Pandemona

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Pandemona
(パンデモニウム, Pandemoniumu?, lit. Pandemonium)
Portrait(s)
Specifications
Element	Wind
Summon abilities	Tornado Zone
Taught abilities	Str-J, Spd-J, Elem-Atk-J, Elem-Def-J, Elem-Def-Jx2 Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Absorb Str+20%, Str+40%, Spd+20%, Spd+40%, Initiative, SumMag+10%, SumMag+20%, SumMag+30%, GFHP+10%, GFHP+20%, GFHP+30%, Boost
Behind the scenes information
Designer(s)	Tetsuya Nomura

Pandemona is a Wind-based Guardian Force in Final Fantasy VIII. It learns Speed and Strength junctions and support abilities to enhance them. It is the first Guardian Force to learn Speed boosts naturally, and also the first to learn an ability that lets the junctioner act first in a battle along with a command that lets the user absorb HP from a target. It doesn't learn any refine abilities; the ability that refines Wind magic is learned by Quezacotl.

Profile

Pandemona is a pastel-colored creature. Its body is lavender with colorful aspects. It is bipedal and can suck in air and enemies via its "funnel" up front, storing the contents inside its tail that blows up like a balloon.

Obtained

The battle against Fujin and Raijin.

Pandemona is drawn from Fujin during the fight in the Balamb Hotel. After drawing Pandemona from her, Fujin stops using Wind magic. If missed, Pandemona can be drawn from Red Giant in the final dungeon. If the player misses both opportunities, Pandemona cannot be obtained in that playthrough. Obtaining Pandemona in the Steam and Remastered versions earns the achievement Pandemona.

Battle

Pandemona "Tornado Zone" from FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

Pandemona's attack, Tornado Zone, is a Wind-elemental attack against all opponents. The majority of enemies have a weakness against Wind. Pandemona's summon time is 22.8s, which, according to the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania, allows the player to boost its damage to around 240% of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller.

Its damage is calculated as follows:

$Damage = 65 * Level / 10 + 46 + 14$

$Damage = Damage * (265 - TargetSpr) / 8$

$Damage = Damage * 46 / 256$

$Damage = Damage * Boost / 100$

$Damage = Damage * (100 + SummonMagBonus) / 100$

$Damage = Damage * (900 - ElemDef) / 100:$

Elemental Defense starts at 800 (0%), 900 nullifies damage and 1000 absorbs it. If an enemy is shown to be weak against an element, its Elemental Defense is below 800. If damage becomes negative (due to high Elemental Defense), the target is healed by that amount.

Compatibility

A Guardian Force's compatibility determines how fast the summon attack can be executed. Compatibility is raised by summoning Pandemona, casting magic that has affinity with Pandemona, and by using its compatibility items. The compatibility is lowered by summoning other GFs and using other GFs' compatibility items.

Compatibility Chart
Summon Effect	Pandemona +20, Brothers -10, Every other GF -1.6
Compatibility Items	Shear Feather +1.6, Windmill +3.2, LuvLuv G +20.2
Casting Magic	Tornado +1, Aero +0.6, Apocalypse +0.2, Ultima +0.2, Water -0.8

The below values are the base compatibility values with all playable characters at the start of the game. Even if Seifer cannot junction Pandemona in a normal playthrough, a default compatibility value still exists for him.

Party member	Compatibility
Squall	Template:Var
Quistis	Template:Var
Zell	Template:Var
Selphie	Template:Var
Rinoa	Template:Var
Irvine	Template:Var
Seifer	Template:Var
Edea	Template:Var

Stats

The following table represents Pandemona's base stats:

Level	HP	Attack Power
19	1,442	1,052
20	1,506	1,092
30	2,146	1,466
40	2,794	1,840
50	3,450	2,213
60	4,114	2,587
70	4,786	2,961
80	5,466	3,335
90	6,154	3,708
100	6,850	4,082

Abilities

Abilities learned naturally by Pandemona are listed below:

Ability	AP	Prerequisite
Str-J	(Already learned)
Spd-J	120	None
Elem-Atk-J	(Already learned)
Elem-Def-J	(Already learned)
Elem-Def-Jx2	130	None
Magic	(Already learned)
GF	(Already learned)
Draw	(Already learned)
Item	(Already learned)
Absorb	80	None

Ability	AP	Prerequisite
Str+20%	60	None
Str+40%	120	Str+20%
Spd+20%	150	Spd-J
Spd+40%	200	Spd+20%
Initiative	160	None
SumMag+10%	40	None
SumMag+20%	70	SumMag+10%
SumMag+30%	140	SumMag+20%
GFHP+10%	40	None
GFHP+20%	70	GFHP+10%
GFHP+30%	140	GFHP+20%
Boost	10	None

Triple Triad

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Other appearances

Final Fantasy Type-0

Artwork.

Pandemona, along with Typhon and Phoenix, was considered to be a summon in Final Fantasy Type-0 but was discarded.

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Gallery

Artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.

Pandemona model render.

Tornado Zone.

Tornado Zone.

Tornado Zone.

Pandemona as it was set to appear in Final Fantasy Type-0.

Icon in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

Etymology

Pandemona comes from the word "Pandemonium," the GF's name in the original Japanese release.

[view · edit · purge]Pandæmonium comprises the Greek words pan, "all", and daimonion, "demon"; it can roughly be translated as "all demons". Pandæmonium is the castle of Lucifer and the capital of Hell in John Milton's Paradise Lost, and the word was invented by him. The word has also come to mean any wild disorder or chaos in English.

The word's meaning of any loud, chaotic thing, refers to Pandemona's use of a tornado. His use of a bag to unleash his wind powers is more in reference to Fūjin, the Japanese kami of wind who also used a bag filled with wind; gaining the summon from the character of the same name hints to this.

The game's debug menu, only accessible via cheating device, calls Pandemona "Pandemonium," but as the name exceeds the character limit the shortened version is used in the English release.

Pandemona is called Zephyr in the French version, Eolo in the Spanish version, and Pandemon in the Italian version.