Most powerful character in tactics

[Shadow]

I just read the thread about everybodies favorite final fantasy games and i decided that it would be interesting to see what everyone thought the ideal character in final fantasy tactics would be.
personally i've found my claculator/black mage to be the strongest and most influential character in any battle. He is master calculator and a master black mage, he uses autopotion, magicattackup, and move+2(he doesn't have teleport yet). He carries the items that will help boost his magic attack the most (magic gaunlet etc.) and he is currently only lv 60, but i'm working on em
Oh, and he is a black mage with math skill as his secondary because 1)black mage has highest default magic attack of all classes 2) calculators are stupidly slow.

[Ming]

My most powerful one would be Cid on hyperdrive with Two-Swords, Teleport, and Blade Grasp. I don't even really need his secondary ability at this point. :D Give him a Chaos Blade and an Excalibur and he whoomps butt badly.

Not to mention I actually spent 2-5 hours every single day this past summer playing this game... :eek:

[Seth the Red Mage]

Original FFT on PSX

- T.G. Cid Equipped with Reflect Mail, Dracula Mantle, Excalibur & Chaos Blade, Diamond Helm (I think that's the best helm, I honestly don't remember. all I know is I had the best helm and armor I could buy) and lv 99 (made him get most of his levels while being a Mime to maximize stats). He is simply untouchable.

[Shadow]

Yes, Cid is the most powerful character. Yet most people never use the calculator because he is so hard to get. I've destroyed every single foe (and some allies) on the map on my calculators first turn before. Honestly, you should try using one! THeres only one catch, as a calculator they are EXTREMELY slow so i had ramza continuely yell at him to he could move like a normal character. He masters pretty fast though. They can also revive2 most of your allies at any time (and reraise) or use holy or flare on most enemies. Anyway, try one. They're Great!

[EtherTap]

I never use calculators much, but they were pretty cool.

I used a leveled up/down cid a lot. Uber equipment and stats. level up as a mime/ninja/monk level down as a calculator and you will have a net gain in stats. It was pretty sick.

[Lucas]

Cid isn't the strongest character :P he's the most offensively annoying character. The best character is agrias or meliadoul, because they simply have the best of orlandu's sword techs (stasis sword, heaven's explosion, any item breaker), but can equip chantage and never die.

[OnionSummoner]

I used Agrias and had her lightning stab enimies.
Also, i found being level 99 sucks because monsters have tremendous stat growth and were killing my characters in 3 hits.

[Kieran Dineer]

Yeah, for me it's a tie between Cid with an Excalibur and a Chaos Blade along with his All Swords ability (I think that's what it's called) and a Black Mage/Calculator. While Cid is better against one single enemy, the BM/Calc would be better for random battles if he/she has every spell.

[KeeperS]

Hmm... I'm gonna have to say Orlandu with an Excalibur and Math Skill. Complete ownage with Math Skill and CT5Holy is great. In the rare event that you come up against something immune to Holy or with low Faith, All Swordskill crushes it.

[Devil Wet His Pants]

You know...that game was actually difficult until Orlandu joined my party...
Damn overpowered bastard...

[PenzoilTheHippo]

I'd have to say Cid, by far. But if you are good then you could also have a mine in your party to mimic Cid. Mimes are really hard/annoying to use, but if you use them right, it's like having two cids.

[KeeperS]

I'd have to say Cid, by far. But if you are good then you could also have a mine in your party to mimic Cid. Mimes are really hard/annoying to use, but if you use them right, it's like having two cids.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work. You can't Mimic the skillset of a special character, kind of like how you can't learn a special character's abilities from a crystal. Mimes are best with Dancers/Bards, Summoners, and people with Draw Out... skills that don't need to be aimed so well.

[ShinRa Incorporated]

I've only had FFT since early summer, but I've put a lot of mileage on it between school and seeing what's on TV (60+ hours), and as much as it'd make sense to go to with Cid, not the case. I've got a Lvl. 92 female character (Angela) who has access to all the classes, so whatever class, I'll just stick the Math Skill on it. So far her record for solo fights is 17 to 2. Who cares if Cid's on the other side of the arena? She'll Frog him in the first shot, then either use Meteor/Holy/Flare to smite him. Woo.

[PenzoilTheHippo]

Unfortunately, this doesn't work. You can't Mimic the skillset of a special character, kind of like how you can't learn a special character's abilities from a crystal. Mimes are best with Dancers/Bards, Summoners, and people with Draw Out... skills that don't need to be aimed so well.


Crap, it sounded so cool too! I've never tried it, so know i feel pretty dumb.

[ShinRa Incorporated]

Having Ramza [or whatever you named him] with the Ninja's Two swords [and two excaluburs via the Best Fit glitch] coupled with the Bard's Move +3 command makes for a pretty kick-ass fighter too.

[GatoFiero]

Mustadio plain and simple.
Arm Aim = end of fight.
Leg Aim on end boss = easy way to beat game.

[Exploding Ostrich]

Mustadio's Aim skills are great stuff, but I find that he need to be properly supported or he will die. Cheese God Cid, on the other hand...

I know, I know, it's supposed to be Thunder God Cid. But he IS a cheese god.

[Travman]

I have to say Cid, he's not my fave but he is the strongest.

[Mr. Viewtiful]

I was thinking for a while that the Assasins (Celia and Lede, I think) were the best, becuase they're ludacrisly fast and they can instantly kill...but they aren't playable. So, I'll go with T.G. Cid.

[Ein]

I wish there was a way to get the assassains on your team -_-. As for MY best character, I'm going to break trend and give my current best charcter from FFTA, which is Georg, my godly gladiotor. he has two handed, which allows him to do more damage than some enemies have health! And his elemenatal swords abilities rule. He is by far my most useful character.

[Katana]

Bah. I am the foremost expert on FFT, and I say this:
Cid can't touch my character. My Best Character combos consist of the following:

Monk with the following Skills set:
-Punch Art
-Throw
-MP switch
-Two Swords
-Move-MP up

Why: It gives me a Black Belt with a double attack, and MP switch makes it so that any attack that hits me will automaticly be dealt to MP, so long as I have at least 1 point of it. Combine this with Move-MP up, and about the only thing that can hit you are counter attacks. That and Chakra makes for a good support ability as a monk.

Wizard with:
-Black Magic
-White Magic
-Weapon Block
-Equip Sword
-Move-MP up

Why: Red Mage, yo.

[Katana]

I wish there was a way to get the assassains on your team -_-. As for MY best character, I'm going to break trend and give my current best charcter from FFTA, which is Georg, my godly gladiotor. he has two handed, which allows him to do more damage than some enemies have health! And his elemenatal swords abilities rule. He is by far my most useful character.

I know. Double post, but I just read this.

There IS a way for your main character to learn on of the assassin's skills, but it ain't easy. You need to go into a fight with him as a Squire, and see if you can get Celia or Lede to hit him with ultima. Providing he survives it, he will learn it automaticly. Good luck, though.

[sushigaski]

Okay, I have to say, without any bs or anything, that a team of ninja-monks (monks with two swords ability) will wipe the floor with anything.
My friends and I played a game of tactics together, and the most effective character by far was a monk with two swords and squire skill. We used a mediator to boost his bravery up to 95 and his faith to 0. His equipment was mostly focused around giving him more movement. All you had to do was send him into battle. He could move half way across the field in smaller maps, and he rarely if ever missed. He could easily do 1000+ damage to any character in one attack (punch 1- 500, punch 2- 500). Magic couldn't touch him (both positive and negative), he could heal any status ailments he got, and if he ever didn't have something to hit one turn he would use that one squire ability that increases strength by one. He could restore himself with chakra, he could raise the dead, and he could hit from a distance. Goku on steroids.

That is, my friends, the most effective character in Final Fantasy Tactics. A team of them is just scary.

But my favorite powerful characters are as follows:

Magic Knight :fighter: :bmage:
This is a knight with high faith, some magic increasing equipment, and the calculate ability. It is very good, dealing decent damage, and if you have two swords he can still do very good physical damage. Can't move far, but it doesn't matter for calculate. He is very well rounded and useful character.

Uber Mage :bmage:
A black mage with calculate. High faith. Easily the most powerful magic character in the game. Other variants of this would be, oh, time mages and summoners with calculate (which are very versatile but not as magically powerful- you can use spells calculators can't but you have lower magic attack).

Ninja Knight : :fighter:
A ninja-knight is second only to a ninja-monk. It's cool 'cause they can break things, but they're really the same. Give them magic swords and they can compete with ninja-monks, but it's same in principle- give them low faith with a mediator. Big huge tanks that can take damage, heal it on their own, and shrug off poweful attacks like ultima or death. They're slower, though =(

[Ein]

I knew about the ultima thing, you can do it in one other spot too. I think that FFTA is worth a look, btw, if you liked tactics, Be warned though, the law sysmte kinda takes the fun out of parts of it.

[Cid Highwind]

Yes, we all know Thunder Jew Cid is the strongest evar.

But the real people know it doesnt matter, because any amount of Levelling Up/Down makes anyone the best.

[Sasarai]

The strongest character available in normal gameplay is, without a doubt, a Wizard with Math Skill. There is no contest.

The strongest team is any Quickening team, also no contest.

The strongest character with level up/down...is debateable, barring the 99 MA 50 Speed Math Skiller. Here's what I think (obviously level up/down to 999 HP/MP, 99 PA/MA, 50 Speed):

Agrias
Brave 97, Faith 3

Holy Knight

Holy Sword
Talk Skill
MP Switch
Attack Up
Move-MP Up

Chaos Blade
Escutcheon II
Ribbon
Robe of Lords
Setiemson

Reasons: First off, any and all generics are obsolete, thanks to their lack of special skillsets. Second, all males are obsolete, thanks to their lack of perfumes/ribbons. At 999 HP, there's no point in equipping anything other then a Ribbon, which prevents all status effects. Next, there's also no point in equipping any clothes that provide a stat boost/HP boost, because your stats are already maxed out. Thus, the Robe of Lords and its auto Protect and Shell is the armor of choice (of course, it is anyway). Next, the Setiemson provides auto Haste and adds Transparent. Finally, the Chaos Blade and the Escutcheon II are the most powerful sword and shield, respectively. In the incredibly unlikely case that somebody hits her through the shield evade AND MP Switch, regen gains it back right quick.

Now for the abilities. Holy Sword is a default. I know Talk Skill may not be the most obvious choice; however, the benefits it gives are undeniable. Non faith based brave/faith alteration - this gives her the edge in any duel because she can lower the target's brave at will, with 100% accuracy, thereby reducing the danger of reactions. Furthermore, Mimic Daravon severely owns any opponent who doesn't protect against sleep. Finally, anybody who tries to prevent it with Finger Guard gets blasted by Holy Sword. MP Switch + Move-MP Up are defaults with the incredible amounts of MP she has. Attack Up boosts swordskill damage to ridiculous levels.