Who is the Best Knife User in the Classic PS Series?

Time for another poll! Many people can use knives in PS, but I'm going to limit this down to the characters whose best weapon is a knife, and have no other compatible skill set to the other player characters. I've narrowed it down to: Shir, Lena, and Sari. So, which character, taken as a whole is the best knife user?

I do not know these characters..

I have to go with Sari. She's a powerhouse - the only pure knife user that is a force to be reckoned with when alone. Quite an interesting story that she has, too. Taking the throne of the man that refused her mother, then fighting his son, then marrying that same son (or being dumped like her mother, depending...).

I haven't played much of Phantasy Star III but I've heard Sari's quite powerful. I think Shir's more interesting though even though most of her stats leave something to be desired. I've always wondered how the rest of the group reacted when she said she was a thief. You have to admit she has guts admitting that in front of an agent, a guardian and a hunter.

If there's one area Shir excels in, it's definitely bravery. If there's any character in the whole series that could pull off a deep, fun solo game, Shir is the one.

Thoul wrote:

If there's one area Shir excels in, it's definitely bravery. If there's any character in the whole series that could pull off a deep, fun solo game, Shir is the one.

You can't stop coming up with great fan games, can you!?

Anyway... , I've come to like Shir's character in the last time I played PSII. If she only had some more TP to use that Nazan, and if she'd only learn Nagra about 10 levels lower... she'd run away with my vote. Talk about a strong will; she defies the bounds of the game: she won't even let you rename her ! I love a strong will! She's got the best attack Techs of anyone other than Rolf. A couple of good TP level ups and she'll help take out DF in record time. She's a boss killer!

But Sari is simply amazing. I could stop there and vote and everyone would understand my reasoning! When given the choice between Thea and Sari, I picked Sari, assuming I'd get a demi-god for a main character, and I got Time Techs . That atrocity is nearly enough for me to vote for Shir, but I like her sass and as Thoul cited, her back-story. I do have a huge problem with her in regard to how long she isn't in the party. She's there for such a short period of time that you won't even have had time to save up for any of the equipment at Techna! And she isn't that useful since you've already got four other characters when she joins, and you could easily beat that generation without her.

Because of all that, *gasp* I vote for Shir in an upset! The Visiphone alone, disregarding Star Mist and Moon Dew, is more useful than Sari.

I really have no idea as I haven't played this game yet. However, I voted for Lena. That is my grandmother's name.

I voted for Sari since she's better with knives than Lena, (and does a lot of damage to boot!) but I still find Lena to be more interesting than her daughter.

So I suppose that it depends for me. Storyline-wise, Lena's very intriguing and wins the vote for overall-character out of the two in my book. As for Sari, she does hold the title of being the most powerful character, so she deserves some credit.

The Komrade wrote:

You can't stop coming up with great fan games, can you!?

Nope! I can come up with tons of ideas like that. I just wish I had all the skills and time to make them reality.

Thoul wrote:

Nope! I can come up with tons of ideas like that. I just wish I had all the skills and time to make them reality.

We need that PSIV editor. If we had a tool like that, fan games would be exploding all over the place!