FINAL FANTASY VIII  >  GUARDIAN FORCES > CARBUNCLE

STATS Elemental:  None (casts Reflect) Starting Level: 16 Starting HP:  1220

Found At: You must draw Carbuncle during the boss fight with Iguions (Disc one.) GF's Attack: Ruby Light. Carbuncle doesn't actually attack the enemy. Instead, it casts Reflect on your entire party. This is a handy defensive maneuver, and is usually available before Reflect or Triple Magic begins to appear.

Useful Abilities: Carbuncle's most valuable abilities are ST-Atk-J, ST-Def-J, and Abilityx3. All three abilities are somewhat rare and extremely useful under any conditions, just as they are with Diablos and Siren. The Vit Bonus and Counter abilities are also worth-while. The Vit Bonus increases as Junctioned character's Vitality by one point each time the character levels up. This enables you to creat a character with a powerful defense against physical attacks. Counter gives your character th change to randomly counterattack an enemy when attacked.

CARBUNCLE'S VITAL STATS LEVEL HP ATK. POWER 1 N/A N/A 16 1220 N/A 20 1326 N/A 30 2086 N/A 40 2714 N/A 50 3350 N/A 60 3994 N/A 70 4646 N/A 80 5306 N/A 90 5974 N/A 100 6650 N/A

CARBUNCLE'S ABILITY LIST ABILITY AP NEEDED LEADS TO HP-J 50 HP+20% Vit-J Learned N/A Mag-J 50 ST-Atk-J ST-Atk-J 160 N/A ST-Def-J 100 ST-Def-Jx2 ST-Def-Jx2 130 N/A Abilityx3 Learned N/A Magic Learned N/A GF Learned N/A Draw Learned N/A Item Learned N/A HP+20% 60 HP+40% HP+40% 120 N/A Vit+20% 60 Vit+40% Vit+40% 120 Vit Bonus Vit Bonus 100 N/A Counter 200 Auto-Reflect Auto-Reflect 250 N/A GFHP+10% 40 GFHP+20% GFHP+20% 70 GFHP+30% GFHP+30% 140 N/A Recov Med-RF 30 N/A

Taken from: the Final Fantasy VIII Official Strategy Guide

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