Auronhart is right. You could summon Eden, do devestating damdage, and still have Squall use Lionheart for more devestation. Who says summoning GF's is useless. Some fights require some sort of elemental guardian on your side so that you can wipe your opponent clean. GF's are only good for junctioning? That's stupid if you ask me. Yeah, they are, but you still can use them in battles, sometimes they turn the battle in your favor instead of repeating Limit Breaks. Doomtrain, Cereberus and in the beginning, Siren, are good. Instead of wasting your magic, why not summon a GF? You can run out of magic if you use it too much, but a compatible GF will be by your side in a heart beat. Maybe you don't like them because they don't come quick enough for you abd they die or you get whipped when trying to summon them...no I don't miss anything actually, wait just one thing. I've never gotten a dark matter, but frankly I can care less about blue magic. Why summon when it takes up more time then it's worth. I could summon eden to do 9999 damage or I could just let squall use his limit break and deal atleast 12,000. I think my strategy of havoc wreaking is not only more efficient, but way cooler.