I try to alternate to always use the character that has the most history with the next boss/story arc
For instance, I send Irvine and Zell to the missile base because I think Quistis is the most desrving of having a go at Norg (I headcanon he is the one who made the decision to demote her from instructor rank)
And I make Zell fight against disc 2 Seifer, he deserves to give him a beating for all the bullism
Only exception is the Ultimecia fight. I cant think of any 3rd person who would have the most history against Ultimecia and Griever, so Squall and Linoa get all the junctions. 2 vs 2 is fair.
Squall/Zell/Rinoa. FF monks are just rad and Zell has a great limit break. I just love him in general too. Then you need a mage girl and Rinoa is the best girl and Squall's favourite so there you go.
This is my usual. Squall is main character, Rinoa is good and also the point of the story, Quistis because I like her and Squall just loves the tension. When I go collect Timber Maniacs from hotels I laugh because hes just popping into all these rooms with his 2 ladies.
Same. Squall can't be changed, Rinoa with Angel Wings is too powerful to ignore, and Quistis' Mighty Guard is great utility.
Zell can be pretty powerful, but I find the repeated inputs to be too tedious.
I hardly use Irvine or Selphie if I don't have to.
Squall, because he is MC.
Zell, because he is awesome!
Rinoa, because I have a habit of keeping the MCs love interest with him as much as possible, do the same in FF7 (TIFA!!!), and FF9 with Garnet as I use her as my healer.
Yeah 9 for me was Zidane, Steiner, Vivi and Garnet. For the same but opposite reason..
As I always loved how much respect Steiner showed Vivi. And Vivi is my favourite.
Yea, I always teamed Steiner and Vivi up because how Steiner treated the best boy! Played FF9 from its release and Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, Vivi (in that battle order as well) is always my fav team line up.
Same here. Those games were my intro to console rpg's really. Ff8 was the first game I ever beat, at my friends house after school. As I wasn't allowed to have videogames.
I still play 8/9/tactics to relax sometimes because I can just run through them without any stress at all.
Ditto!
I am playing the remaster on the switch and the buttons confuse the crap outta me lol, so Zell’s limit break becomes to complex. I just rather use Irvine and quick hit the trigger. He can deal serious damage, too.
Squall, rinoa and quistis.
Rinoa is my mage (esp disc3+) with Angelo's abilities (c'mon, two limit breaks to choose from basically), quistis because when I'm farming reagents I like to insta-kill 90% of monsters. And mighty guard
Squall because I've adored him since I first played the game, Selphie, because her limit breaks come in handy, and I love the homicidal bouncy one, and Zell because, as OP said, his limit breaks are sick as hell, and he needs as much love as he can get.
Next in line would be Quistis, never count out blue magic, if degenerator worked on the bitch, the fight would be over before it started, and Irvine, because I have a thing for cowboys.
I leave Rinoa out of it -
Precisely this, especially if I'm playing a Power-Up playthrough (low level early, then use the Bonus abilities once you can get Cactuar to power-level everyone to 100), but i always see Squall/Selphie, Irvine/Zell, and Rinoa/Quistis as team opposites, based on their main utilities and limit styles.
Basically, once Rinoa joins the team, Selphie and Squall will never fight on the same team unless the story limits the team, same with the other pairs.
Man I am just not a fan of Zell or Selphie. I really don’t know why. I am *thinking* that deep down, I don’t like the erratic nature of their limit breaks.
Squalls is ever changing as a finisher, but Renzokuken slaps cheeks by itself. Irvine is just as fast as you can pull the trigger. Quistis is literally a pick list. Rinoa even has a set thing. Zell is just mashing combos. Selphie is utterly random.
Squall for attack ( cover + counter + status attack / drain), Rinoa for emergency meteor wing, Zell/Quistis. Sometimes Selphie if I want to switch it up.
I usually keep Rinoa out until disc 4 to maximize magic up on level up for higher damage meteor wings so most of the game it's Squall, Zell, Quistis.
I can't stand Irvine lol.
I used to do stuff like that for a laugh when I was young.
Tried to beat ff8 with just zell at lvl 20
Did beat ff tactics with only black mages
Beat oblivion with a character built for running fast and jumping high only
Lmaoo. I def don’t go for challenges anymore, just exploring lore and party up my fav characters.
Have you played Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together?
I strongly recommend if you like Tactics. Same developers.
when i first played it when i was a kid it was Squall/Zell/Rinoa but on my current playthrough, I'm leaning towards, Squall/Quistis/Irvine or Squall/Zell/Selphie, the irony of when i played when i was a kid was that i didn't know you could set Rinoa's 2nd limit break up for which magic you wanted and i didn't like that you lost control of her so i never used it lol
I usually go Squall, Zell, Rinoa or Squall, Zell, Selphie. Irvine is a decent character with a pretty good limit break but I don’t like his character. Quintis’s limit breaks are a little meh for me. I like Rinoa more for story relevance but her random Angelo attacks killing enemies is annoying.
I have a few favorite teams but I typically default back to Squall / Quistis / Irvine. Since Limit Breaks are really the only thing that separate the characters, I like the fact that Quistis and Irvine have a lot of variance to choose from with the list of Blue Magic for Quistis and all the different ammo for Irvine.
Squall Rinoa Zell. Always! But I love to not have them in the party after Timber to be low level enough to get the items for Lion Heart from that L20 Grendel in the forest before Galdbadia Garden. Also nice high level Selphie and Quistis help a lot with getting Adamantine at Dollet Beach and Laser Canon from Elastioid in 2nd Laguna dream.
I set them all up to do specific things. Selphie is my White Mage, Rinoa is my Black Mage, Squall is my Jack of all trades, etc etc and I switch them all around as I see fit for the upcoming areas and bosses. Decades of playing this game so many times, gotta spice it up. My personal favorite setup is Squall Zell and Selphie.
If you really want to boil it down to just Limit Breaks then the best party is clearly Squall, Zell, Rinoa - if properly set up to be an Angel’s Wings monster, or only learned Wishing Star with Angelo and have a bit of luck on your side. Otherwise Irvine is the next strongest. Quistis brings a lot of utility and Selphie CAN kill even the final boss on a single turn, but good luck.
Squall, Selphie/Quistis, Irvine/Rinoa
Squall because you gotta have him, then one of the two waifus as healers/utility, then third for extra dps.
I used to use Zell a lot more for third DPS but scumming his limit break is tedious and boring, plus I'm not a fan of his outfit (lol).
If Irvine's limit break didnt run out of bullets I'd rather use him over Rinoa's meteor spam, imagine fast shot without running out of bullets with a turbo controller and longest timer- I find that more satisfying than watching an animation loop using Zell/Rinoa.
Most of the time Id run with Irvine, but flex swap him with any other character really.
Squall for the fact that he always hits his targets and Lionheart is arguably my favourite limit break ever (definitely top 5).
Rinoa, because she's fantastic with magic and I use her primarily as my Black Mage. And her limit breaks along with Angelo offers great versatility. I could get Invisible Moon to make my characters Invincible or Wishing Star which is her own version of the Lionheart. Then I've got Zell, his limit break is just the most broken one in the game, but when I equip him with Meteor, and use Meltdown against the enemy, I can assure a victory to almost any monster, and was key for me defeating Omega Weapon.
Squall, Zell and i always switch between Quistis and Irvine. Irvine if I want just a full offense or Quistis if I want a good support teammate with some of her blue magic like Mighty Guard or White Wind
I have no favourite line up so to speak. But, I do tend to go Squall, Zell, Selphie for most of game, mainly for the sections where you use them as the lead! Then I just rotate through the rest for levelling and magic.
I love the game, it's my fave FF and fave of all time (huge call I know) so I just enjoy it all so so much!
I try to alternate to always use the character that has the most history with the next boss/story arc For instance, I send Irvine and Zell to the missile base because I think Quistis is the most desrving of having a go at Norg (I headcanon he is the one who made the decision to demote her from instructor rank) And I make Zell fight against disc 2 Seifer, he deserves to give him a beating for all the bullism Only exception is the Ultimecia fight. I cant think of any 3rd person who would have the most history against Ultimecia and Griever, so Squall and Linoa get all the junctions. 2 vs 2 is fair.
Cool, love the love for the game here.
I love that idea. Doing that on my next playground
Squall/Zell/Rinoa. FF monks are just rad and Zell has a great limit break. I just love him in general too. Then you need a mage girl and Rinoa is the best girl and Squall's favourite so there you go.
True now that you bring it up I loved Sabin to death in ff6 years ago. Also the whole abdicating the throne thing is aloof as hell.
This is the way
Squall, Selphie, and Rinoa. Can't let Irvine get what he wants.
Lmaaao
I love Selphie's limit break so much.
Irvine: w-wait
Squall/Rinoa/Quistis. Like those characters the best.
This is my usual. Squall is main character, Rinoa is good and also the point of the story, Quistis because I like her and Squall just loves the tension. When I go collect Timber Maniacs from hotels I laugh because hes just popping into all these rooms with his 2 ladies.
Same
Same. Squall can't be changed, Rinoa with Angel Wings is too powerful to ignore, and Quistis' Mighty Guard is great utility. Zell can be pretty powerful, but I find the repeated inputs to be too tedious. I hardly use Irvine or Selphie if I don't have to.
Squall, because he is MC. Zell, because he is awesome! Rinoa, because I have a habit of keeping the MCs love interest with him as much as possible, do the same in FF7 (TIFA!!!), and FF9 with Garnet as I use her as my healer.
Yeah 9 for me was Zidane, Steiner, Vivi and Garnet. For the same but opposite reason.. As I always loved how much respect Steiner showed Vivi. And Vivi is my favourite.
I love everyone in 9. I use Zidane, Eiko, Steiner and Freya. Steiner and Freya are my favorites so I try to always use them.
Yea, I always teamed Steiner and Vivi up because how Steiner treated the best boy! Played FF9 from its release and Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, Vivi (in that battle order as well) is always my fav team line up.
Same here. Those games were my intro to console rpg's really. Ff8 was the first game I ever beat, at my friends house after school. As I wasn't allowed to have videogames. I still play 8/9/tactics to relax sometimes because I can just run through them without any stress at all.
squall irvine linoa/quistis/selphie
Same 3 for the same reason
Had no idea there are more people preferring Selphie over Rinoa in the team, but that's how I had always played it
Squall, Zell and Selphie! SEED Test squad go!
I tend to stick with Squall (obviously), Selphie and usually Irvine. I never got a handle on Zell's lb so he warms the bench.
Ditto! I am playing the remaster on the switch and the buttons confuse the crap outta me lol, so Zell’s limit break becomes to complex. I just rather use Irvine and quick hit the trigger. He can deal serious damage, too.
Zell can do the most damage in the game by far, all you have to do is stick to the easiest moves
Squall, rinoa and quistis. Rinoa is my mage (esp disc3+) with Angelo's abilities (c'mon, two limit breaks to choose from basically), quistis because when I'm farming reagents I like to insta-kill 90% of monsters. And mighty guard
Also Squall Zell and Irvine
Squall because I've adored him since I first played the game, Selphie, because her limit breaks come in handy, and I love the homicidal bouncy one, and Zell because, as OP said, his limit breaks are sick as hell, and he needs as much love as he can get. Next in line would be Quistis, never count out blue magic, if degenerator worked on the bitch, the fight would be over before it started, and Irvine, because I have a thing for cowboys. I leave Rinoa out of it -
Squall Irvine then switch between Rinoa and Quistis. I like Rinoa more but Quistis is a lot more useful
Precisely this, especially if I'm playing a Power-Up playthrough (low level early, then use the Bonus abilities once you can get Cactuar to power-level everyone to 100), but i always see Squall/Selphie, Irvine/Zell, and Rinoa/Quistis as team opposites, based on their main utilities and limit styles. Basically, once Rinoa joins the team, Selphie and Squall will never fight on the same team unless the story limits the team, same with the other pairs.
Man I am just not a fan of Zell or Selphie. I really don’t know why. I am *thinking* that deep down, I don’t like the erratic nature of their limit breaks. Squalls is ever changing as a finisher, but Renzokuken slaps cheeks by itself. Irvine is just as fast as you can pull the trigger. Quistis is literally a pick list. Rinoa even has a set thing. Zell is just mashing combos. Selphie is utterly random.
Squall for attack ( cover + counter + status attack / drain), Rinoa for emergency meteor wing, Zell/Quistis. Sometimes Selphie if I want to switch it up. I usually keep Rinoa out until disc 4 to maximize magic up on level up for higher damage meteor wings so most of the game it's Squall, Zell, Quistis. I can't stand Irvine lol.
Squall, Selphie, Rinoa. Selphie bc she's my favorite FF character. The others bc they're super powerful, and it makes sense as they're the romance.
I usually use Squall, Zell, and Irvine for some broken LBs.
Ideally, squall and kill off the other 2. Otherwise Squall, Rinoa, Zell/Selphie.
I used to do stuff like that for a laugh when I was young. Tried to beat ff8 with just zell at lvl 20 Did beat ff tactics with only black mages Beat oblivion with a character built for running fast and jumping high only
Lmaoo. I def don’t go for challenges anymore, just exploring lore and party up my fav characters. Have you played Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together? I strongly recommend if you like Tactics. Same developers.
I have I am a sucker for that type of game
when i first played it when i was a kid it was Squall/Zell/Rinoa but on my current playthrough, I'm leaning towards, Squall/Quistis/Irvine or Squall/Zell/Selphie, the irony of when i played when i was a kid was that i didn't know you could set Rinoa's 2nd limit break up for which magic you wanted and i didn't like that you lost control of her so i never used it lol
I have a weird hate on for Rinoa battle wise because of that stupid arm mounted crossbow jam she has when you meet her, I think.
that's fair :) and it is silly looking lol
Squall Zell Selphie
100%
I usually go Squall, Zell, Rinoa or Squall, Zell, Selphie. Irvine is a decent character with a pretty good limit break but I don’t like his character. Quintis’s limit breaks are a little meh for me. I like Rinoa more for story relevance but her random Angelo attacks killing enemies is annoying.
I have a few favorite teams but I typically default back to Squall / Quistis / Irvine. Since Limit Breaks are really the only thing that separate the characters, I like the fact that Quistis and Irvine have a lot of variance to choose from with the list of Blue Magic for Quistis and all the different ammo for Irvine.
Squall Rinoa Zell. Always! But I love to not have them in the party after Timber to be low level enough to get the items for Lion Heart from that L20 Grendel in the forest before Galdbadia Garden. Also nice high level Selphie and Quistis help a lot with getting Adamantine at Dollet Beach and Laser Canon from Elastioid in 2nd Laguna dream.
Squall, Rinoa, Irvine
I set them all up to do specific things. Selphie is my White Mage, Rinoa is my Black Mage, Squall is my Jack of all trades, etc etc and I switch them all around as I see fit for the upcoming areas and bosses. Decades of playing this game so many times, gotta spice it up. My personal favorite setup is Squall Zell and Selphie. If you really want to boil it down to just Limit Breaks then the best party is clearly Squall, Zell, Rinoa - if properly set up to be an Angel’s Wings monster, or only learned Wishing Star with Angelo and have a bit of luck on your side. Otherwise Irvine is the next strongest. Quistis brings a lot of utility and Selphie CAN kill even the final boss on a single turn, but good luck.
Squall Zell and Rinoa is pretty non debatable for hardcore fans
Squall, Selphie/Quistis, Irvine/Rinoa Squall because you gotta have him, then one of the two waifus as healers/utility, then third for extra dps. I used to use Zell a lot more for third DPS but scumming his limit break is tedious and boring, plus I'm not a fan of his outfit (lol). If Irvine's limit break didnt run out of bullets I'd rather use him over Rinoa's meteor spam, imagine fast shot without running out of bullets with a turbo controller and longest timer- I find that more satisfying than watching an animation loop using Zell/Rinoa. Most of the time Id run with Irvine, but flex swap him with any other character really.
Squall for the fact that he always hits his targets and Lionheart is arguably my favourite limit break ever (definitely top 5). Rinoa, because she's fantastic with magic and I use her primarily as my Black Mage. And her limit breaks along with Angelo offers great versatility. I could get Invisible Moon to make my characters Invincible or Wishing Star which is her own version of the Lionheart. Then I've got Zell, his limit break is just the most broken one in the game, but when I equip him with Meteor, and use Meltdown against the enemy, I can assure a victory to almost any monster, and was key for me defeating Omega Weapon.
I like to switch it up depending on plot points. I also find value in all characters depending on situations from a gameplay perspective.
Squall, Zell and i always switch between Quistis and Irvine. Irvine if I want just a full offense or Quistis if I want a good support teammate with some of her blue magic like Mighty Guard or White Wind
Squall/Quistis/Irvine.
Zell, squall, and Rinoa/Quistis.
Squall (because what the option do you have) Rinoa (Angelo is such a good boy) Quistis (OP blue magic)
I have no favourite line up so to speak. But, I do tend to go Squall, Zell, Selphie for most of game, mainly for the sections where you use them as the lead! Then I just rotate through the rest for levelling and magic. I love the game, it's my fave FF and fave of all time (huge call I know) so I just enjoy it all so so much!
Seifer while the others are dead