by Wanderer From Ys » Mon Dec 26, '11, 2:54 am
The only real must have character is Rudo. He's the best Tank, and he does good damage against everything. The other characters aren't so clear cut. But this is how I rank them.
Kain - He's probably the best third option, because his techs take out those high defense Machines, and they also seem to work on all enemies in the last dungeon as well as Dark Force and Mother Brain
Anna - She's awesome anytime there are more than 1 of an enemy, which means she's weak against the last bosses, but considering they are 5 minutes out of a 20 hour game, it's hard not to use Anna.
Amy - I used think that she was a must have character, because she makes the bosses easier, but the fact is you are dragging her around the entire game to get to that point. She has a lot of nice support spells, but she's completely replaceable by items. Especially If you dupe Star Mists.
Shir - She has the highest agility, which makes her the best item user. This is one character that will definately act before enemies so you want her to use the Snow Crown, or use a trimate on a character close to death. Unfortunately she has to attack with items as well, because her weapon selection sucks, and she doesn't get any good spells until you get to at least level 33. Actually she has a good spell selection, but she gets all of them a little too late. Gires at 30? come on, Amy gets it level 6. On the plus side since you are using items to attack you can give her 2 shield, and she will be a Tank.
Hugh just sucks. Once the Dams open up he's useless. Technically you can play him the same way as Shir, since you get 2 storm gears, but since he's isn't as fast, he will be worse at it.