combo, the window will disappear, then reappear with a new set of combos. Sometimes you might notice a blank spot in the window. When these appear, you can perform Punch Rush, instead of another move. Doing the combo's might seem difficult at first, but once you know them it is a breeze.

Attacks	Button Sequence	Learned from
Punch Rush		Learned
Booya		Learned
Heel Drop		Learned
Mach Kick		Learned
Dolphin Blow		Combat King 001
Meteor Strike		Combat King 002
Final Attacks
Burning Rave		Learned
Meteor Barret		Combat King 003
Different Beat		Combat King 004
My Final Heaven		Combat King 005

Once I got a hold of the Strategy Guide for Final Fantasy VIII, I discovered there is no randomness to the combo's. In the tables below is the string of combos needed to perform a final attack. I have tested each string to make sure they work.
*NOTE* The string attacks were redone, using Baradygames© Official Strategy Guide as a reference.

Burning Rave

Meteor Barret

Different Beat

My Final Heaven

Quistis's Limit Break: Blue Magic

In Final Fantasy VIII, there is a slightly different way for you to get Blue Magic. In the previous titles, you needed to be hit with the spell, in order to learn it. Now you will need certain items to learn the spells. You can get the items a number of different ways. They are dropped/stolen from enemies, refined from cards, or in the case of Dark Matter, a refine ability is needed. Below is a list of the spells, and the items you need to learn the magic.

Spell	Item	Drop/Steal from	Card Mod	Refine
Ultra Wave	Spider Web	Caterchipillar	Caterchipillar 1/1	-
Electrocute	Coral Fragment	Cockatrice Creeps Blitz	Creeps 1/1	-
LV? Death	Curse Spike	Forbidden Imp Malboro Tri-Face	Tri-Face 1/1	-
Degenerator	Black Hole	Gesper Wendingo	Dialos 1/100 Gesper 1/1	-
Aqua Breath	Water Crystal	Chimera Fastitocalon Fastitocalon Fin Grand Mantis	Fastitocalon 1/1 Fastitocalon Fin 5/1	-
Micro Missile	Missile	Death Claw GIM52A	-	-
Acid	Mystery Fluid	Gayla	Gayla 1/1	-
Gatling Gun	Running Fire	BGH251F2 Iron Giant SAM08G	SAM08G 1/1	-
Fire breath	Inferno Fang	Hexadragon Ruby Dragon	Ruby Dragon 10/1	-
Bad Breath	Malboro Tentacle	Malboro	Malboro 4/1	-
White Wind	Whisper	Adamantoise	-	-
Homing laser	Laser Cannon	Belhelmel Elastoid Mobile Type 8	-	-
Mighty Guard	Barrier	Behemoth	Behemoth 10/1	-
Ray Bomb	Power Generator	Blitz	-	-
Shockwave Pulsar	-	-	-	Curse Spike 100/1*
Siren must be at level 100 to refine 100 Cursed Spikes into 1 Dark Matter

Selphie's Limit Break: Slot

When you select Selphie's Slot, a menu of spells will appear at the bottom of the screen. In the menu you will find regular spells, and spells with numbers by them. The numbers indicate the amount of times the spell will be cast. There is also an option to "Do Over", which replaces the current spell with a new one. If you are looking for one of Selphie's Limit spells, this is the option to choose. Do not worry about hitting enemies with restorative magic, or allies with offensive magic. Even if Selphie becomes confused, this will not happen. The hardest spell to get is "The End". It requires Selphie to be in the highest levels, and the most critical HP. It is by far the best attack in the game. I was able to use it one time against Omega, and it even killed him.

Full-Cure	Completely restores party's HP
Wall	Casts Protect and Shell on the entire party
Rapture	Wings attach to the enemy, and they are flown out of battle. (Doesn't work on bosses)
The End	The enemy is relocated to a field of flowers, and laid to rest. (Works on all enemy and bosses, but for undead.)

Irvine's Limit Break: Shot

When you select Irvine's Limit, you are given the option of what ammo to use. Take into consideration what might be needed. Are you facing one or more enemies, and is there an elemental weakness? This should help in choosing what to use. Once that is done, two windows will appear. The one on the right tells you the time left on the limit, and your ammo. The one on the left shows the enemies being targeted. You will need to move your cursor up and down to target different enemies. Most of your ammo can be bought, stolen, or refined. Below is a list of Irvine's shots, and the ammo needed to use them. You can also reserve shots by watching the enemies targeted. If you are doing no damage, they are dead. Press the triangle button to end the Limit Break.

Limit Break	Ammo Needed	Description
Normal Shot	Normal Ammo	This shot causes normal amount of damage, with a medium load time.
Scatter Shot	Shotgun Ammo	This is the same as Normal Shot, but with this one you can hit all the enemies at once.
Dark Shot	Dark Ammo	This is just like Normal Shot, but you can also cause several different status effects too.
Flame Shot	Fire Ammo	This fire-elemental shot does damage to all enemies at once. It is perfect for enemies that are weak to fire. But ones that absorb fire, will absorb the shot as well.
Canister Shot	Demolition Ammo	This is a slow shot, with some major damage behind it. You can cycle through the enemies, but with the load time, it is difficult.
Quick Shot	Fast Ammo	This one is like a machine gun in terms of speed. Though it is not a strong shot, you can unload a lot in short order.
Armor Shot	AP Ammo	Armor shot is stronger and faster than Canister Shot.
Hyper Shot	Pulse Ammo	Maximum damage to one enemy, with a quick load time.

	Seifer's Limit Break: Fire Cross
	Seifer blasts his opponent with a major fire attack. When it strikes his foe, he follows with a blast from his Gunblade.

	Edea's Limit Break: Ice Strike
	Calling on her powerful sorceress magic, Edea creates a giant icicle. She then hurls it into her opponents for heavy damage. (This is not an elemental attack, despite being ice in nature.)

	Laguna's Limit Break: Desperado
	Laguna tosses a live grenade into a group of enemies. He then grabs a rope, and unloads a barrage of bullets into the pack. The grenade then blows everything sky high, for incredible damage.

	Kiros's Limit Break: Blood Pain
	Kiros strikes hard and fast with his Katal knives. He rushes about the screen tearing up his foe, causing incredible damage to them.

	Ward's Limit Break: Heavy Anchor
	Ward lunges his heavy anchor high in the air. He then jumps on top of it, and rides it back to the ground. The resulting shock wave devastates all enemies on the screen.