Learn how to defeat the powerful Diablos in Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. This guide covers Diablos's gravity attacks, weaknesses, and the best strategies to acquire him as a GF.
Alright, let's talk about Diablos, the first real challenge you'll likely face outside the main story in Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. This guy is a non-elemental GF that loves to mess with your HP using gravity magic. His main attacks, Demi and Gravija, don't actually kill you, but they'll zap a huge chunk of your current HP – 25% for Demi and a whopping 75% for Gravija! The danger here is that it leaves you super vulnerable to his regular physical attacks. So, healing isn't going to be your main focus; it's all about mitigating damage.
Strategy Tip: Diablos is weak to Blind and Slow. If you're fighting him early, you might not have Slow magic yet, but you can try to inflict Blind. Junctioning it to your weapon's Status Attack stat can work, though it has a 50% resistance, so it might take a few tries. Once he's blinded, his melee attacks will miss way more often. Also, don't forget about the Protect spell to further reduce incoming damage. If someone does go down, have a Phoenix Down or Life spell ready.
| Diablos | |
| Lv: | 1-100 |
| HP: (Lv10) | 8,800 |
| HP: (Lv20) | 16,800 |
| HP: (Lv30) | 24,800 |
| HP: (Lv100) | 80,800 |
| Weaknesses: | Wind (150% damage) |
| Resistances: | – |
| Status Resistances: | Immune to Berserk – Card – Confuse – Death – Doom – Poison – Eject – Float – Lv Down – Lv Up – Petrify – Silence – Sleep – Slow-Petrify – Stop – Zombie; Darkness 50% – Drain 50% – Haste 0% – Reflect 0% – Regen 0% – Slow 10% – The End 0% – |
| EXP: | – |
| AP: | 20 |
| Draw: (lv1-19) | Cure, Demi |
| Draw: (lv20-29) | Cura, Demi |
| Draw: (lv30+) | Curaga, Demi, Flare, Holy |
| Mug: (lv1-19) | – |
| Mug: (lv20-29) | – |
| Mug: (lv30+) | – |
| Drop: (lv1-19) | G-Returner x8 |
| Drop: (lv20-29) | G-Returner x8 |
| Drop: (lv30+) | Hero x4 |
The cool thing about Diablos's gravity attacks is that they'll often leave your party with low HP, which is perfect for unleashing Limit Breaks! So, your main goal is to blind him, then have your strongest attackers go all out with their Limit Breaks. Anyone not attacking should be drawing spells, healing, or reviving fallen allies. If your Strength is high and your level is low, you might even take him down in just one or two Limit Breaks!
You can draw Demi and Cure from Diablos. While Demi is useful, you can also get it later by using Card Mod on his card. Be careful though, if you cast Demi on him, he'll often retaliate with Demi himself. Interestingly, if you cast Demi from your own spell stock (not draw-and-cast), he'll actually heal you with Curaga!
In short: Start by trying to inflict Blind. Then, have your high-Strength characters use Limit Breaks. Your support character should draw spells, heal, and revive. When Diablos is defeated, you'll get either 8 G-Returner items (if under Lv30) or 4 Hero items (if Lv30+). You'll also snag the Diablos Card for Triple Triad, and most importantly, you'll gain Diablos as a Guardian Force!
Pro Tip: The Diablos card is super valuable for Triple Triad. While you can refine it into 100 Black Hole items, it's generally better to keep it for playing games, as you can get Black Hole from Gesper cards too.
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