These need a little work.
I can only assume you put Aeris in the top spot because of Great Gospel, the most overrated technique in the game. Aeris does nothing, she adds nothing to a party. Her limits are easily replaced with materia.
1st
Barret
Cid, Yuffie
Cloud
2nd
Red
Tifa
3rd
Vincent
Cait Sith
Aeris
Those are in order. There is not much difference between the tiers due to the effectiveness of materia combos.
roninwarrior24:
outside gears
1st
Fei- his last two combos do more damage than his closest rival can do with several turns.
sword Citan- same as Citan but does more damage.
Citan- most people donāt seem to know Citan can use his barrier spells on enemies. He can then attack with an element that enemy is now weak to.
2nd
adult Emerelda- same as Emerelda but has better stats
Emerelda- same as Elly with more speed and other stats
Bart- solid damage and spells
Billy- about as good as Bart
Elly- her low speed hurts her the most
3rd
Ewok- too slow, has some OK spells
Rico- too slow, his techs and spells are unimpressive
Maria- too slow, her best spell costs too much
inside gears:
1st
Big Ewok- immune to damage. ānormalā healing max is 10k not 16k.
Andvari- Bart is the only person in the game who can solo Alpha Weltall. In fact, any team that wishes to defeat Alpha Weltall requires Bart. Ewok canāt be invincible at that point in the game. Very hard to damage.
Brigandier- Brigander has the exact same stats as Andvari except a slightly lower attack coefficient.
2nd
Xenogears, adult Crescens, Vierge, Weltall-2
The above 4 gears are about the same in terms of damage over time. They all have strong points. Vierge is the most efficient, Xenogears is the strongest hitter, Crecens is the fastest, Weltall-2 is the most versatile.
Most people donāt seems to know Crescens gets an invisible attack coefficient boost when she becomes an adult. This boosts her damage over Xenogearsā. However, Xenogears can get back into 1st place by using Feiās Yin power skill.
Billyās gears
Their stats are identical. Against bosses he is pretty much as good as Vierge.
Citanās sword gears
Better attack than his normal gear
Weltall, child Crescens, Heimdall
These gears have no outstanding qualities, except their speed which is great. Both Weltalls have identical stats, itās the special options which set them apart.
3rd
#17- Faster than Ricoās and has more useful options.
both of Ricoās gears- Their stats are identical. He is too slow, his accuracy is terrible.
Yggdrasil IV- his HP are great, but his speed is too low and I think his accuracy sucks.
4th
Bart Soldier gear āBARTHOSā- worthless
Battle Mode
Here I will agree that the Xenogears is in a class all by itself.
Note that I canāt truly rate Ellyās omnigear Regulus, because it crashes the game when you take it into battle. However, it has the same stats as Vierge but with a slightly higher attack coefficient.