FFVIII, help needed Options

[*Indiscriminate Soul*]

I'm on the fourth disk on FFVIII and I keep dying on the first boss (Edel). If anyone has already beaten the game, could you give me some hints? For instance, how do I get the Samantha Soul? How can I defeat Edel without hurting Rinoa and yet at the same time heal Rinoa when she gets her HP drained?

[*Zamunda*]

You should try this , and its not even a cheat,


PHYSICAL ATTACK FRENZY:
This is what I call this kind of attacking. Towards the latter part
of the game I discovered something rather interesting. Guardian Forces
became virtually obsolete. Why? Because I pumped my character's stats
up so much that their physical attacks did wonders better than those
long and drawn out GF's. Difficult Bosses like Adel and the Ultimecia's
Castle Parade fell in moments without my characters taking very much
damage. I found that by Junctioning 100 Hastes to a character's Spd
made that Character attack so frequently that Guardian Forces were
just a waste of time. This especially worked well with Squall, whose
Str was maxed out at 255 by Junctioning Meteor to that stat and equipping
the Str+60% Ability. Squall would attack so frequently, and cause
between 4000 and 9999 damage each time, that I kind of thought the
game was too easy. The important part of this equation is pressing
L1 exactly as the gunblade makes contact with the enemy. Better yet,
just put Aura on him and let him do his limit break a couple of times
and those bosses will fall in seconds.

http://www.cheatsearch.com/Sony_Playstatio...eats_04463.HTML

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You should check this out if you haven't already, there is a place called Island closet to heaven and nother called island closest hell that has some pretty awesome draw points and you can lvl up 2 to the 3 times each battle but save your game everytime you win because the training will be intense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Final..._VIII_locations
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As far as strategy I used the first hint I gave at the top to maxamize Squall's abilities. If the other characters besides Squall die it makes the battle easier because when he is equipped with a 100 hastes he moves so fast you can get a attack ratio of over 3 to 1. I know you mentioned you used region on Rinoa, I did the exact same thing, but what made it easier is the fact that I also had a bunch of Aura spells which allows you to limit break without low HP. If im not mistaken you can also find this on either the Island Closest to Hell or Heaven.

I hope that helps.

Prince Zamunda