Wall (Final Fantasy VIII)

Wall is a protective Limit Break for Selphie in Final Fantasy VIII. It is one of her four unique Slot spells, the others being Full-cure, Rapture, and The End. Slot is randomly available when Selphie is on low health or under Aura.
==Mechanics==
Wall bestows the alive party with Protect and Shell, halving both physical and magic damage (but also halving magic healing). Wall ignores Reflect.
How often Wall appears in Slot depends on Selphie's level and Crisis Level. Crisis Level is a hidden stat in the game; the lower Selphie's health, the more KO'd active party members she has, and the more ailments she is afflicted with, the higher the Crisis Level.
==Use==
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Wall is a good way to protect the party against damage. However, Slot is the most unpredictable Limit Break in the game and the player is likely better off not relying on it. Slot rolls random spells from a pool independent of Selphie's Luck stat but high Crisis Level makes better spells more likely. Wall is somewhat rare to appear in Slot, but the player may also roll other protective spells—Protect and Shell—to use instead.
Wall is inferior to Quistis's Mighty Guard, which is more reliable as the player can count on being able to use it whenever her Limit Break pops up, and also has a chance to bestow many more protections than just Protect and Shell. The boon of Wall is that Selphie has it since the start of the game, whereas the player would need to go out of their way to get Mighty Guard early. Wall is also inferior to Rinoa's Invincible Moon, the best protection Limit in the game.
Summoning Cerberus and then using Protect/Shell is another way to protect the whole party. Late into the game, the party can also get Auto-Protect and Auto-Shell, or use Defend.
Wall remains a good situational protection ability throughout the game. It is the most useful in the early game, such as against the bosses during the Siege of Dollet. It can also be useful against bosses like BGH251F2, Adel, Sorceresses, and Bahamut.
One trick to have Selphie stay safer when using Slot is to use Defend and then on her next turn use Slot (the player can tap to repeatedly try for a Limit Break when on low health). This keeps Selphie immune to physical damage while the player rolls though the spell options. The player can also summon Carbuncle to protect from magic damage, but this only works against regular spells, not against all enemy-exclusive magic abilities.
==Citations==
Category:Slot-exclusive magic in Final Fantasy VIII