I only agree with this, but that’s partially still. There’s no need to cast Heal Light in this game, but Poto Oil, the item version(and cheap enough replacement) of Heal Light, is a must. Therefore Spirit is important in this game.
tl;dr K > H > D = R > A = C
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Melee owns this game. It’s very easy for both Angie and Charlie to hit 1pt damage if you try their natural build of intel/spi focus. So for them, they have to raise strength just to even deal any damage with normal attacks. Angie is great boss killer, but even then saber magic enchantments come in a lot handier than straight up magic attacks anyway. So Angie goes on rock bottom in my book.
Someone said that all Kevin class is good, but I can’t see that really. Of course this dude is #1 thanks to invincibility on transformation, but if you aren’t using dark class Kevin(or using him during daytime to begin with), you’re simply not using him to his potential. Full screen lvl 3 is irrelevant because there is hardly any chance to use them besides in boss battles, in which there aren’t any more than 2 targets on screen. The game also has a hidden counter wherein if you use too many lvl2/lvl3 in certain time, it counters you with AI version of fullscreen tech, anyway. Also Kevin/Duran’s spi should not get past reisz/hawk/angie/charlie if you want to max their specialty(con/str), so using them as a healer is not a great move imo. LL kevin is as shitty as LL Reisz or DD Duran in my book. Because Hawk’s classes are more balanced, I’d say Hawk is better choice for beginners(though potentially, yeah, Kev is tops).[/details]
TOP:
DD Kevin (Dervish) more or less the most powerful physical attacker.
HIGH:
LD Kevin (Warrior Monk) = DL Kevin (Death Hand)
LD Reisz (Star Lancer) Marduk is the single most helpful offense spell on the last stages IMO.
LD Hawk (Rouge)
DL Hawk (Ninja Master) goes really well with LD Reisz, but not too often you get to do this combo.
DL Duran (Swordmaster)
DD Hawk (NightBlade)
LL Hawk (Wanderer)
MID:
LL Duran (Paladin)
LD Duran (Lord)
LL Kevin (God Hand)
DD Reisz (Fenrir Knight)
DD Duran (Duelist)
DL Reisz (Dragon Master)
LOW:
LL Reisz (Vanadis)
DL Angie (Rune Master)
LD Angie (Archmage)
LL Charlie (Bishop)
LL Angie (Grand Diviner)
LD Charlie (Sage)
DD Angie (Magus)
I CAN’T SOLO THE GAME AT ALL AT LVL 45- WITH:
DL Charlie (Necromancer)
DD Charlie (Evil Shaman)
all 1st and 2nd classes
As far as teams go, this game is like FF6 in that the guys here are so powerful that discussion is almost null. I’d pick DL Riesz - LL Angie - DL Charlie for what is IMO the most challenging team, and DL Kevin - LL Duran - LD Hawk for low level/time challenges.