Final Fantasy VIII - Rinoa Heartilly

Name: Rinoa Heartilly
Age: 17
Weapon: Blaster Edge
Height: 5' 3½"
Birthdate: March 3rd
Blood Type: ?
Special Skill: Combine (Angelo)

A member of the Timbre resistance group "Forest Owls", Rinoa fights against the Galbadian President, Vinzer Deling, whose dictatorship has caused great suffering in her homeland for far too long.

Rinoa is very emotional and tends to go with her gut feeling when acting.

Her best friend is her dog, Angelo, who often rushes into battle to help Rinoa when she's in trouble.

Rinoa's vital stats by level

LVL HP STR VIT MAG SPR SPD LUCK
1 217 1 0 8 3 20 16
10 610 10 5 15 8 22 17
20 1038 19 10 22 14 24 17
30 1458 27 14 29 19 25 18
40 1871 35 18 35 24 27 19
50 2275 42 21 41 28 28 19
60 2672 48 24 46 31 30 20
70 3061 54 26 51 34 32 20
80 3443 59 28 55 36 33 21
90 3816 64 30 59 38 35 22
100 4181 67 31 63 39 36 22

Rinoa's Limit Break

Rinoa has two different types of Limit Breaks, Combine and Angel Wing. She begins the game with Combine but will receive the Angel Wing Limit Break during Disc Three.

Combine

Rinoa's pet dog, Angelo, comes to her aid in times of need. Angelo can also show up randomly during battles, without being called for, just to lend a hand. Rinoa can teach Angelo new tricks by finding or purchasing copies of Pet Pals Magazine, each issue contains one new trick. Read the magazine and the trick will be added to Angelo's section within Rinoa's status screen in the main menu.


To teach Angelo a trick, access the Angelo status screen and select a trick with an empty or partly filled bar next to it. Tricks with full red bars have already been learned and can be used in battle. As Rinoa explores the world, the trick will slowly be learned. Keep listening for a confirmation sound that will indicate that Angelo has mastered the trick. You can then select a new trick to learn if one is available.

Trick Name Learned From Trick Effect
Angelo Rush Initial Ability Damages one enemy / random counterattack
Angelo Recover Pet Pals Vol 2 Restore HP to a party member with low HP / random event
Angelo Reverse Pet Pals Vol 4 Revive party member from K.O / random event
Angelo Search Pet Pals Vol 5 Find items on the battlefield / random event
Angelo Cannon Initial Ability Damages all enemies / When called
Angelo Strike Pet Pals Vol 1 Damage one enemy / When called
Invincible Moon Pet Pals Vol 3 Make all party members invincible / When called
Wishing Star Pet Pals Vol 6 Damage all enemies / When called

Angel Wing

Angel Wing is similar to the Beserk status effect. The main difference is that instead of only performing physical attacks, Rinoa will only use Magic. Basically, you lose control of Rinoa for the remainder of the battle even if she is K.O'd and revived. Her Magic power and speed are boosted slightly to provide her more power. The spells she uses are picked randomly and targeted randomly. Any Magic she uses does not come from your Magic stocks.

Rinoa's Weapons

Pinwheel

Cost Attack Hit Rate Items
100 Gil 11 99 M-Stone Piece x3

Valkyrie

Cost Attack Hit Rate Items
200 Gil 14 101 Sear Feather x1, Magic Stone x1

Rising Sun

Cost Attack Hit Rate Items
400 Gil 18 103 Saw Blade x1, Screw x8

Cardinal

Cost Attack Hit Rate Items
800 Gil 24 104 Cockatrice Pinion x1, Mesmerize Blade x1, Sharp Spike x1

Shooting Star

Cost Attack Hit Rate Items
1000 Gil 28 107 Windmill x2, Regen Ring x1, Force Armlet x1, Energy Crystal x2

GF Compatibility

GF Compatibility
Quezacotl 640
Shiva 650
Ifrit 620
Siren 630
Brothers 610
Diablos 620
Carbuncle 680
Leviathan 660
Pandemona 640
Cerberus 700
Alexander 620
Doomtrain 600
Bahamut 580
Cactuar 640
Tonberry 540
Eden 560