Favorite characters of FF7? (gameplay wise)
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ForceStealer
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Dark and Divine
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In my fist walkthrough, my team was usually Cloud, Aerith and Red XIII until the end of Disc 1. After that, it was Cloud, Red XIII and Cid.
In the following playthroughs, my team was usually Cloud, Aerith and Red XIII up until Nibelheim. After getting Vincent, I would replace Red XIII for him. After the end of Disc 1, my party was usually Cloud, Vincent and Yuffie.
In the following playthroughs, my team was usually Cloud, Aerith and Red XIII up until Nibelheim. After getting Vincent, I would replace Red XIII for him. After the end of Disc 1, my party was usually Cloud, Vincent and Yuffie.
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I gotta say that everyone was practically useless to me except for Cloud. Sure they were great for support characters and all. I mainly used Barret and Tifa as my sidekicks and let the freak show be in a party on their own. Well, Cid and Red XIII are kick ass and Vincent is okay I guess. Oh nevermind. Anyway, Cloud after getting 2x cut and upgrading it to 4x cut with the ultima weapon pwns everything. Let's not forget about omnislash too. Best thing ever in the game. Knights of the round wasn't so bad for a summon either. I think I gave that one to Tifa though so she could hack out some damage or Barret would get it and I'd use Tifa for healing purposes.
Kermitu Kleric Katie
KULT OF KERMITU
PHOENIX DOWN!
I like to mix it up, and use everyone, except Aerith and Cait Sith. I don't like Aerith or Cait Sith in battle because they're best as mages which aren't that useful in FFVII and have suckish HP and vitality. Their limit breaks are really their only good qualities imo, and Cait Sith's are only potentially good. And Aerith's infamous death makes her a bit of a waste of EXP. The only time I really put her in my party if I'm not going for her date and I don't have to put her in is right before Gongaga, just for the plot she gets there.
I have to use Cloud, and even if I didn't I'd always use him as he has the best stats in the game. I think Barret, Tifa, and Cid are the most useful.
Barret has very high strength, and the highest next to Cloud, as well as excellent HP and vitality. He does have low spirit, but since he's a long ranged attacked he's best in the back row where he gets hit less often anyway, so overall he's a great character.
Tifa's got high strength too, and the highest next to Cloud and Barret. However, her defensive stats suck, with both HP and vitality being below average while her spirit is average. She is however, one of the fastest characters in the game. She's a bit of a mix between lightning bruiser and glass cannon. Her limit break's are also cool, and God Hand + Deathblow = win. Not to mention she becomes party leader for part of disc 2, and you wanna make sure she's actually a decent level during that time.
Cid is a very excellent fighter. He's got a good strength stat, only surpassed by Cloud, Barret, and Tifa, and his limit breaks are awesome, and he's got good defensive stats as well. His only real flaw is that he's a tad slow(not in intellect, obviously. In that department he's probably the smartest next to Red). And you'll wanna make sure he's a decent level for when he's made arty leader.
Red is just an average character. Sometimes this can be good, sometimes it can be bad.
Yuffie is below average in most of her stats, but she's the fastest character in the game and has the best luck too. And since she's long range, she's best in the back row, and when you combine the evasion boost from back row along with the evasion boost from luck, and the critical hit boost from long, along with her awesome speed, she's actually a very good character and very ninja-y(will hit the enemy and avoid being hit herself, while moving speedily) in battle. And conformer is awesome.
Vincent's not all that useful either. He's best as a mage, which I've mentioned aren't all that useful. As his weapons are all long range and he is best as a mage, he definitely belongs in the back row, so that's bit of a plus. He's only a good physical fighter if you have the Death penalty, but only if you've killed a lot of enemies with him. If you want good power on your death penalty, you'll practically have to use him non-stop from the time you get him to the time you get the weapon. I generally don't use him too much, but on runs when I do use him I use him a shitload to power up death penalty.
tl;dr Cloud, Barret, Cid, and Tifa and occasionally Yuffie are the way to go.
I like to mix it up, and use everyone, except Aerith and Cait Sith. I don't like Aerith or Cait Sith in battle because they're best as mages which aren't that useful in FFVII and have suckish HP and vitality. Their limit breaks are really their only good qualities imo, and Cait Sith's are only potentially good. And Aerith's infamous death makes her a bit of a waste of EXP. The only time I really put her in my party if I'm not going for her date and I don't have to put her in is right before Gongaga, just for the plot she gets there.
I have to use Cloud, and even if I didn't I'd always use him as he has the best stats in the game. I think Barret, Tifa, and Cid are the most useful.
Barret has very high strength, and the highest next to Cloud, as well as excellent HP and vitality. He does have low spirit, but since he's a long ranged attacked he's best in the back row where he gets hit less often anyway, so overall he's a great character.
Tifa's got high strength too, and the highest next to Cloud and Barret. However, her defensive stats suck, with both HP and vitality being below average while her spirit is average. She is however, one of the fastest characters in the game. She's a bit of a mix between lightning bruiser and glass cannon. Her limit break's are also cool, and God Hand + Deathblow = win. Not to mention she becomes party leader for part of disc 2, and you wanna make sure she's actually a decent level during that time.
Cid is a very excellent fighter. He's got a good strength stat, only surpassed by Cloud, Barret, and Tifa, and his limit breaks are awesome, and he's got good defensive stats as well. His only real flaw is that he's a tad slow(not in intellect, obviously. In that department he's probably the smartest next to Red). And you'll wanna make sure he's a decent level for when he's made arty leader.
Red is just an average character. Sometimes this can be good, sometimes it can be bad.
Yuffie is below average in most of her stats, but she's the fastest character in the game and has the best luck too. And since she's long range, she's best in the back row, and when you combine the evasion boost from back row along with the evasion boost from luck, and the critical hit boost from long, along with her awesome speed, she's actually a very good character and very ninja-y(will hit the enemy and avoid being hit herself, while moving speedily) in battle. And conformer is awesome.
Vincent's not all that useful either. He's best as a mage, which I've mentioned aren't all that useful. As his weapons are all long range and he is best as a mage, he definitely belongs in the back row, so that's bit of a plus. He's only a good physical fighter if you have the Death penalty, but only if you've killed a lot of enemies with him. If you want good power on your death penalty, you'll practically have to use him non-stop from the time you get him to the time you get the weapon. I generally don't use him too much, but on runs when I do use him I use him a shitload to power up death penalty.
tl;dr Cloud, Barret, Cid, and Tifa and occasionally Yuffie are the way to go.
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Mr. Thou
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Early in the game I like Barret for ranged attack and Aerith for limits/spells. But once I have Cid and Vincent they don't leave my party. This game just isn't hard enough to need to worry about tactical strengths+weaknesses for long, especially since anyone can learn spells.
Danseru-kun
Pro Adventurer
Yuffie- because I like morphing
Tifa - because her limit breaks are fun to use
Aerith - early game her limit breaks are really useful
Tifa - because her limit breaks are fun to use
Aerith - early game her limit breaks are really useful
Farron
If the sky comes falling down
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- Hallelujah
Cloud- Because you can't get rid of the man o course, not that I would.
Tifa- Because she's a damn sexy heroine, supportive and kind to everybody and she's just wonderful and her fighting style is just so powerful and she's just one of the Gods of the Final Fantasy series.
Aerith- Again she's a grace of the Final Fantasy series and I admire her personality and her healing powers and limit breaks have pretty animation and are so handy in battles.
Yuffie- I used to hate Yuffie and not be able to stand her, but she's grown on me and I started to realize that she's just annoying because of what's occurred to her country and sometimes she's pretty damn funny, she does have a few classic lines and like Tifa and Aerith her Limit Breaks are ace.
girrrrl poooooower.
Tifa- Because she's a damn sexy heroine, supportive and kind to everybody and she's just wonderful and her fighting style is just so powerful and she's just one of the Gods of the Final Fantasy series.
Aerith- Again she's a grace of the Final Fantasy series and I admire her personality and her healing powers and limit breaks have pretty animation and are so handy in battles.
Yuffie- I used to hate Yuffie and not be able to stand her, but she's grown on me and I started to realize that she's just annoying because of what's occurred to her country and sometimes she's pretty damn funny, she does have a few classic lines and like Tifa and Aerith her Limit Breaks are ace.
girrrrl poooooower.
Kermitu Kleric Katie
KULT OF KERMITU
Tifa is good if you hate random battles and want to get them over with quickly, as you can just God Hand + All + Deathblow + Flash + Sneak Attack to beat enemies in one turn.
I do sometimes use Aerith and Cait Sith when it isn't mandatory. I'll use Aerith and Yuffie in the cargo ship battle with Jenova because they have the least interesting things to say in Costa del Sol and you can only intereact with the party members not currently in your party when you first visit Costa. I'll also put Aerith and Tifa in my party for Gongaga for the things they have to say there. I do this on any playthrough, as the AV boost is an inconsequential +1(I never choose Aerith's +2 option unless I'm going for her date), do it doesn't matter much. And I use Cait Sith during the time Tifa is party leader, because when you go to Mideel he'll say "If Tifa was my nurse, I'd switch places with Cloud any day!" which has got to be one of the funniest lines in the game. But other than that I usually don't use Aerith or Cait Sith.
I do sometimes use Aerith and Cait Sith when it isn't mandatory. I'll use Aerith and Yuffie in the cargo ship battle with Jenova because they have the least interesting things to say in Costa del Sol and you can only intereact with the party members not currently in your party when you first visit Costa. I'll also put Aerith and Tifa in my party for Gongaga for the things they have to say there. I do this on any playthrough, as the AV boost is an inconsequential +1(I never choose Aerith's +2 option unless I'm going for her date), do it doesn't matter much. And I use Cait Sith during the time Tifa is party leader, because when you go to Mideel he'll say "If Tifa was my nurse, I'd switch places with Cloud any day!" which has got to be one of the funniest lines in the game. But other than that I usually don't use Aerith or Cait Sith.
SirVival
Pro Adventurer
I'm not sure if you implied this somehow to me in regards to my earlier post, but I'm going to answer it anyway.
Yeah the reason I'm using Tifa is because of the fanfare at end of each battle.
Roger
He/him
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- Minato
That. Also, her limitbreaks are the most fun.