Battle Arts

Stats & Strats . Weapons

These are Rinoa's default statistics by level, without modifications. She seems to have the best stats in the game. Perhaps this is because she becomes a Witch during the course of the story and becomes unplayable at times.

As expected, her base Magic stat is the highest out of all the characters. To make Angel Wing more powerful, try boosting Magic past maximum by equipping GFs that have Magic Bonuses. You can also Junction the best spells to her Magic stat and use the GF Magic Plus abilities.

Statistics

LV	HP	Str	Vit	Mag	Spr	Spd	Luck
1	217	1	0	8	3	20	16
10	610	10	5	15	8	22	17
20	1038	19	10	22	14	24	17
30	1458	27	14	29	19	25	18
40	1871	35	18	35	24	27	19
50	2275	42	21	41	28	28	19
60	2672	48	24	46	31	30	20
70	3061	54	26	51	34	32	20
80	3443	59	28	55	36	33	21
90	3816	64	30	59	38	35	22
100	4181	67	31	63	39	36	22

Strategy

With FF8's Junction system, it doesn't really matter what each character's base strengths are. The Junction system makes the game easily exploitable; one can Draw or Refine multitudes of Spells and Junction boost godly stats. Rinoa starts off as a stronger Magic user than Physical attacker but it soon evens out.

The real strengths of a character can only exist in their type of Limit Break and weapon upgrades. Since Rinoa has three different types of Limit Breaks and the best base stats, she is a powerful character whether or not you have kept her in the main party. With maximum stats and Auto-Haste, the unlimited casting of Meteor while on Angel Wing effortlessly makes her the most potentially damaging character.