The Legend of Dragoon/Combat

When you run into an enemy, you'll enter the combat mode. During combat you'll have several options to choose from:
 * 1: Attack
 * 2: Guard
 * 3: Items
 * 4: Run (disabled during boss fights)
 * 5: Dragoon
 * 6: Special

Attack
If you choose the attack option you'll have to choose your target if your fighting against more than one opponent. Press psx: X to attack the selected opponent. Your character will run towards the selected opponent and two squares will appear. The squares will gradually come together until they blend together. When they blend together you must press psx: X to keep the attack going. This is called an addition. The length of the attack depends on the addition. These can range from two strikes to seven. Enemies can also counter attack. Instead of pressing psx: X, press psx: C to counter the counter attack and keep your addition going. If you fail, the addition will end and you'll be knocked back into your starting position with added damage.

Guard
If you guard you will end your turn and gain 10% of your maximum HP. Guarding only lasts for one turn. If an enemy attack one of your characters that is guarded the damage of that attack will be halved. Guarding also nullifies most status effects.

Items
Items can either heal your party, inflict damage upon the enemy or boost some of your stats. Most attack and all healing items disappear after you use them, but some items reappear in the next battle after usage. There are two sorts of attack items, items that do a certain amount of damage and items in which you must press psx: X as fast as possible to inflict more damage. All attack items are considered magical attacks.

Run
If you select run you have a 50% change of succeeding. If you fail then the turn will end. Running applies to the entire party.

Dragoon
If a character has a Dragoon Spirit and at least 100 SP, then that character can turn into a Dragoon. It depends on the amount of SP how long your going to stay Dragoon. If you have 100 SP you'll stay Dragoon for one turn, if you have 200 SP you'll stay Dragoon for two turns, and so on to a maximum of five turns.

When you're a Dragoon you have two options, attack and magic. Attacking will bring up a dial with an arrow. The arrows will spin 360° in the dial and you must press psx: X when the arrow completed one turn up to a maximum of five turns. The speed at which the arrow turns keeps increasing and many people miss the last turn.

Using magical attacks in the Dragoon form requires MP. Every magical attack is unique to the character. Every character starts with one Magic attack. During the gameplay your character will gain Dragoon levels which will increase the maximum SP capacity and bring a new magic attack with it.

Special
If everyone of you character has a Dragoon Spirit and at least 100 SP, everyone can turn into a Dragoon in the same turn. The character who'll initiate this option will also be stronger for that turn.