Stances during a battle are very comment, yet every character has his/her own stance, wether it is to fight, defend or to heal, every stance is unique to the character.

Entering

At the moment the group is getting ready for a battle, Squall got his gunblade over his shoulder. He then moves the Gunblade from over his shoulder to the ground.

Physical stances

Before Squall does any magical or physical attack, there is the relaxed stance. It means that the character currently is making him/herself ready again for another round. At this moment Squall is pretty relaxed and breaths fast, but steady. His Gunblade is situated in front of him, and held with boths hands. Squall's legs are also wide spread.

When you give Squall a command, he will change his position. He'll move his one step back with his right back. His Gunblade will not be situated next to his right shoulder in a straith position.

Squall will runs towards the opponent and will hold his Gunblade to the back over his right shoulder. At the moment he comes closer to the enemy he will diagonally slash the Gunblade into it.

Squall occassionally can unleash a special attack after his Renzokuken Limit Break. Squall will bow a little through his knees and rises his Gunblade over his shoulder. He will unleash massive power by doing so and will perform one of his special tricks.

Magical stances

Casting magic is one of the most needed things in the game. When Squall is casting, he will move his left hand in front of his left eyes. His Gunblade also resides next to him. After concentrating (that takes upon two seconds), Squall will move his hand in front of him as of he is pushing of the magic from him.

The tecnique with summoning is the same as if he would cast magic, only here four green balls will surround him and lifting up to the skies above. Squall then will slowly dissappear to let the Guardian Force to his/her work.

You cannot cast magic without having magic stocked in your inventory, that's why you need to let that specific character use the DRAW command in order to draw the magic you seem fit. When you choose Squall to draw magic, he will place his Gunblade horizontal in front of him (one holding the trigger, and the other placed against the blade) He then will draw magic from the enemy by the purplish, blue energy circles.

Defend stances

There are some occassions (when the character has a higher speed, spirit status), he/she might be able to dodge the attack (easy to see when the word "miss" appears). He does not have any specific pose for this, yet he does stand in his attack stance when dodging a attack.

There are always two way's of being hitted, either small or big. In other words when Squall has been hit by a normal attack, Squall wil bow deep through his knees. Pretty sad, I have not seen him being hit on the harder matter, therefore I cannot explain.

Squall will lean onto his knees when he has lost a lot of strenght. Not to show of weak and active, he will kneel down on the way he always kneels, but he will hold his Gunblade in front of him on the ground. He also breaths hard and quickly.

Character do not die in a battle, therefore it is called being "knocked out". Yes, the meter is viewed in the reddish color, I can't quite explain, it's just how it is actually. Well, if Squall loses all his strenght, he will fall backwards on the ground. He will hold his Gunblade fierce aside from him and will lay his left hand on his chest.

When using the ITEM command, Squall will go one step to the front, or aside to his partners and let's his Gunblade lean on his shoulder. With his free hand he goes in his pocket (cannot be seen in full motion) and takes out a item. He will trew it away as simple as that!