Mine
Zidane
Garnet
Vivi

Zidane
Vivi
Amarant
Garnent

zidane steiner vivi garnet

Zidane because I have no choice, and I'd probably be using him a lot anyways.
Vivi because he's the shit.
I usually alternate Eiko and Garnet, or I'll use them both if I really need to.
And my final spot is open to Amarant, Steiner, and Freya for their raw power.

You don't have to choose zidane you get the choice if you want to choose someone else

Are you sure about that?

Zidane, Salamander(Amarant), Garnet and Vivi

zidane
vivi
steiner
quina

Zidane (Freya in Memoria)
Vivi
Eiko
Steiner

This thread again????

FFS just find the old version of this thread if you must bring it all back again!!

btw
Zidane
Garnet
Vivi
Anyone who needs leveling up at the time

zidane (for obvius reasons)
vivi (cus he is small and has very hard magic)
garnet (has more summons and rather good w. magic)
and freya (has very good physical attack)

Zidane
Garnet
Freya
Vivi

Zidane, Salamander(Amarant), Garnet and Vivi

Hey, You Took My Characters * Evil Look *

Steiner - He serves best as a tank with high defense, HP, and the cover ability. Also, he deals an incredible amount of damage and his Charge! ability is good when things get hairy.

Zidane - Steal is awesome when you learn Mug and Steel Gil. He deals hellish damage, has the best Trance in the game, and you can't get rid of him. ^_^

Garnet - She looks cooler than Eiko in battle, not that it really matters - just helps me enjoy the game a little better (^_^), she has some pretty damn awesome summons (her Eidolon Trance kicks ass, as well), and she proves a superb healer for the party because of her hellish amount of MP.

Vivi - Without Vivi, Steiner wouldn't have those awesome magical attacks. Vivi also has great Black Magical spells.

If I, for some reason, couldn't have either Steiner or Vivi in my party, I'd usually have to get rid of both of the characters and throw in Freya and Quina.

I don't think Amarant is very useful.

If I can't have Garnet, obviously I'll go for Eiko. But yeah, my favored party consists of Steiner, Garnet, Zidane, and Vivi.

Zidane- Hes da main character wot can i say
Steiner- Shock does 9999 damage
Freya- She has Dragon Crest which also deals 9999
Quina- Dont really like him/her but he/she has Frog Drop which deals 9999

quite powerful team aye?
but agains da last guy i use Dagger instead of Quina

i didn't play it much but probably zidane,vivi,freya and garnet

Are you sure about that?
yes I always use quinna,garnet,eiko,vivi or amarant never had to use zidane

Zidane(I have no choice)
Dagger(Cure and Eidolons)
Steiner(Shock)
Vivi(Magic)

My favorite would also have to be:

Zidane
Garnet
Steiner
Vivi.

They just work best together. I can't stand being forced to have the others in my party. Just bothersome.

Zidane
Vivi
Garnet
Freya

that's my team. too bad i don't have a ps anymore.

why don't you have a ps anymore?

My favorite team was:

Zidane (because main character)
Garnet (for healing)
Amarant (for some of his cool abilities)
Quina (because of the blue magic)

You can only remove Zidane from your party in Memoria everywhere else he's required.

Zidane
Eiko
Quina
Freya

Dyne(Zidane)/ Theivery, 9999dmg/*Grand Lethal*, 9999>all
Princess(Garnet)/ Atomos, 9999dmg>all
Lilgirl(Eiko)/ Holy, 9999dmg/*holy, holy*, *holy,curaga*, etc...
Fugitiv(Amarant) No Mercy, 9999dmg, *No Mercy*, 9999>all

Zidane, Dagger, Freya and Quina.

How did you become so powerful spermking? I was level 99 and I can't remember those attacks doing that kind of damage, expect for thievery

garnet
zidane
vivi
freya

For Zydane, I stole every item i could ever since I got the slikk Theivery, so it did 9999 before i got to terra.
For garnet, i got 99 ametheyists, and boost,so her atomos summon is always 9999.
For Eiko, I equipped a bunch of items that "raise the 'holy elem attack', so that do 9999 most times
For amarant, hes my favorite, hes at a higher lvl than zydane.

My Favorite Team:


Zidane - ...
Freya - Dragon Crest
Vivi - Black Magic
Eiko - Eidolons

http://Sephiroth AC

Ahh. My knowledge of the game is obviously a bit rusty, because I have no memory of epuipping that many items, and boosting stuff. But you seem to have it worked out. Kudos

Edna: This is our favorite party.

http://www.oddworldforums.net/images/avatars/Final_Fantasy_IX_-_Zidane.gif
Zidane

http://www.uff9.net/forums/images/avatars/Quina_2.gif
Quina

http://www.uff9.net/forums/images/avatars/FF%209%20Eiko.gif
Eiko


Steiner

How long did it take you to compile that little list?

My team is Zidane, Vivi(My fave!), Eiko, and Dagger. -^_^-

mine is vivi,zidane,garnet,steiner

Zidane: Have to, plus he rox

Vivi: Cool and Magically Able

Eiko: My fav character and Phoenix has saved my life more times than I can count!

Amarant: Totally strong bad-ass. What's not to like?

Only a handful of people have choson Quina as an activeplayer in their squads. Why? My squad consists of Zidane, Garnet, Amarant, and of course, Quina. It's attacks and magic just Rock!

zidane, vivi, garnet, steiner,

My fave team are
Zidane - Cos until Memoria you cant get rid of him... ( ps I wouldn't anyway ;) )
Garnet - Healing and Summons ( go Bahamut!)
Steiner - Good Strength
Quina - Blue magic :-D

Zidane (For his abilities), Vivi(Magic), Steiner(Power, Magic Sword) and Garnet (For Healing)

Freya was also the first character I used before I got beat then I tried Garnet and won.

An thus my point is proved, since my last post, only one person has wanted to use Quina in thier party. Is everyone deadset against using Him/Her?

my favourite team would is
Zidane
Dagger
Steiner (with his blood sword) otherwise it would be freya
Quina

No, Quina's a mainstay for me. I don't get why more people don't use him/her.

Exactly my point, Quina is one of the most underrated characters in the whole game, but Quina is just soooooo useful.

Well, for my different files I used different characters but my favorite combo is: Zidane
Dagger
Steiner
Freya

Alright I just started a new game after I stole back my FF9. My present party is Vivi, Steiner, Garnet and Zidane. I am in the beginning. I just destroyed the Black Waltz and his pet and I am about to head towards Dali. This is like 2 and a half hours into the game. Wish me luck! I am stealing a lot more from the bosses now that I play it again.

amarant
dagger
zidane
freya

Zidane: Have to, besides he's strong, and his trance abilities are awesome.
Vivi: Black magic, and he's so freaking cute (even though he's a guy...).
Garnet: Healing and eidolons. Oh yeah and she's hot. (sometimes I use Amarant in stead)
Steiner: Strong, cool, and he does great combinations with Vivi.

Zidane
Vivi
Eiko
Freya

Mine would be Zidane, Dagger, Vivi, and Steiner...
No way to beat that, Vivi has his Reflect x2 and Flare combo, Dagger can summon Ark and Bahamut, Steiner uses Shock...
Zidane is really the only one I wish I could replace, he's only good for Grand Lethal in my mind...

Zidane, quina, Eiko and Amarant. Greatest team ever. We all outcasts

Vivi, Freya, Zidane and Garnet.

Zidane; of course, Thievery is lethal, Soul Blade and Steal are useful, and his speed is awesome ('specially when paired with Auto-Haste).
Quina; Blue Magic would have to be my favourite type of magic. Ever. Useful spells, power with Frog Drop, interesting character...
Amarant; Throw, No Mercy and Chakra make this guy one of the most powerful party members, he's also pretty well rounded.

And either;

Freya; Dragon's Crest, Rei's Wind (until you get Auto-Regen), Jump, above average attack.
Eiko; The definitive White Mage, what with Holy and her Dbl White Trance, plus she has the two very best summons in the game (IMO), Madeen and Phoenix.

Zidane- strongest character in the game.

Vivi- equip whatever gives you reflect x2 and use flare on yourself causing 9999 to the opponent every time.

Steiner- works well with Vivi, flare sword or whatever takes off around 7000 I believe.

Garnet- Better than Eiko imo, either one does.

Basically, you need Zidane (obviously) Vivi (9999 every time) because you have Vivi you might as well have Steiner for the Magic Sword. And for the summoner Garnet or eiko is better so this is really the best combo and I'd like to see an argument that says its worse than any other combo.

^^This is just the best setup.^^

Ive also played with:
Zidane -owns
Fraya- Fraya is better than Steiner minus the fact that Steiner and Vivi mixed gets the [insert magic] sword attack.
Eiko -good. I liked Garnet a little better...
Amarant -cool. Not very great...

Ive also played with one other combo. I think it was like
Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, Amarant

I like to play with Zidane, Vivi, Steiner, and Freya.

I use Zidane, Quina, Freya, and Eiko. If you think about it, almost all the characters use the same equipment/skills. Vivi and Quina both use offensive and status magic. Dagger and Eiko both summon and use white magic. Zidane and Amarant equip the same gear and have mostly the same support abilities. Freya and Steiner are both knights. If I could switch Zidane, I would place Amarant in his place, but meh.

Zidane,Eiko,Vivi,and Freya

Zidane.
Vivi
Steiner
Quina. ----My favorite!

I used

Zidane
Quina
Garnet
Freya

Quina rocks and is very useful 2

vivi,quina,eiko,garnet
or
zidane,amarant,vivi,steiner

zidane(if i could choose i wouldnt choose him...)
steiner(shock""!)
vivi(black magic is the shit)
garnet(summon & white magic)

garnet,quina,vivi,eiko

zidane(if i could choose i wouldnt choose him...)
steiner(shock""!)
vivi(black magic is the shit)
garnet(summon & white magic)

Same

Zidane (I would always choose him, very fast and strong in attack)
Steiner (Strong physical attacks)
Vivi (Black magic is another form of attack which is usefull)
Dagger (Good looking and White magic) (Found the summons to be weak in this game)

my team i would have to pick zidane eiko grnet and amerant

Zidane
Steiner
Vivi
Garnet/Eiko

On my current game:

Zidane
Freya
Garnet
Eiko

Zidane(Best Trance as well powerful attack)
Steiner(powerful sword attacks escpecially paired with vivi for sword magic)
Vivi (Powerful black magic. Good with steiner as well for sword magic)
Garnet( summons. Healing)

Mine
Zidane
Garnet
Vivi

3 people? Did you just have one permanently dead?

Mine -
Zidane
Steiner
Dagger----
Eiko------- I like to hide behind my eodilons :-[

my team id Zidane, Garnet, for her healing, ViVi for his supreior magic, and steiner for the magic sword usage he gets from Vivi.

zidane steiner vivi garnet

Zidane Freya Eiko Vivi

Zidane
Dagger
Steiner
Vivi

Zidane --- well, last I checked, you usually have to have him. He can steal stuff and Thievery can deal a guaranteed 9999 once you've powered it up.

Quina --- Frog Drop, Lv. 5 Death, etc. etc. --- I love using Quina in battle!

Freya --- Dragon Crest does 9999, some of her Dragon Knight skills are pretty useful too.

Eiko --- if I need a white mage --- I far prefer her to Garnet.


Otherwise, Steiner is really useful Shock and Climhazzard. And Amarant really is pretty good, some of his Flair abilities, especially when he Trances and it becomes Elan.

vivi
freya
steiner
dagger

Zidane (Main character...thievery is good, and I love and always use steal)
Vivi (Magic can come in really really handy in certain areas where physical attacks fail...)
Freya (Good attacks, and that dragon crest skill)
Steiner (Good base dmg and defense, strong skills)

I basically choose the characters I like but i find dagger and eiko extremely useless...even though dagger is in my top 5 of the chars I like...

Zidane (Main character...thievery is good, and I love and always use steal)
Vivi (Magic can come in really really handy in certain areas where physical attacks fail...)
Freya (Good attacks, and that dragon crest skill)
Steiner (Good base dmg and defense, strong skills)

I basically choose the characters I like but i find dagger and eiko extremely useless...even though dagger is in my top 5 of the chars I like...

Would you not have to use a lot of potions

Not really I only use auto potion for bosses just to be safe...or I put it on a couple of the chars so it stalls more time and I get more hp through auto regen...I just made it to necron and he killed me the first time...but it was because when he did that grand cross move they all went into berserk or died then he just killed em slowly lol...so I got a game over...but thats after like 2 discs without seeing one game over or using garnet and that wouldnt have been prevented even if i had a healer with me... But ya...auto regen alone seems to work fine for me...and pots aren't very expensive even if you do need them...

The last time I played FFIX, my party consisted of:

Zidane
Freya
Steiner
&
Garnet

I'm playing it again... this time I'm using Zidane, Vivi, Steiner, and Garnet...they seem like a very balanced team to me

Zidane (quick attacks)
Vivi (Black magic)
Steiner (powerful attack/black magic attacks)
Amarant or Garnet

Zidane
Vivi
Steiner
Amarant

Zidane: Quick, Thievery is nice
Vivi: Black Magic
Garnet: Eidolons, White Magic
Amarant/Steiner: Strong, can throw old weapons to kill enemies/Strong, Magic Blade attacks

Zidane because you have to have him
Vivi strong magic
Garnet strong summons
Steiner strong and magic blades

Eiko -- Best white mage, great summons
Zidane -- mandatory, and useful for stealing things
Steiner -- Tank with useful sword skills (later on, anyway)
Vivi -- Works synergistically with Steiner; useful for target-all kills

Freya gets some playing time, too, but usually only after I boost Dragon's Crest.

Gotta have AMARANT: He's a Powerhouse! I'll admit the whole throw thing in gay but the fact that he uses claws is amazing!
VIVI: He is just plain awesome. 3 foot nothing yet a force to be reckoned with.
QUINA: If you go around EATing things shes WAY better than EIKO, GARNET, OR even FREYA. She gets massively good healing magic and some INSANE attack magic. She OWNS!
ZIDANE:........I HATE ZIDANE! But, Square INSISTS that he be necessary in the party...., (zidane blows)

without FAGGOT^ I would use
STEINER: The extra power on your side really helps. Also, with VIVI he can use that MAG. SWORD ability. He's cool.

Freya
Vivi
Dagger

Right now, I'm using the "standard" party of Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Garnet.

I'm trying to work some sort of alternate party out. I had thought of using Zidane, Steiner, Freya, and Amarant. Of course, they all have Auto-Haste and Auto-Regen, so a healer isn't so necessary. If nothing else, Equipping Accuracy + and Healer on Amarant is a very useful healing tool. He can still kick all kinds of butt with No Mercy with this setup. I really like Freya..she just seems to get lost in the mix, with the other tankish guys. Hmmm...Maybe I'll go with that group...

Right now, I'm using the "standard" party of Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Garnet.

I'm trying to work some sort of alternate party out. I had thought of using Zidane, Steiner, Freya, and Amarant. Of course, they all have Auto-Haste and Auto-Regen, so a healer isn't so necessary. If nothing else, Equipping Accuracy + and Healer on Amarant is a very useful healing tool. He can still kick all kinds of butt with No Mercy with this setup. I really like Freya..she just seems to get lost in the mix, with the other tankish guys. Hmmm...Maybe I'll go with that group...

Cut Freaya and add Quina. But make sure you EAT cause she gets amazingly good skills! Just a thought...

My party usually consists of:


Zidane
Quina
Vivi
Garnet

Zidane
Dagger
Vivi
Steiner

I find that team has the best balance to it.

zidane...quina...vivi...freya...

Zidane
Dagger
Vivi
Steiner

I find that team has the best balance to it.

Same here.

That party is insanely easy to put together, too. I'm not trying to rip on that group or those who use it (because everybody does!). Just making an observation.

Zidane
Dagger\Eiko (Yes! I use Eiko!)
Vivi
Freya\Quina

Good grouping.

My usual party:

Zidane - Yep, this boy is both fast and strong. Quad-9 thievery? HELL. YES. My only gripe with him is that he has no good healing abilities for himself, and Sacrifice isn't exactly my favorite option... ^^;

Dagger - My shallow reason is because I don't like splitting her and Zidane up. :P But her summons utterly rock my world. Plus, with a higher ability stone count than Eiko, I can cram more abilities onto her. Eiko's upside is her Guardian Mog ability, but with a fully-trained Dagger, I usually can get Boost, Auto-Regen, Half MP, and a few other abilities on.

Freya - Dragon Crest, anyone? Heck yes. She and Zidane basically end up being exactly the same in terms of speed, strength, and HP. Early on, her Rei's Wind is a godsend.

The last slot is usually up for grabs and depends on what I'm fighting. Lately I've been going with Amarant and Vivi a lot.

Zidane
Garnet
Eiko
Freya

I also like Zidane, Freya, Vivi, and Amarant. Quad-9 thievery and Dragon Crest (because of levelling up on those Grand Dragons, LoL!), with a Quad-9 Flare? Um, duh. My flippant reason for using Amarant is because most FFIX players don't like him. But he has some really cool abilities, like Chakra, No Mercy, and Return Magic.

Zidane

Amarant

Garnent

Vivi

Zidane
Garnet
Eiko
Vivi

My best team:

Zidane
Stainer
Vivi
Quina

(no white mage to heal, but with auto-potion, auto-regen and some peridots u are more than fine ;) )

I also like Zidane, Freya, Vivi, and Amarant. Quad-9 thievery and Dragon Crest (because of levelling up on those Grand Dragons, LoL!), with a Quad-9 Flare? Um, duh. My flippant reason for using Amarant is because most FFIX players don't like him. But he has some really cool abilities, like Chakra, No Mercy, and Return Magic.

And if im not mistaken good attack power

Quite good. Throwing stuff is also fun. He can also equip the "healer" ability, making him one monster healer.

He reminds me shadow from vi a bit. Meybe is becouse of the throwing ability

I just started to play FFIX...I just started disc two...what should the level of my characters be at...At the very beginning of disc two...Also what is the best damage dealing party and can you self heal yourself later in the game?

There grammer is all good, sorry i displeased you...I feel ashamed, it's the way I talk on MSN

Your grammar and lack of capitals makes me unhappy.

I just started to play FFIX...I just started disc two...what should the level of my characters be at...At the very beginning of disc two...Also what is the best damage dealing party and can you self heal yourself later in the game?

There grammer is all good, sorry i displeased you...I feel ashamed, it's the way I talk on MSN

I dont know about level, if u didnt have serious problems beating (or be beaten by) Beatrix there should be no problem. Be sure you have found Quina as most ppl forget to get him at the very start.
You can heal ur self with abilities u learn later on the game such as Auto-Potion, Auto-Regen and Auto-Life. There are the usual heal spells (cure,cura,curaga) and some other abilities such as White Wind that Quina learns.
The best damage you can couse is 9999.

I dont know about level, if u didnt have serious problems beating (or be beaten by) Beatrix there should be no problem. Be sure you have found Quina as most ppl forget to get him at the very start.
You can heal ur self with abilities u learn later on the game such as Auto-Potion, Auto-Regen and Auto-Life. There are the usual heal spells (cure,cura,curaga) and some other abilities such as White Wind that Quina learns.
The best damage you can couse is 9999.

that answered half my question but i still need to know what the best damage dealing party is so i can train up

Best damage-dealing, huh? Okay.

1. Zidane. Get his thievery up to 9999. Steal. Steal a lot.
2. Freya. Get her Dragon's Crest up to 9999. Kill a bunch of Grand Dragons.
3. Dagger. Get any of her summons to 9999. Specifically Bahamut or Ark. But any of them. Get 99 of the corresponding gemstone (99 garnets for Bahamut).
4. Steiner. Use Shock or Climhazzard for 9999. It'll depend on his level.

Quina-Gets his Frog Drop uo to 9999.
Steiner-Equip Exculipur and it hits up to 9999 ;)

Every character can do 9.999 easily at the end. :p

Still, my favorite team 'ld be:

Zidane
Steiner
Vivi
Amarant

Damn tough one!

Each character is useful for different reasons. I beat Necronomicon with at least 3 different combinations of characters.

Zidane
Eiko (Her healing is vastly superior to Dagger's)
Vivi
Freya

"Necronomicon"? That's a name and a half.
"I am Necronomicon. Fear me. Rargh."
"Okay..."

Er... my Team?

Zidane (of course) :D
Vivi (Woo go Vivi!)
Steiner (MUSCLE!!!)
Garnet/Dagger/Whatever (Better Summons, but her Trance sucks)

I still can remember first time i end the game my character are only around 40+! I dont even have flare and my zidane wid his orichalon only can deal 1000 damage /cut to necron!At 1st i thought im going to lose but somehow i manage to win!lol!Its damn though to win wid those cheap items thou.

my 1st time combinations:
Zidane
Vivi
Garnet
Steiner

The 4 character which u get at 1st!lol!
somehow my 1st time is quite sucks coz i ned to deal wid PMR in 1 more month as i only reaches disk 2!so i make i fast until i didnt even return to black mage village to purchase some item after i came out from terra.I straight rush to Necron!lol!