Jumbo Cactuar (Final Fantasy VIII)
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| Final Fantasy VIII Boss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jumbo Cactuar | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Japanese | ジャボテンダー | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Romaji | Jabotendā | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Cactuar Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scan | Some Cactuars live long lives and grow huge. This Jumbo Cactuar is one of those. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum Level | Level 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mug | Cactus Thorn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Drop | Gaea's Ring | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Drop | Cactus Thorn (Mug) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Card | Cannot be carded | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Draw | Meltdown, Demi, Tornado | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taste | Can't Devour!! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attacks | 10,000 Needles, Ker-Plunk, (Leg Stomp), 'Jumbo Cactuar is hesitating', [Run Away] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Magic | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status Immunity | All statuses except Haste and Slow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Legend | * - Lvl 1 to 19 ^ - Lvl 20 to 29 " - Lvl 30 to 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jumbo Cactuar is an optional boss in Final Fantasy VIII. He pops-up as a curious green cactus in the world map when the player retrieves the Ragnarok Airship. After defeating the Jumbo Cactuar, a new Guardian Force Cactuar is available to the party.
[edit] Battle
A dangerous boss in high levels, Jumbo Cactuar has attacks that mirror the normal Cactuar attack such as the 1,000 Needles which has now increased its damage to 10,000 Needles, a sure fire death attack,but its only used for countering.
However, when 5% of its health remains, a message will pop up saying that 'Jumbo Cactuar is hesitating...'. This means that the Jumbo Cactuar is attempting to flee the battle, so players have to unleash as much damage as possible, in the form of Limit Breaks and whatnot, to defeat the Jumbo Cactuar. Jumbo Cactuar will succeed in running away if less than 2% of its HP remains and the player does nothing.
[edit] Triple Triad
| Jumbo Cactuar | |||||
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| Level | 7 (Boss Card) | Element | none | |
| Refine | 1 refines into 1 Cactus Thorn | ||||
| Drop | n/a | ||||
| Card | Glacial Eye, Wendigo | ||||
| Win | n/a | ||||
[edit] Trivia
- If the Renzokuken is performed on the Jumbo Cactuar the summon will dance around in a comical way while it is being attacked.
