Guardian Force


 * For the command, see Summon (Command).

Guardian Forces (GF) are the summoned creatures of Final Fantasy VIII, and they are used by junctioning them to a character. The GF govern major stat growth, elemental/status offense and defense, and the commands a character may use during battle. Each GF has a preset list of abilities they can learn, but through the use of certain items, the GF can learn additional abilities and forget those that were previously learned.

It is stated in-game that long-term junctioning of Guardian Forces causes memory loss to the user, because the GF draw power from the same section of the mind that stores memories, so using them is not without risks.

GF Abilities
All abilities, either commands, stat boosts or support abilities, are learned via the GF and junctioned to each party member for use in battle.

List of GF
There are 16 GF that can be obtained, Junctioned and summoned by the player. 6 other GF are not Junctionable and can be summoned using items or appears randomly. There is also a debate on two enemies, Griever and Tiamat being GF, but this is open to player interpretation.