Phoenix (Final Fantasy VIII)

Phoenix is a pseudo-Guardian Force in Final Fantasy VIII. It is a flaming bird that revives fallen party members while attacking enemies with a wave of fire. It is summoned by consuming a Phoenix Pinion item. After being summoned once, it has a chance to appear randomly to save the player from a Game Over if all party members fall in battle.
==Profile==
The Phoenix is a colossal flame-colored bird. The tips of its wings are red, and the plumage has flame-like patterns. The long feathers under the wings are rainbow-colored. It has an elaborate tail, like that of a bird of paradise, with the same flame-like pattern.
==Obtained==
The player can obtain a Phoenix Pinion from the fifth floor Triple Triad player in the D-District Prison with 3/256 chance.
One is given as a reward for completing the Shumi Village stone searching sidequest. After getting all five stones, the Elder will give the party a Phoenix Pinion.
A Phoenix Pinion is found in Lunatic Pandora with the present-day party if the player opened all three trapdoors as Laguna in the Centra Excavation Site.
One can be acquired in Winhill Chocobo Road as a reward for running into the chicobo (although the screen incorrectly says the reward was a Phoenix Down).
Three Mega Phoenixes refine into a Phoenix Pinion with Siren's Tool-RF.
==Battle==
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Phoenix is summoned when the player uses the Phoenix Pinion item in battle. It deals Fire-elemental damage to all opponents and revives knocked out party members with 12.5% of their Max HP. When called upon, a line of fire draws Phoenix's silhouette on the ground and it emerges through it, taking off into the sky in a burst of fire.
After being summoned once, Phoenix will randomly appear when all party members have been knocked out or afflicted with the Petrify status (although it cannot heal Petrify and the player will get a Game Over anyway), with a 65/256 chance (25.4%). Adding more Phoenix Pinions to the inventory does not increase the chances that Phoenix will appear.
In the final dungeon, if Phoenix appears while Resurrection is sealed, its attempt to revive the party will fail.
Its damage is calculated as follows:
:Damage = 254 * Level / 10 + 30 + 50 
:Damage = Damage * (265 - TargetSpr) / 8 
:Damage = Damage * 30 / 256 
:Damage = Damage * (900 - ElemDef) / 100:
Elemental Defense starts at 800 (0%), 900 nullifies damage and 1000 absorbs it. If an enemy is shown to be weak against an element, its Elemental Defense is below 800. If damage becomes negative (due to high Elemental Defense), the target is healed by that amount. As Phoenix lacks a level, it uses the average level of all currently obtained GFs.
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An exploit exists that allows the player to repeatedly obtain the UFO?'s battle spoils by both defeating the UFO? and escaping the battle, leaving the encounter still available. The UFO? needs to be defeated by the auto-triggered Phoenix, which prevents the UFO?'s defeat sequence from properly activating.
==Triple Triad==
Phoenix is a fire-elemental Level 9 GF Card in Triple Triad used for playing the minigame and for turning into 3 Phoenix Spirits with Quezacotl's Card Mod. It is held by the Presidential Aide in Esthar City as part of the Queen of Cards sidequest, and the player must lose the Doomtrain card to her for Phoenix to become available in Esthar.
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)===
Phoenix appears as a summon whose Flames of Rebirth protects the summoner from Bravery Breaks for a short time—if the summoner would be inflicted with a Bravery Break while Phoenix is in effect, their Bravery Points are restored to full. Phoenix's manual summon shows the artwork of its Final Fantasy VIII appearance. It is obtained from the second stage of the Destiny Odyssey III story.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
Phoenix returns as a summon with the same function as in Dissidia. The manual version can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 30 KP.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
The Final Fantasy VIII incarnation of Phoenix appeared as a life-aspected Support ability card for players to summon during the Final Fantasy VIII collaboration event. It allowed player characters to perform the Flames of Rebirth Support ability, which restored all the user's HP, along with casting full Esuna and full Dispel. Additionally, it increased all elemental resistances, generated sixteen element orbs, and granted the Prismatic Shift buff.
==Gallery==
FFVIII - Phoenix Artwork.jpg|Artwork.
FFVIII Rebirth Flame.png|Rebirth Flame.
Phoenix-Final-Fantasy-Creatures-Vol5.png|Final Fantasy Creatures Vol 5 figurines.
==Etymology==
==References==
Category:Guardian Forces in Final Fantasy VIII