LV Down

LV Down and LV Up are command abilities exclusive to Final Fantasy VIII, both initially learned by the GF Tonberry. Both abilities are centered around manipulating an enemies Level, either by raising it or lowering it, to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 100. This ability allows for not only the manipulation of levels, but more importantly, the manipulation of what spells the player may draw, what items the character can steal, or what items the character can win after battle, as well as how difficult the enemy may become. This ability does not work on all monsters however, such as Omega Weapon.