Tri-Point

Tri-Point is a boss in Final Fantasy VIII. Encountered in Ultimecia Castle's Wine Cellar, it is one of the Ultimecia's eight minions that must be defeated to unlock the seals placed on the party.

In the game's western releases Siren can be drawn from Tri-Point if the player did not draw it from Elvoret earlier.

Stats

Ultimania #
#115 ←	#116	→ #117

Location

Ultimecia Castle (Wine Cellar)

Class

None

Scan

A living weapon Ultimecia made out of a dragon. Fire or ice are its weak points, but they change when attacked.

Other information

-Flying enemy.

AP

30

Card drop (0%)

Nothing

Card

Can't turn into a card!

Fire

Thunder

Ice

Water

400%^{[note 1]}

100%

Wind

Earth

Poison

Holy

100%

Damage	Ground	Gravity
100%	Damage	Miss

Death

Poison

Petrify

Darkness

Immune

Silence

Berserk

Zombie

Sleep

Immune

Haste

Slow

Stop

Regen

Immune

Reflect

Doom

Petrifying

Float

Immune

Drain

Confuse

Eject

Card

Immune

LV Up

LV Down

The End

Immune

0%

Mug (0%)

Nothing

Item drop (99%)

Rocket Engine (100%)

Draw

Haste
Tornado
Blind
Siren

Devour

Couldn't Devour!

Abilities

Claw, Mega Spark, Onrush, Scan

Stats

Lv	HP	STR	MAG	VIT	SPR	SPD	EVA
1	2400	5	4	36	1	26	0
2	2800	7	7	36	1	27	0
3	3200	9	9	37	1	27	0
4	3600	11	12	37	1	28	0
5	4000	13	14	38	1	28	0
6	4400	15	17	38	1	29	0
7	4800	17	19	39	1	29	0
8	5200	20	22	39	1	30	0
9	5600	22	25	40	1	30	0
10	6000	24	27	40	2	31	1
11	6400	26	30	41	2	31	1
12	6800	28	32	41	2	32	1
13	7200	30	35	42	2	32	1
14	7600	32	37	42	2	33	1
15	8000	34	40	43	2	33	1
16	8400	37	43	43	2	33	1
17	8800	38	45	44	2	33	1
18	9200	41	48	44	2	34	1
19	9600	43	50	45	2	34	1
20	10000	45	53	46	3	35	1
21	10400	47	55	47	3	35	1
22	10800	49	58	47	3	36	1
23	11200	51	60	48	3	36	1
24	11600	53	63	48	3	37	1
25	12000	55	65	49	3	37	1
26	12400	57	68	49	3	38	1
27	12800	59	70	50	3	38	1
28	13200	61	73	50	3	39	1
29	13600	63	76	51	3	39	1
30	14000	66	78	51	4	40	2
31	14400	68	81	52	4	40	2
32	14800	70	83	52	4	40	2
33	15200	72	86	53	4	40	2
34	15600	74	88	53	4	41	2
35	16000	76	91	54	4	41	2
36	16400	78	93	54	4	42	2
37	16800	80	96	55	4	42	2
38	17200	82	98	55	4	43	2
39	17600	84	101	56	4	43	2
40	18000	86	103	57	5	44	2
41	18400	88	106	58	5	44	2
42	18800	90	108	58	5	45	2
43	19200	92	111	59	5	45	2
44	19600	94	114	59	5	46	2
45	20000	96	116	60	5	46	2
46	20400	98	118	60	5	47	2
47	20800	100	121	61	5	47	2
48	21200	103	124	61	5	47	2
49	21600	104	126	62	5	47	2
50	22000	107	128	62	6	48	3
51	22400	108	131	63	6	48	3

HP

400(Lv) + 2000

STR

([8(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 2] - [(Lv)² / 260] + 12) / 4

MAG

([10(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 4] - [(Lv)² / 500] + 8) / 4

VIT

((Lv) / 20) - [(Lv) / 2] + (Lv) + 35

SPR

((Lv) / 10) + 1

SPD

((Lv) / 2) - [(Lv) / 16] + 26

EVA

((Lv) / 10) - [(Lv) / 20]

EXP

0

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tri-Point is very weak against either Fire or Ice. Once Tri-Point is hit with an element it is very weak against, it swaps weakness to the other element.

How to find

Ultimecia Castle Wine Cellar entrance from FFVIII Remastered

The player needs to step on the chandelier (behind where the first boss Sphinxaur is fought), and it will crash down onto the floor below. This makes the entrance to the wine cellar available.

Battle

Once the battle initiates the Boss will say:

'USING ELEMENTAL ATTACKS.'

'WHATEVER I DON'T USE, I DON'T LIKE.'

Tri-Point will counter with Mega Spark unless it is hit with an element it is very weak against. If Tri-Point uses Scan on a _target, the _target will be hit with Onrush the next turn. It is a massive, inevitable attack that ignores defense, often dealing 9,999 HP damage.

Strategy

To find out Tri-Point's weakness, the player must scan it to know if it is weak against either Fire or Ice. If it is weak against Fire, the party must use a Fire attack, which prompts Tri-Point to be weak against Ice, of which the party must then respond with an Ice attack. Alternatively, since Mega Spark is Thunder-elemental, if it is possible to junction the characters' Elem=def-J to negate or absorb Mega Spark.

It may be useful to use Protect on the scanned character to mitigate the damage from Onrush. The scanned character can also use Defend, or the character in the middle of the party formation could have Cover. The party can also use Kamikaze for an easy win.

Triple Triad

Main article: Tri-Point (card)

Tri-Point is a Level 7 Boss Card in Triple Triad used for playing the minigame and for turning into Jet Engine (40:1) with Quezacotl's Card Mod. At it takes a whopping 40 cards to make one Jet Engine, however, the player will not meet the requirement without a serious grind. Tri-Point is a rare outcome for a successful carding of a Belhelmel or a Torama.