Angel Wing (Rinoa ability)

Rinoa's Angel Wing.

Angel Wing (ヴァリー, Varī?) is a recurring ability in the series. It is generally associated with Rinoa Heartilly as one of her Limit Breaks.

Appearances

Final Fantasy VIII

Template:Sideicon Angel Wing is Rinoa's second Limit Break, acquired after Squall saves her from drifting in space in disc 3. When executing Angel Wing a pair of white wings, similar to the ones printed on her blue sweater, momentarily emerge from Rinoa's back.

Activating Angel Wing will have Rinoa enter a "Magic-Berserk" status; players will lose control of her until the battle's end or until she is defeated or petrified. If Rinoa is petrified/defeated, the Angel Wing status will be gone when she is revived/cured. During Angel Wing Rinoa is immune to Berserk, Confuse, and Silence.

During Angel Wing, Rinoa will automatically cast an offensive spell present in her inventory without actually expending it, important for maintaining the effects of junctioned spells. Double and Triple statuses aren't used. Rinoa's magic damage will be five times as powerful as its base damage, even when her magic stat is already at the maximum 255. The increased damage multiplier will work even with Demi, which, instead of draining the opponent's HP by 25%, can kill the target. If Rinoa has no magic in stock while in the Angel Wing state, she will attack a random enemy.

To prevent Rinoa from casting unwanted spells like Scan or Dispel, the player can remove these spells from her inventory. Rinoa can become a devastating character if one manipulates her magic junctions in such a way that Meteor is the only or the weakest offensive spell she has in her arsenal. Since weaker spells are more likely to be cast, carrying some Ultima for junction doesn't influence the odds much. Full-Life or Triple are not used during Angel Wing and can be useful for junctions.

With the boost in magic damage and the appropriate magic stats, Rinoa could potentially be doing close to 99,990 damage in one attack round (Meteor hits 10 times, potentially for 9,999 each hit). Even with the 5x damage multiplier and capped magic at 255, it is still difficult to force the Meteor spell to exceed 7,500 damage per meteorite strike on harder bosses, such as Omega Weapon. The player can inflict the target with Vit 0 to reduce its Spirit to 0 to deal more damage.

In most cases, executing Angel Wing with Meteor is the stronger alternative to attempting Rinoa's Wishing Star. Considering Combine being random, and as the battle system is Active Time Battle taking place in pseudo real-time, the a player not having to manually input commands for Rinoa after Angel Wing is initiated increases her damage-over-time capabilities, especially when equipping with Auto Haste.

Apocalypse is compatible with Angel Wing, but can only be obtained during the last portion of the final battle in a normal playthrough.

List of Angel Wing spells

Fire/Fira/Firaga Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga Aero/Tornado Holy Meteor Ultima Flare Demi Quake Scan Slow Silence Blind

Confuse Sleep Berserk Stop Dispel Death Pain Meltdown Drain Bio Break Water Zombie Apocalypse

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Angel Wing∙Quake

Angel Wing Bolt

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Other media

Dead Fantasy

Rinoa with angel wings in Dead Fantasy.

The Angel Wing is permanently activated in Rinoa's appearance in Dead Fantasy II, and she demonstrates her augmented sorceress powers by conjuring lunar portals from the moon and showcasing telekinetic abilities. Her wings are used for flight and protection. Rinoa only casts four offensive spells in the movie, first using Blizzaga, where she freezes the lava lake to save her comrades and the team Dead or Alive for the remainder of the fight, as she joins the fray. She also casts Holy and Tornado by junctioning to her blaster edge, and lastly, casts Ultima after executing her ultimate Limit Break, Wishing Star, towards team Dead or Alive while inside the tornado.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]An angel is a non-physical entity or spirit found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Earth, or as guardian spirits or a guiding influence. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's tasks. The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spirits found in many other religious traditions. In art, angels are often depicted with bird-like wings on their back, a halo, robes and various forms of glowing light.

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