Shot (Final Fantasy VIII)

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Irvine_"Armor_Shot"_from_FINAL_FANTASY_VIII_Remastered — Irvine "Armor Shot" from FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

Shot (ショット, Shotto?) is Irvine's Limit Break in Final Fantasy VIII.

To execute the attack the player chooses a type of ammo to fire multiple times with the trigger button ( on PlayStation) at one or all enemies, depending on the ammo type chosen, within a set amount of time. The amount of time depends on the Crisis Level.

Mechanics

The Shot's allotted time depends on the Crisis Level in the following manner:^[1]

Crisis Level 1: 8 seconds
Crisis Level 2: 12 seconds
Crisis Level 3: 20 seconds
Crisis Level 4: 26.6 seconds

All shots also have increased critical hit rate:^[1]

Critical percentage = (Luck + 26) / 256 * 100

All shot attacks deal physical damage.

Shots

Shot	Atk Pwr	Description
Normal Shot	16	Physical attack on one enemy. Has moderate power and fires fairly quickly. Consumes Normal Ammo.
Scatter Shot	14	Physical attack on all enemies. Has moderate power and fires fairly quickly. Consumes Shotgun Ammo.
Dark Shot	14	Physical attack on one enemy with chance to inflict Poison, Blind, Silence, Sleep or Slow. Has moderate power and fires slowly. Consumes Dark Ammo.
Flame Shot	40	Fire-elemental attack on all enemies. Consumes Fire Ammo.
Canister Shot	60	Launches grenade attack on one enemy. Has high power and fires slowly. Consumes Demolition Ammo.
Quick Shot	7	Weak but fast attack on one enemy. Does low damage but fires very quickly. Consumes Fast Ammo.
Armor Shot	80	Defense-ignoring attack on one enemy. Does high damage but fires slowly. Consumes AP Ammo.
Hyper Shot	120	Powerful attack on one enemy. Has high power but fires slowly. Pulse Ammo is extremely rare. Consumes Pulse Ammo.

Ammo list

Ammo are refined with Ifrit's Ammo-RF ability.

Ammo	Obtain
Normal Ammo	Buy for 20 gil from shops Refine from Screw (1=8)
Shotgun Ammo	Buy for 40 gil from shops Dropped by: Base Leader, Base Soldier, Elite Soldier
Dark Ammo	Buy for 300 gil from shops Refine from Poison Powder (1=10), Venom Fang (1=20) Card Mod: Abadon (1=30)
Fire Ammo	Buy for 500 gil from shops Refine from Bomb Fragment (1=20), Fuel (1=10), Red Fang (1=40) Card Mod: Oilboyle (1=30)
Demolition Ammo	Buy for 800 gil from Cloud's shop in Esthar (requires Familiar) Refine from Cactus Thorn (1=40), Missile (1=20), Running Fire (1=40) Card Mod: Trauma (1=30)
Fast Ammo	Buy for 100 gil from Cloud's shop in Esthar (requires Familiar) Refine from Normal Ammo (1=1), Shotgun Ammo (1=2) Card Mod: GIM47N (1=1) Get 5 from the G-Soldier in Grease Monkey's house in Fishermans Horizon when visiting with Irvine alone.
AP Ammo	Refine from: Chef's Knife (1=20), Sharp Spike (1=10), Get 5 from the G-Soldier in Grease Monkey's house in Fishermans Horizon when visiting with Irvine alone.
Pulse Ammo	Refine from: Laser Cannon (1=5), Energy Crystal (1=10), Power Generator (1=20) Get 5 from the G-Soldier in Grease Monkey's house in Fishermans Horizon when visiting with Irvine alone.

Strategy

Capping Irvine's Strength at 255 in tandem with the Vit 0 status effect gets the most out of Shot. True damage output comes with the fast fingers of a skilled player executing the Quick Shot. During the longest of Irvine's Shot rounds, it is possible to expend in excess of 50 Fast Ammo rounds, averaging around 1700–2200 points of damage each, under ideal conditions (Irvine Strength 255, Enemy Defense 0), with critical hits roughly twice that value.

Roughly 120,000 points of damage in one of Irvine's attack rounds is possible here, though in longer fights, such as versus Omega Weapon, this will expend all of Irvine's Fast Ammo shells in a handful of attack rounds, limiting his damage-over-time capabilities.

With Pulse Ammo each shot will likely reach the 9,999 damage cap, but during even the longest rounds of Shot only eight volleys are possible, returning a lower damage output than when using the Quick Shot.

Shot is especially useful in Centra Ruins for quickly dispatching Tonberries with Armor Shot. The player can keep Irvine at low health to kill the Tonberries in one move, and refine the Chef's Knives the Tonberries yield into more AP Ammo. Armor Shot is also good for killing Adamantoises that have high defense.