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Final Fantasy VIII Boss
Jumbo Cactuar
Statistics HP (Level 1) HP (Level 100) 33,000 330,000 AP 20
Elemental affinities - - - Weak - - - -
Japanese	ジャボテンダー
Romaji	Jabotendā
Location	Esthar continent (Cactuar Island)
Scan	Some Cactuars live long lives and grow huge. This Jumbo Cactuar is one of those.
HP Formula	3000(Lv) + 30000
Mug	Cactus Thorn x3/x4
Common Drop	Gaea's Ring
Rare Drop	Gaea's Ring
Draw	Meltdown, Demi, Tornado
Card	None
Taste	None
Abilities	10000 Needles, Ker-Plunk, Jumbo Cactuar is hesistating..., Escaped...
Status Immunity	N/A
Other Information	None

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.

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.

Triple Triad

Jumbo Cactuar
	Level	7 (Boss Card)	Element	None
	Refine	1 refines into 1 Cactus Thorn
	Drop	N/A
	Card	Glacial Eye, Wendigo
	Win	N/A

Trivia

• If the Renzokuken is performed on the Jumbo Cactuar the summon will dance around in a comical way while it is being attacked.