FF8 Limit
Squall
Squall's Limits are in my opinion the most powerful. The cool thing about his limit is that it he's dependant upon the weapon he currently would be using.
| Weapons | Limits |
| Revolver | Love Divide |
| Keer Straight | Faded Circle |
| Cutting Edge | None |
| Flametan | None |
| Lance of Slit | Blasting Zone |
| Lionheart | Lionheart |
Rinoa
Rinoa relys on pet mags found around the game to access her limits. The limit consists of several attack techniques by the dog and the healing by the dog. Her second limit is turning into a angel that is uncontrolable for the battle, she attacks with powerful magic spells.
| Attack | Obtain them |
| Angelo Rush | Initial Attack |
| Angelo Cannon | Initial Attack |
| Angelo Shock | Pet Mag. Vol.01 |
| Angelo Recover | Pet Mag Vol.02 |
| Invisible Moon | Pet Mag Vol.03 |
| Angelo Reverse | --- |
| Angelo Rebirth | Pet Mag Vol.04 |
| Angelo Search | Pet Mag Vol.05 |
| Wishing Star | Pet Mag Vol.06 |
| Angel Wings | Third Disk |
Irvine
Irvine's limits are pretty cool. They are really strong too! They are used by pressing a series of button to fire the shells from the shotgun.
| Bullet | Limits |
| General Bullets | Dark Shot |
| Flame Bullet | Flame Shot |
| Initial Destructive Bullets | Canister Shot |
| Quick shot bullets | Quick Shot |
| Armor Shot | Armor Piercing bullets |
| Hyper Shot | Wave bullets |
Selphie
Selphie's Limits depend on the number of spells she has in her inventory. Her Limit is slots, the good thing about Selphie's Limit is that it won't cost you anything. But her reliability is really bad.
| Slot | Effect |
| Full Cure | Restore all party's HP |
| Wall | Cast Reflect, Shell and Cure on allies |
| Flight Detonator | Wings appears on back of enemy |
| The End | Kills all enemy (good hit rate) |
Quistis
You'll acquire Quistis's Limit Breaks when you use items that you find from different enemies.
There are total of sixteen listed here. Here are the sixteen locations where they are found.
| Item | Limits | Location |
| None | Laser Eye | None (Default) |
| String of Kumo | Super Vibration | Fight caterpillarly enemy called Kedachiku. near the Balamb Area |
| Corel Fragment | Thunder Strike | Fight the Cockatrice near the Galbadia Area |
| Charm Claw | Level ?? Death | Fight Torai-Feisu. Found in the Underground Facility |
| Black Hole | Detonator | Fight the Gesuupas. Can only be fought in Laguna's Last scenario |
| Crystal Water | Aqua Breath | Use Rare Item Ability and fight Fokaroru |
| Missle | Micro Missle | Use Bundoru and steal it from GIM52A in Missle Base |
| Mysterious Liquid | Boiling Liquid | Fight Geira, near the Travia Snow area |
| Fang Machine Gun | Gatling Gun | Steal it from an enemy called SAM08G |
| Fire Dragon Fang | Fire Breath | Steal it from the Rumbuldragons in those wierd Islands closest to Heaven/Hell |
| Morbor's Tentacles | Bad Breath | Fight Morbors closest Island to Heaven/Hell |
| Laser Cannon | Laser Cannon | Fight the robot boss in Lunatic Pandora |
| Wind Whisper | Angel Whisper | Steal it from the Adamintaimai on the shores of Long Horn Island |
| Barrier System | Mighty Guard | Steal it from Behemoths |
| HI Output | Ray Bomb | Fight Iron Warriors in Lunatic Pandora |
| Dark Matter | Shockwave Phaser | Collect 100 Charm Claws and then use Siren's Tools Menu Ability and make them into Dark Matter |
Zell
Zell's Limit break allows you to customize your own combo of attacks, by hitting the X, O, Square, Triangle buttons. You have a 3-12 second time limit to make a combo. If you do certain attacks in a certain order, you can utilize finishing moves, that end the limit break.
| Attack | Button Motion | Obtain them |
| Rush Punch | Circle, X | Initial Attack |
| Head Shock | Right, Left | Initial Attack |
| Heel Drop | Down, Up | Initial Attack |
| Mach Kick | Back, Back, Circle | Initial Attack |
| Dolphin Blow | L1, R1, L1, R1 | Warrior Guide 001 |
| Meteo Strike | Down, Circle, Up, Circle | Warrior Guide 002 |
| Burning Rave | Down, Down, Down, Down, Circle |
Initial Attack |
| Meteo Blast | Up, X, Down, Triangle, Circle | Warrior Guide 003 |
| Different Beat | Triangle, Square, X, Circle, Up | Warrior Guide 004 |
| Final Heaven | Up, Foward, Down, Back, Triangle |
Warrior Guide 005 |
Laguna
The other characters have only one limit break, like Laguna, who performs "Desperado". Laguna tosses a grenade, and then empties a few clips of ammo at his enemy before bailing out.
Kiros
Kiros' limit is "Blood Pain". He uses his deadly katal and gives out a bunch of quick attack on the enemy.
Ward
"Heavy Anchor" is the limit break of Ward. He tosses his anchor high into the air, leaps after it and rides the anchor back right on the ground and hits all enemies.
Seifer
Seifer's limit is called "Fire Cross", he hits the oppenent with a fire spell and he follows with a attack with a blast of energy from his gunblade.
Edea
Edea's limit break is called "Ice Strike". She uses her powerful sorceress magic to create a gigantic ice javelin and she throw it over the enemy.