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[OricWindstar]

What is your favorite team you've been able to assemble in an RPG? This doesn't mean every party member in the game, but team as in who you can use in a battle together. I feel like everyone has that one lineup of characters that they think back to as the perfect balance of being tactical and containing badass characters. For me, two come to mind:

Chrono Trigger - Crono / Marle / Frog
Yeah, Magus is a total badass, but when it comes to the complete package, this trio is what does it for me. It has a great balance of offense and defense, while the image of Crono and Frog dominating the battlefield is pure awesome.

Final Fantasy IX - Zidane / Vivi / Garnet / Steiner
One of the rare times where the first full party you get is my favorite, this team is the shit. I love every character in FFIX (even Quina...sort of), but this to me has not only my favorite mix of mages and physical classes, but within the story I love this group. Zidane and Steiner's hilarious bickering turned

Spoiler

friendship

, Steiner's devotion to Garnet and respect of Vivi's abilities, Garnet and Zidane's actually really well paced romance...this group just has a great vibe to it.

 

[TheMink]

The Leading Man of course.
Vaan (i like him!)
Ponello (also like her, don't even care.)

 

[DJ_Lae]

Your mention of Chrono Trigger immediately reminds me of Crono, Ayla, and Frog. You've got Slurp Kiss, which is all you need for healing, and the three of them all have their own strong individual attacks as well as some powerful dual techs and a good single hit triple tech too.

Once I'm able to select all three of those characters I don't cycle anyone else in.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Yukari, Aki and Aigis. (Aigis is sadly not in the pic )

 

[OricWindstar]

Your mention of Chrono Trigger immediately reminds me of Crono, Ayla, and Frog. You've got Slurp Kiss, which is all you need for healing, and the three of them all have their own strong individual attacks as well as some powerful dual techs and a good single hit triple tech too.

Once I'm able to select all three of those characters I don't cycle anyone else in.

Oh yeah, Slurp Kiss is dirty. I remember completely ignoring Ayla my first playthrough as a kid, but I found her to be really useful by second time through.

 

[Skelter]

Best part member ever. Just Dogmeat and me against the world.

 

[Exploratory]

Guess.

 

[super-famicom]

Kanji Tatsumi from Persona 4 is mah bro.

Yukiko Amagi

Naoto Shirogane

But for boss battles I switch out Naoto for Yosuke.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Aigis

 

[i-Lo]

FF X: Auron
Lost Odyssey: Seth Balmore
Mass Effect 1 & 3: Liara
Mass Effect 2: Jack

 

[Theanine3D]

I'm quite fond of this one:

(Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

 

[PfantzyPantz]

Nier, Kaine, and Emil

The best.

 

[Vlodril]

Triss merigold (you are in a party a few times so totally counts ).

 

[Bitanator]

Reading again, I'd say Crono / Marle / Frog as well

 

[OricWindstar]

I'm quite fond of this one:

(Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

Hell yeah! SMRPG is epic, with Geno taking the cake.

Still have yet to play this. I gotta get on that.

 

[Ridesh]

Wrex & Garrus

 

[Deified Data]

If I recall, Stocke, Raynie, and Aht in Radiant Historia had great synergy (gameplay-wise).

It's not something I think about too much. I guess I always used Zell and Quistis in FFVIII.

 

[daripad]

Shulk, Sharla and Dumban in Xenoblade for me.

 

[Mendoza]

Fallout 1:
Dog Meat
Ian
Tycho
Katja

They died most of the time due to the terrible AI, and I remember yelling at the monitor a lot due to them walking into a horde of enemies and getting blown away.
But goddamn I'll never forget them, and how awesome it was waltzing into a town with my train of fools.

 

[Windforce]

Going with the game I'm currently playing. Destiny of Spirits (Vita):

Any element changing spirit (Leader)
Lady of the Depths
Gravity Panther

I absolutely love this combo. Gravity Rush spirits FTW.

 

[Bornstellar]

mass effect - wrex and garrus

 

[Arcanine55]

Naoto Shirogane, Teddie and Yukiko are the best companions for any boss battle in Persona 4.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Edgar, Cyan, Sabin, Terra; could use all the cool stuff in FF VI, and when I took them to level 99, whoever had the Offering and Genji Glove could do 9999X8 damage. I grinded way too much in that game...

 

[Mr-Joker]

Charizard.

This guy has been in all my team since gen 1 and we have met new friends, face tough rivals and took down many villain while heading toward that goal of being a Pokémon master.

Come Novemeber me and Charizard will take down Steven Stone and his Mega Metagross in Pokémon Omega Ruby.

 

[buddha0991]

YEAAAAH

 

[OricWindstar]

Wrex & Garrus

That's a great one as well! Soon as saw both of them, I knew they'd be sticking around (with the occasional swap out for Thane).

Also, this is already making me realize how many RPGs I need to play. Haven't touched The Witcher series or any of the Persona games.

 

[DustyVonEric]

In order

FFVI
Shadow
Edgar
Sabin
Cyan

FFVIII
Squall
Zell
Quistis


FFVII
Cloud
Tifa
Red XIII

 

[Belstras]

 

[super-famicom]

OP is asking for team, not single member, guys.

 

[desmax]

Agate is my man.

Do like to put Klose too (Her S-Craft is pretty useful)

The other 2 are fixed, so I can't change (Woundn't want it anyway)

 

[Timeaisis]

OP, you already got the best listed. Agreed.

Mass Effect 2 is pretty fun to assemble and use, too.

 

[impact]

OP you took mine with the OG IX crew so I'm gonna say MNK MNK MNK MNK BRD RDM

 

[Linkark07]

Radiant Historia - Aht and Eruca. And of course, Stocke.

It has been a while since I played this game, but I recall Aht and Eruka are quite powerful, especially the former. Just need a little grinding and you can walk through the game easily.

 

[Fbh]

Wrex & Garrus

This.

Both great characters and both complement eachother well (one is a tech sniper that tends to stay behind cover and the other one is a brute that goes to fight head on) which also reflects on their personality (one is a more serious, clever, calculating guy.... the other is a "let's kill them all" kind of person)

 

[BouncyFrag]

 

[random25]

Melia-Dunban-Shulk, Xenoblade Chronicles.

Aigis-MC-Junpei, Persona 3

Cid-Cloud-Barrett, Final Fantasy 7

Zidane-Steiner-Vivi-Quina, Final Fantasy 9

Ryu-Nina-Rei, Breath of Fire 3

Terra-Locke-Ceres-Relm, Final Fantasy 6

Chrono-Marle-Frog, Chrono Trigger

 

[Einherjar]

Playing through Suikoden 5, I remember this guy being OP as heck:

[IMG]http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080310012647/suikoden/images/4/46/Georg_Prime.jpg[/IMG]

My other party member was:

If I remember correctly.

 

[Dark_castle]

Chrono Cross

Serge, Glenn, Karsh

Offense is the best defense.

 

[Yoshichan]

Cloud
Yuffie
Cid

So good.

 

[OricWindstar]

Charizard.

This guy has been in all my team since gen 1 and we have met new friends, face tough rivals and took down many villain while heading toward that goal of being a Pokémon master.

Come Novemeber me and Charizard will take down Steven Stone and his Mega Metagross in Pokémon Omega Ruby.

Oh man, I wasn't even thinking about Pokemon. I'll always love my original Red team: Charizard / Kangaskhan / Golduck / Alakazam / Dragonite / Gengar

OP, you already got the best listed. Agreed.

OP you took mine with the OG IX crew so I'm gonna say MNK MNK MNK MNK BRD RDM

What can I say? FFIX is the best FF.

 

[Finn of Ooo]

Final Fantasy VII

Cloud
Red XIII
Vincent

Synergy smynergy, cloud is an all around badass, Red summons a fucking comet, and vincet turns into the devil himself. Ya nothing much was gonna stand up to that.

Also

Legend of Dragoon

Dart
Kongol
Rose

 

[Menome]

Final Fantasy VII:

 

[pantsmith]

Though you aren't really given much choice in the matter, playing with Laguna, Kiros and Ward was a breath of fresh air compared to the angsty melodrama, nonsensical storytelling devices, and 2-dimensional archetypes of Final Fantasy VIII's "main" cast and scenario.

For those of you who haven't played FFVIII, you periodically play through weird dream sequences as Laguna, a hilariously awkward (but deeply human!) writer drafted into the military, as well as his two squadmates, Kiros and Ward. Their adventures include regularly getting lost, accidentally getting elected president of the most technologically advanced country on the planet, and watching Laguna's leg cramp up while trying to talk to the girl he likes.

They're funny, believable (minus everything around them), work incredibly well off of eachother, and since all of the characters in VIII play the same sans Limit Breaks, a fixed party of three doesn't make you feel like you're leaving anyone out of the mix.

The party is grounded and charming, and Laguna is easily my favorite Final Fantasy character. Just a shame theyre trapped in one of my least favorite entries in the series.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Baldur's Gate 2: Jaheira, Yoshimo, Keldorn, Xan (mod), Minsc, with either Anomen or Imoen filling out the sixth slot. Becomes Jaheira, Imoen, Keldorn, Minsc, Sarevok and Xan in Throne of Bhaal.

 

[Tidus_Great]

pretty sure the ultimate party of FF9 is considered Zidane, Eiko, Amarant and Freya.
ultimate FFX party is considered Tidus, Wakka, Rikku

but i prefer like the OP zidane, garnet, vivi and steiner as they are the best characters in FF9 from a story standpoint
and FF10 I usually prefer tidus, yuna, auron as i feel they are the 3 most important protagonists

 

[CrimsonCommie]

I'm quite fond of this one:

(Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

This guy!

OP is asking for team, not single member, guys.

Oops! Well Geno, Peach/Bowser, and Mario.

Spoiler

Or Geno, Geno, Geno

 

[random25]

Though you aren't really given much choice in the matter, playing with Laguna, Kiros and Ward was a breath of fresh air compared to the angsty melodrama, nonsensical storytelling devices, and 2-dimensional archetypes of Final Fantasy VIII's "main" cast and scenario.



For those of you who haven't played FFVIII, you periodically play through weird dream sequences as Laguna, a hilariously awkward (but deeply human!) writer drafted into the military, as well as his two squadmates, Kiros and Ward. Their adventures include regularly getting lost, accidentally getting elected president of the most technologically advanced country on the planet, and watching Laguna's leg cramp up while trying to talk to the girl he likes.

They're funny, believable (minus everything around them), work incredibly well off of eachother, and since all of the characters in VIII play the same sans Limit Breaks, a fixed party of three doesn't make you feel like you're leaving anyone out of the mix.

The party is grounded and charming, and Laguna is easily my favorite Final Fantasy character. Just a shame theyre trapped in one of my least favorite entries in the series.

Y U NO INCLUDE LEG CRAMP SHOTS!?

 

[Painguy]

Geno

 

[UberLevi]

This feels like a Garrus/Wrex or Alistair/Morrigan thread to me.

 

[syko de4d]

Torment
Morte