Final Fantasy VIII - No Junction/No Level (NJNL) [Kaivel's route]
ファイナルファンタジー VIII - ジャンクションなし/レベルなし (NJNL) 【Kaivelのルート】
In this FF8 challenge, as the name itself indicates, we cannot use the Junction system which limits us to exclusively using the Attack command and Limit Breaks with base stats. This means we can't use Equippable Commands like Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Card... nor Support Abilities like junction abilities, characters abilities, party abilities, menu abilities...
We also cannot Level Up so we will have to distribute the EXP in a specific way among the group members and escape from all the random battles. In some forced battles we will have to petrify the enemies with Selphie's Slots.
I will follow Kaivel's route, which was created 4 years ago, very few people have completed it and in fact it is not on YouTube, until now, I have been "forced" to do it :).
The most interesting thing about this new route is that we have to get Bahamut, this will allow us to defeat Tri-Point without the need for Gilgamesh's masamune to deal a Critical Hit (with this we eliminate that useless RNG that could take people days, even weeks). Gilgamesh's Masamune damage is based on the average level of all the Guardian Forces in the player's GF menu.
Last but not less important, during the challenge we will use the initial weapons only.
0:00 Ifrit
1:03 Biggs & Wedge + Elvoret
4:51 X-ATM092
6:51 Granaldo & Raldo (x3)
8:34 Fake President + Gerogero
10:53 Iguion (x2)
12:20 Seifer + Edea
14:57 Biggs & Wedge 2
18:21 BGH251F2 + 3 Soldiers
21:10 Oilboyle (x2)
24:57 NORG
34:00 BGH251F2 2
42:12 Raijin & 2 Soldiers
44:19 Fujin & Raijin
49:28 Odin
50:37 Tonberry King
53:35 Cerberus
55:00 Seifer 2
56:50 Seifer 3 & Edea 2
1:01:18 Ruby Dragon
1:02:00 Abadon
1:02:57 Propagator (x8)
If we combine Rinoa's Angel Wing (her magical damage is multiplied by 5) with Demi (which decreases Target's HP by 25%), we are now reducing Target's HP by 125% = instakill.
Note: I got Demi spell just before Odin, during Zell Love Quest after talking with the girls in the Library.
1:12:26 Fujin & Raijin 2
1:17:36 Mobile Type 8
1:20:36 Ruby Dragon (x2) + Bahamut
Those two dragons give EXP so we must avoid that by petrifying them, for this we will use Quistis's Blue Magic since we need to inflict them Vit0 status first to then be able to petrify them (without Vit0 there is 0% chance of petrifying them). To inflict Vit0 we have two options: Bad Breath or Acid. Bad Breath inflicts Vit0 at Crisis Level 4 while Acid at Crisis Level 3 and 4, we have 60% chance to inflict Vit0 on Ruby Dragons (as long as we are at the correct Crisis Level). Once Ruby Dragon has the "Vit0" status we can have a chance to petrify them (21% chance).
If we damage them we can heal them with Fire Breath and thus we will not get EXP once the battle is over.
Note: Selphie is useless here because Ruby Dragon has too much Spirit for Break to work on its own.
1:27:56 Seifer 4
1:30:20 Adel & Rinoa
1:32:11 Sorceress A (x6), Sorceress B (x4), Sorceress C
1:45:58 Tri-Point
1:47:53 Sphinxaur/Sphinxara
1:49:59 Ultimecia , Griever , Ultimecia (Griever Form), Ultimecia
To kill the last phase of Ultimecia we have to reduce her HP to 0 and after that she will start talking. We need to deal a minimum damage of 100 to advance to the next sentence (5 times total), then the battle ends.
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