Combine ( Final Fantasy VIII ) Combine is Rinoa ' s primary Limit Break , in which she teams up with her dog Angelo to perform a variety of abilities . To gain access to Combine moves the player has to read about them in the Pet Pals magazine s , then pick the move to learn next in the status screen in the menu , and learn it by walking with Rinoa in the party ; progress in each skill is marked in steps . Learning all of Angelo ' s Combine skills in the Steam version earns the player the achievement Dog Trainer . Several of Angelo ' s abilities are not triggered by the actual Limit Break command , and are , rather , triggered by events throughout the battle . Angelo will not appear during the battles against the Propagators on the " Ragnarok " . Although Rinoa is playable in the PlayStation " Final Fantasy VIII " demo Angelo never appears , and Rinoa doesn ' t have a Limit Break . Mechanics . The first four skills in the list are used automatically even when Rinoa is not in HP Critical health . If Rinoa is hit by an enemy , there ' s a chance that Angelo Rush or Angelo Recover will activate . The game has an invisible " Dead Time " timer that starts from 200 and starts counting down . The timer only counts down when nothing is happening , decreasing when no one attacks ( just like the ATB bar only fills when nothing else is happening ) . After the timer reaches 0 ( after 13 . 3 ~ seconds ) , the following things will be checked in this order : If the player doesn ' t have the skill its check is skipped . Angelo Recover and Angelo Reverse only trigger if their conditions are met ; Angelo Recover will only trigger if there ' s an ally with less than 25 % of their Max HP , and Angelo Reverse will only trigger if there ' s a KO ' d ally . The rest will only be used when Rinoa is in critical or Aura status by manually choosing the Combine command from the Limit Break menu . The player can ' t choose which attack Angelo uses , but the attacks Angelo uses depend on the Crisis Level . Angelo will use the highest level skill that she knows and that is valid to use . Angelo can ' t use a skill at a higher Crisis Level . After Angelo performs her trick , Rinoa reappears and rewards her pet with a dog biscuit . Rinoa can teach Angelo additional Combine commands by reading the Pet Pals magazines , then earning experience for them via walking anywhere in the field , or on the world map ( a tone will sound once a skill is learned ) . The fastest way to gain steps is to ride a chocobo or drive a car , but using a train will not help . The skills that appear when executing the Combine command can be exploited to increase a particular skill ' s appearance simply by refusing to learn specific commands ; for example , if Angelo doesn ' t know Wishing Star , she will use Invincible Moon at Crisis Level 4 . Angelo Search List . The following items can all be obtained through the use of Angelo Search : Other appearances . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . Angelo Cannon is the ability that is used by Rinoa during battle . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Rinoa uses her Combine abilities in " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " , Angelo Cannon being her default Soul Break ability . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . One of Rinoa ' s cards has Wishing Star as its ability . Wishing Star Breaks a Forward of the player ' s choice with a cost of 5 or more , for a cost of three Wind CP and discarding a Rinoa card .