I do this with jrpgs all the time. Yes its not always optimal but i love bonding with the characters and using what i enjoy haha. For example in Xenoblade 2 some blades are trash but if i love their design ill use them sometimes cause why not.
The main game is easiest when you do this. Before you get to the point where you're rebuilding the sphere grid from scratch it is pretty important to have coverage from each character's portion of the grid (except Kimahri).
If you just hammer all those stat spheres that you pick up along the way into Yuna, and keep her in the party whenever possible, AND make sure to get her Moon Crest early on. By the time you hit the Calm Lands you can get her Celestial weapon AND the first power up. Yeah it's useless for leveling due to no AP. But boy is it going to overpower Yuna until anyone else can get near a Celestial weapon.
@@thesurvivorssanctuary6561 Building up the aeons only makes life more difficult for yourself in endgame. All the opponents aeons would be best suited for fighting....are set up to defend themselves well against aeons, and possibly one-shot them! I tune them for dueling other summoners (Ifrit gets Nul-Ice, Ixion gets Nul-Water, etc.) but that's about it.
If you're not focusing all your return. teleport, and special spheres on Yuna to hop around the sphere grid like a madman, then you're playing the game wrong. Yuna needs Rikku, Wakka, and Auron's sphere grids most. For the aeons. Their power is based on her stats, and if you increase her speed and power, then the aeons become GODLY!!! QUICKLY! Simply put, Aeons are best girl.
That's literally what I did on my first playthrough was just cheese fights with Aeons. Then afterwards I just slowly focused on Tidus and Auron, occasionally switching in Rikku.
With a little work, Kimahri can be a great fill-in character. I had him learn Holy, Curaga, and Steal, so he can rotate in if I need to switch someone out (I haven't gotten to flare or ultima yet). With Lancet, he can refill MP without using ethers. For a 40-50 hour playthrough, this has helped me a lot.
Just replaying now and i made him my Tank (Use him for Guard/Sentinel with a counterattack weapon, Threaten and Entrust when i don't need his limit for Big Guard or White Wind) while rushing Quick Hit on Auron. Works like a charm. While i get why they're good lategame during the story i feel Tidus and Wakka are actually the most useless characters.
@@jonathanabgrall6075 until late game tidus is probably the less useful one ^^ he cant do shit against fly, against heavily armored, against elemental and his overdrive while hitting several target dont deal much at first (most often just attacking normaly will be better) ^^
What kills me with rikku is how late you get her. And unless you had the patience before the internet to figure out her mix combo, she is weak on every level. I know how op she is now, but I got sick and tired of bringing her into battle late cause I know if you start with her, she is the first to be targeted and killed.
EXACTLY! By the time we get her she’s mainly useless. And had no idea her mix was broken. I didn’t find out till I randomly came across internet blogs discussing it months after beating it. Internet was something at the time I didn’t readily have access to. You hit all the points
Lol I apologize for my nasty comment previously. Im just super passionate about this franchise and must have been having a bad day. You got em all right this time! (Im lenient on tidus). I get why people may call him tie-dus. Anyways dope vid man, your videos in general are rly good and deserve more views.
Completely agree with this list. Also another thing I would put in Tidus, Wakka, & Rikku's favors is the fact they are also the only ones who can fight underwater too.
My favorite Final Fantasy game ever! Although Lulu is my favorite character, I must agree where you placed her on the tier list. Throughout regular storyline gameplay, I found her to be one of the most useful only because her evasion status is OP! She literally saved my ass amongst many ambushed enemy battles as well as some bosses due to her high defense and magic defense status. Give her the HP spheres and customize her armor with more HP, she literally is a tank in the defense department.
She's weirdly very tanky even though black mages are usually glass canons. She's a good magic defence wall in certain fights where magic enemies will just nuke everyone else if you need to tag her in to use Phoenix Downs on more important party members like Rikku.
Tide-is makes more sense as a pronunciation given the audible resemblance to the word "tide" and the water theme and connection he has to Blitzball, don't @ me.
@@fangiscool1 Can't argue with how effective that is. In the original back when I first played in 2004, I used quick hit and drain spam with Tidus on the underwater original mob that drops the wings to discovery over and over. Had to farm a lot of my own stuff out of ignorance because I never had internet at my parent's place. 1950's and all so they refused computers lol.
@@vovasyhin7219 I’ve beat this game so many times over the years. I never really cared for blitzball because I thought it was annoying. I recently decided to platinum that sucker because it’s one of my favorite games. I use to hate blitzball because I thought it was just too hard. Not anymore. I recruited a new team and now I love it. I don’t know what I’ve been doing for years but it’s fun as all heck.
In certain situations (targets with low defense) Yuna can deal more damage with Oblivion than Wakka can with Attack Reels, and it should always be better than Blitz Ace assuming 255 Strength, so I actually rate Yuna slightly higher than Tidus, especially when you factor in that each of her Aeons can be used as a shield against party wipes.
@@geraldtarrant2748 there are many ways of playing as khimari all options are viable that's why he's such a good character, it usually depends for me on whether I beat the Luca goers and get the strength up if I don't I go for a magic set up, either way I get a teleport sphere and Lvl 1 key spheres from blitzball and go to the end of Auron or Yuna's sphere grid and i usually get steal and use before Chocobo Eater thanks to the Lvl 1 key spheres from blitzball :)
@@wezzer1991, ya i really like Khimari :) because he can be pretty good either way. Ya he's not going do the damage of Tidus/Wakka or have the utility of the overdrive of Rikku but I love Khimari ❤
Yuna obviously. All potential points to her because of aeons and solely because of aeons. When you can switch in other "characters" to fight for you, while also having a ton of ability yourself, that completely towers over all others.
Nope not even close to the damage Tidus and Wakka provide with their overdrive, and can't compare to the cheer utility of Alchemy. Not mentionning magic become almost complete garbage in the post game except for 1 or 2 fights.
Ffx is a amazing game. Every character can learn everything though so it comes down to limit breaks and jn that case Rikku is by far the best Wakka second Tidus/Yuna 3rd/4th Aaron 5th Lulu/kimarhi 6th/7th
Nope you are wrong, anima cannot surpass 99999 damage limit, making her useless, it only looks like she does a ton of damage but after you get break damage limit a regular hit from anyone will do the same amount of damage as Animas Overdrive. You can disable her summoning/ Overdrive animation to see her real damage!
@@CloudsOverDD Really? Then why don't you skip the animation for Anima's overdrive and have a look at total damage dealt, it wont surpass 99,999 damage where as Waka hits multiple times at 99,999 per hit, if you have break damage limit weapon equipped.
@@vovasyhin7219 no you're definitely wrong man.....Anima Oblivion hits 16 times in the International/HD releases. all at max damage. Anima has hightest damage attack in the game. a simple google search would prove that.
For someone who has a little experience with the game (namely, how the sphere grid works), but is still engaging in fairly normal play, Kimahri is actually an incredibly powerful asset. You just have to be willing to engage in a little bit of Blitzball near the beginning of the game. Try this strategy for leveling him: 1) Progress clockwise from his starting location around to the entrance of Rikku's path on the sphere grid, activating all the Spheres on the way. 2) Progress through Rikku's path until you finish the first circle, picking up Steal, Use, and a bunch of HP, Agility, and a bit of Magic. 3) Use a Return Sphere (from Blitzball) to jump back to the bottom sphere in his initial circle. Grab the spheres directly below him. 4) Backtrack to the beginning of Wakka's path and enter it. Grab Dark Attack and possibly Silence Attack, then wait next to the Lv.2 Lock gating access to Lulu's path. 5) When you defeat Spheriomorph, you get a Lv.2 Key Sphere, and you'll be able to use his accumulated levels to jump straight into the end portion of Lulu's path. Assuming you were using all the characters fairly evenly so everyone had about the same amount of levels gained, Kimahri will absolutely beat the brakes off of anything you come across with easily acquired endgame magic. Up to that point, he will basically be a better version of Rikku, minus her busted limit break. After finishing Lulu's path, you can have him follow behind Wakka or simply use another Return sphere to teleport back to Steal/Use and begin plundering Yuna's path for more magic boosts. People may not like Kimahri for other reasons, but when people think he's just a weak character, it sadly indicates to me that they're just not very familiar with how the levelling in the game works.
@@ForWeAreMany6 Tidus CA at 99: 20, Nimrook CA at 99: 67 Nimrook learns the best goaly techs in the game, Tidus learns none of them. I guess you're just being a troll.
It all depends on where you are at the game, then: early, mid or late. I'm right after the wedding and Lulu is STILL a beast, to the point that everybody else kinda feels like a supporting character in battles XD
To a casual Riku is weak AF. Weak attacks. Uses up items. She's just fast. But once you figure out where to steal stuff and her overdrive, she can break the game. She's a very polarising character in that regard.
Wakka was my best character by far. He can hit enemies at any distance and he quickly becomes as powerful as Auron except he's much faster. It's also pretty hilarious watching the final boss in the game get taken out with one hit from a volleyball. Speaking of which, I always thought it would be funny if Wakka threw his volleyball at a spiked enemy it would pop and fly in a little fart circle before returning to him and you would see him patching it until his next turn.
TBH FFX's party is inherently the most balanced game design I've ever seen. Everyone has a part and a specific niche, and that niche comes into play about as often as everybody else's niche! The classic grid has _limited but useful_ ability to cross-train. If I had a copy of the game with advanced grid, I wouldn't use it, it frankly steals a lot of the character job's uniqueness from them. I'm a little annoyed at how weak Rikku is physically (she gets double whammy for being "thief" and "female"), FFX-2's DPS mechanics helped the job a lot. But still, all in all, with Auron, Wakka, and Tidus, she doesn't really need to be that physical.
After completing his own, yeah. Everybody's godlike once they get well into a second job. If you're using Advanced grid, it breaks the character concepts and the game. Classic is the way the game is meant to be played.
I will fight anyone suggesting his name is tid-us, or teed-us. T-I-D-U-S is Ty-dus! I'm ever more mad that they insist aeris' name is aerith. That's not even a name and it sucks. Aeris is what it was and that's what I'm sticking with.
Idk, when I realized Lulu would become kind of useless in the lategame I kind of just decided I'm gonna handicap myself and I'm sticking to Tidus, Auron and Yuna for a party since as soon as I got Auron. This may be a dumb idea but until now I actually enjoy this, I switch around for elemental weapons if I need weakness exploits, and overall just plan stuff out. I plan on making Yuna a mixed mage like you suggested, also it's possible I'm gonna use Rikku either in place of Auron or as a 4th member, tho not sure, I'll see
The bottom 3 are ironically the 3 more useful in my playthrough. Lulu's magic is top tier, Kimahri can do a little of everything (BLK wht magic, steal, use and on par with Tidus in strength) and Auron one shots everything that isn't a boss fight
Do not put kimahri aside, you will suffer on his solo abttle, be sure he is up to date till after that battle, after that, you may skip him if you want.He is powerful though.
Yuna: has Yojmbo Yojimbo: can kill every enemy in the game in one hit this high intellect top tier human: "she's just top tier bellow Riku and Wakka even" also Lulu's last limit in the endgame is above all non Yuna and Tidus party members kid
I beat dark aeons and penance with tidus wakka and rikku without HP expander at 9999 hp. Doesnt know this is even possible till i saw a Video of this. It took me about 100 hours to fully 100% the game.
Tidus, Rikku, Wakka. Auron gets switched in whenever Greater Marlboros can be encountered, (or just give one of the 3 good characters a weapon with First Strike). Yuna needs some growth just for her Aeons. Lulu and Khimari can be ignored for the entire game. They contribute nothing important. FFX is an extremely easy game though, so use whomever you want.
I played FFX every year since 2008 The strongest characters are Tidus, Wakka and Rikku. Yuna is 4th and Auron is 5th Kimahri and Lulu are useless starting middle part of the game
Started the video, sees Kimahri in S**t tier: "well, this will be interesting" Seriously though, swap Kimahri and Lulu around (Kimahri can be made the strongest party member from Spherimorph through to Yunalesca, and trivialises the games hardest story bosses, but falls off hard in the post game), and swap Wakka and Rikku around since Rikku is just plain broken. Wakka isn't much better than Tidus - his speed was referenced positively in this vid but Wakka's speed isn't even top 3, but Buster skills are OP during the story. He's good, but not in Rikku's territory. My humble list would be: God tier - Rikku Top tier - Wakka, Tidus Mid tier - Yuna, Auron Low tier - Kimahri S**t tier - Lulu
Wakka sucks. Im not playing blizball just so he can get a better overdrive. Rikku is also trash. Zero damage, starts with low accuracy, and needs a massive amount of set up just to do good damage. If it wasnt for mug id never touch her
Having just finished this game, Lulu double cast flare + Auron mental break makes end boss easy. Tidus with hastega rounded out my 3. for lists like this I think you should judge based on a normal person just trying to beat the game and not any crazy grinding.
You do realize all you need to do to fix Auron's speed is have him follow Tidus's path even the strategy guides point this out and even on the normal sphere grid this was possible to do. The expert sphere grid makes it incredibly easy, no way in hell should he be that low and don't you dare diss Vivi either.
I literally have every party member in nearly every encounter or boss I do lmao, just press Triangle or Y and they'll all get the same EXP, not including buffs and etc
before establishing such a list maybe specify where you are in the game for like to the end yuna is god tier period, her nul ability (wich many dont use O_o) allow to negate any elemental thing going on, that include the one elemental almost always poping (helloo nul light in thunder plain), bahamut having base domage break is a great asset to end some boss before loosing track, her magical power, the most needed sumon to serve as meatshield for dark aoen she has it all kimari can quickly get steal and such negating every 2-3 machina/fight in gagazet lets say, the counter on his ultimate weapon make him great for end game and so on
This is kind of bad advice. You should level and use everyone during the main campaign switching to leveling wakka, riku, tidus and especially Yuna once you hit endgame. Spoiler: some people do not level khimari at all during the main game. This is a huge mistake you can pay heavily for at one point where you are forced to use him for a part of the story he's in.
Honnestly Lulu would be Shit tier, really the person the post-game of this game really hated Magic, magic sucks in FFX it is hidden in main story due to Yuna and Lulu having high starting magic and most ennemies of the main story having 1 point in Magic Defense, but once you go into monster that have actual Magic Defense, Magic falls apart really fast and her Overdrive is just terrible all around. A fun fact for Kimahri as a matter of fact really the ONLY thing that prevent Kimahri for being good is the damage cap of 99999, that's really the thing that makes Kimahri bad if it wasn't for the cap his Nova overdrive would be the strongest attack in the game, using mods if you remove the 99999 damage Kimahri's Nova can reach 5 MILLIONS damage and since it ignore Magic Defense that is 5 Millions on absolutly everything.
I don’t get it. For the most part you can run anyone on a different path and change em completely. For example I run everyone except lulu and yuna down auroras grid to raise attack power. Then I teach yuna the heavy black magics. Also, Auron >wakka. Tidus, auron and rikku.
I liked playing the game switching characters, except Kimahri i didnt use. Even Rikku since i didnt want to learn combination for her items. I dislike in most FF that black mage get low tier as the game goes on. Lulu is my fav in this game, i kept using her till the end.
The only thing i would switch is Lulu to shit tier. Her only use is literally when you have to use her magic in early game against monsters with high defence like elementals. Id put Kimahri to low tier early on like Auron he can pierce defences an not all of his blue magics are completely useless.
Also I won't argue with your placements of Wakka, Tidus, Rikku, and Yuna, as you are 100% correct to put Wakka at the top, and debating the order of the other three would just be a pedantic splitting of hairs for the sake of starting a fight. The only thing I'll point out is that you forgot to mention that there is a small bit on Yuna's path where she can sneak into the start of Rikku's, allowing her to nab Steal, Use, and all those HP nodes, thus giving you a third (if you count Kimahri) character who can spam Al Bhed Potions as well as help gorge on all those weapon and armor customization ingredients with very little time spent. I dunno if that puts her above Tidus, who has Hastega, but as I said...pedantic splitting of hairs.
sadly as a person who has soloed this game with every character. they are all in every tier. every character is th eexact same once you get past like mid game. and considering your supposed to do your tier lists at their cap then you messed your own tier list up.
Wakka, and Yuna is soooo OP if you utilize her return sphere and black magic or friend spheres. Also, kimahri in that you can customize his weapons and strength assuming you know how to do it right. But he will not get god strength till end game. I’ve played and beat this game about 7 times lol tired of it already.
Finally a list that excludes bias and properly focuses on the key aspects of the characters and their usefulness. However, I would move Yuna up because of how unbelievably busted those aeons are. If you understand the mechanics revolving around the aeons and max out Yojimbo's hidden "Favor" stat then he'll one shot anything that looks at you the wrong way including bosses.
Yeah this list is pretty good and hard to argue. I think Auron should be higher than Yuna because his overdrives are just way better. Banishing Blade is so OP. Not to mention Yunas black magic becomes more and more useless the stronger your party gets. Rikku is probably the best character in the game due to how useful she is in every single endgame fights and monster arena bosses/dark aeons. She has the best overdrive in the game as well. I also think Wakka could be lower because... well.... he's wakka lol
@@xheralt yeah i actually agree a bit but if you hit 255 magic it does the exact same. Attacks give you more turns and have faster animations than magic so magics useless if you have max 255 magic/strength
Top 3 are easily Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku just from base speed alone, at least in my opinion! It takes quite a while to get any of the others to even catch up! I'd argue that Yuna is the best character with access to her aeons with passado, oblivion, and zanmanto (pretty reliably I might add). The aeons also make great shields when necessary. Yuna is usually my first character to hit 9999 and 99,999.
Wakka is my favorite too, My friend was angry when I said that, he think he the worst, for years I was thinking I'm the only one who love him the most. Can you do Xenogears?
@@TheBig451 I always find him more dense than obnoxious or annoying, whist he's' racist it's more driven by religious- Yevon's- doctrine (Al bhed+macina= SIN) rather than irrational automatic hatred of anyone looking different than he; no helped by his hardheadedness. But the most important thing is he gets over it ,even naming his son Vidina, Al Bhed for"future". Now that's character growth!!
Honestly just use whoever you like as a character. This game is so easy that by end game with max stats you just spam Quick hit with everyone to effortlessly beat all super bosses. BTW the real Godtier team is Lulu, Tidus, Rikku for uhhh obvious reasons ;)
Me an intellectual who switches in all party members so no one gets left behind and has no true party.
I swear🤣
I do this with jrpgs all the time. Yes its not always optimal but i love bonding with the characters and using what i enjoy haha. For example in Xenoblade 2 some blades are trash but if i love their design ill use them sometimes cause why not.
Okay, good to know others did this.
The main game is easiest when you do this. Before you get to the point where you're rebuilding the sphere grid from scratch it is pretty important to have coverage from each character's portion of the grid (except Kimahri).
Yeah same
Auron may be mid tier on this list but he's God tier in terms of being a bad ass cool dude
agreed
He’s God tier in my heart.
only time Auron wasn't in the fight is when they were swimming lol
Auron was good entrusting his OD to either tidus/wakka. But then I had those two learn that later
Dammit, why does the hottest character always have to be the weakest?
@@1mealer he's talking about the almighty lulu, my man
@@ipanemastwerr2136 but my guy he put kimahri lowest..
@@flawlesssack1122 Exactly. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
What about Wakka?
You’re all wrong. Shiva is god tier.
"Yuna, one of the most non-game breaking characters in the game" laughs in Zanmato lol.
If you just hammer all those stat spheres that you pick up along the way into Yuna, and keep her in the party whenever possible, AND make sure to get her Moon Crest early on. By the time you hit the Calm Lands you can get her Celestial weapon AND the first power up. Yeah it's useless for leveling due to no AP. But boy is it going to overpower Yuna until anyone else can get near a Celestial weapon.
Zanmato and Bahamut can break damage limit if you can jump Yuna's sphere grid to maximize strength.
Fr Yuna also can break the damage cap
Zanmato and Holy+Nirvana
This list was made for casual players unlike us who have grinded over 200 hours in monster arena
Haha very true
He drops these one liner gems "The red carpet has teeth" and "the ferryman asks a high price" within seconds
I actually broke the game with Yuna 😂
Aeons. Plus it helps to focus all your energy on a central figure.
@@thesurvivorssanctuary6561 Building up the aeons only makes life more difficult for yourself in endgame. All the opponents aeons would be best suited for fighting....are set up to defend themselves well against aeons, and possibly one-shot them! I tune them for dueling other summoners (Ifrit gets Nul-Ice, Ixion gets Nul-Water, etc.) but that's about it.
But Yojimbo literally is game breaking as they just let him one shot whatever he wants
Yojimbo: The Prostitute Aeon 😏
@@fmotlgreen6814 so mercenaries are prostitutes now...
@@kawan3661 They're like... Murder Prostitutes...
Treat him right and he'll zanmoto with just 100 gil lmao
@@kawan3661 Do they not also charge for their services and time, we're all selling our sweat equity for what we believe it's worth.
If you're not focusing all your return. teleport, and special spheres on Yuna to hop around the sphere grid like a madman, then you're playing the game wrong.
Yuna needs Rikku, Wakka, and Auron's sphere grids most. For the aeons. Their power is based on her stats, and if you increase her speed and power, then the aeons become GODLY!!! QUICKLY!
Simply put, Aeons are best girl.
That's literally what I did on my first playthrough was just cheese fights with Aeons. Then afterwards I just slowly focused on Tidus and Auron, occasionally switching in Rikku.
With a little work, Kimahri can be a great fill-in character. I had him learn Holy, Curaga, and Steal, so he can rotate in if I need to switch someone out (I haven't gotten to flare or ultima yet). With Lancet, he can refill MP without using ethers. For a 40-50 hour playthrough, this has helped me a lot.
Just replaying now and i made him my Tank (Use him for Guard/Sentinel with a counterattack weapon, Threaten and Entrust when i don't need his limit for Big Guard or White Wind) while rushing Quick Hit on Auron. Works like a charm.
While i get why they're good lategame during the story i feel Tidus and Wakka are actually the most useless characters.
Yeah having Kimahri have Holy by Macalania, and steal by calm lands/Mt. Gagazet is OP as hell for the casual play through.
@@jonathanabgrall6075 until late game tidus is probably the less useful one ^^ he cant do shit against fly, against heavily armored, against elemental and his overdrive while hitting several target dont deal much at first (most often just attacking normaly will be better) ^^
I never understood why his sphere grid wasn’t developed like the other characters
@@karlo9572 he's meant to be a customizable character that you can take in any direction.
What kills me with rikku is how late you get her. And unless you had the patience before the internet to figure out her mix combo, she is weak on every level. I know how op she is now, but I got sick and tired of bringing her into battle late cause I know if you start with her, she is the first to be targeted and killed.
Literally can get her to lv 70 in thunder Plains my dude just gotta use grenades and have lulu with thundara and grind for an hour or 2
EXACTLY! By the time we get her she’s mainly useless. And had no idea her mix was broken. I didn’t find out till I randomly came across internet blogs discussing it months after beating it. Internet was something at the time I didn’t readily have access to.
You hit all the points
Lol I apologize for my nasty comment previously. Im just super passionate about this franchise and must have been having a bad day. You got em all right this time! (Im lenient on tidus). I get why people may call him tie-dus. Anyways dope vid man, your videos in general are rly good and deserve more views.
Haha I really appreciate it. We're here to make good videos and friends along the way!
Mad respect for apologises 🙏🏾
doesn't matters what you say, lulu is the best character in every single FF, ok? :)
Completely agree with this list. Also another thing I would put in Tidus, Wakka, & Rikku's favors is the fact they are also the only ones who can fight underwater too.
When auron shows his underarm and it doesn't have any hair on it i was like 😲😲😲
Real men shave that shit.
My favorite Final Fantasy game ever! Although Lulu is my favorite character, I must agree where you placed her on the tier list. Throughout regular storyline gameplay, I found her to be one of the most useful only because her evasion status is OP! She literally saved my ass amongst many ambushed enemy battles as well as some bosses due to her high defense and magic defense status. Give her the HP spheres and customize her armor with more HP, she literally is a tank in the defense department.
She's weirdly very tanky even though black mages are usually glass canons. She's a good magic defence wall in certain fights where magic enemies will just nuke everyone else if you need to tag her in to use Phoenix Downs on more important party members like Rikku.
The sphere grid makes them all balance and practically the same. Except Lulu.
If her overdrive wasn't what it was....then maybe she'd get a mention
I teach her Entrust and give her OD gauge away.
Of you max her magic she can fury 10-12 ultima
Tide-is makes more sense as a pronunciation given the audible resemblance to the word "tide" and the water theme and connection he has to Blitzball, don't @ me.
I know you said don’t @ you but.... 👀 i agree!
Yuna is by far the best character. She's a magical powerhouse. She can also summon (no other character can).
Magic becomes bad on end game content. Physical attacks are stronger
@@DamienPoggi Depends on the build. Yuna's abilities are essentially all that the aeons possess as well. Her physical capabilities are madness.
@@hyperionsf3220 specifically on end game content, no it doesn't depend on the build. Spamming max damage quit hits is by far the best strategy
@@fangiscool1 Can't argue with how effective that is. In the original back when I first played in 2004, I used quick hit and drain spam with Tidus on the underwater original mob that drops the wings to discovery over and over. Had to farm a lot of my own stuff out of ignorance because I never had internet at my parent's place. 1950's and all so they refused computers lol.
@@hyperionsf3220 I didn't even know there was anything worth farming back in 2004. Back in the old times before I could just google everything
Wakka? But Blitzball is hard -.-
Piss easy with the right team members!
@@vovasyhin7219 I’ve beat this game so many times over the years. I never really cared for blitzball because I thought it was annoying. I recently decided to platinum that sucker because it’s one of my favorite games. I use to hate blitzball because I thought it was just too hard. Not anymore. I recruited a new team and now I love it. I don’t know what I’ve been doing for years but it’s fun as all heck.
Don’t forget, the two most powerful characters are voiced by two infamous va’s
In certain situations (targets with low defense) Yuna can deal more damage with Oblivion than Wakka can with Attack Reels, and it should always be better than Blitz Ace assuming 255 Strength, so I actually rate Yuna slightly higher than Tidus, especially when you factor in that each of her Aeons can be used as a shield against party wipes.
Very good point. Titus speed and natural skill set was why I placed him there but I could agree with your placement as well.
@@locloudanerpg Yeah, when playing through the main game, his time magic is definitely a god tier skill!
The Expert sphere ruined Lulu more than the Zodiac Job license board ruined Fran LMAO.
Oof
How was Lulu ruined?
@@frybread002_3 later into the game yuna can jump onto lulu's sphere grid and learn her black magic
your comment lol poor fran and lulu :(
@@thevalkyriemercenary9463 I had yuna and lulu tail each other across the sphere grid. They were both great. Only edge given is Yuna's aeons.
Khimari is God tier if you send him down aurons sphere grid
Ooooor grab Holy with him by the time you hit Macalania... and steal before gagazet
@@geraldtarrant2748 there are many ways of playing as khimari all options are viable that's why he's such a good character, it usually depends for me on whether I beat the Luca goers and get the strength up if I don't I go for a magic set up, either way I get a teleport sphere and Lvl 1 key spheres from blitzball and go to the end of Auron or Yuna's sphere grid and i usually get steal and use before Chocobo Eater thanks to the Lvl 1 key spheres from blitzball :)
@@wezzer1991, ya i really like Khimari :) because he can be pretty good either way. Ya he's not going do the damage of Tidus/Wakka or have the utility of the overdrive of Rikku but I love Khimari ❤
The most underused character, Kimhari. Naturally.
Yuna obviously. All potential points to her because of aeons and solely because of aeons. When you can switch in other "characters" to fight for you, while also having a ton of ability yourself, that completely towers over all others.
Lulu’s Doublecast gives her a strong edge.
Nope not even close to the damage Tidus and Wakka provide with their overdrive, and can't compare to the cheer utility of Alchemy. Not mentionning magic become almost complete garbage in the post game except for 1 or 2 fights.
Yuna DOES have access to ofensive magic, her very first summon can use it, and she's the only one in FF 10 that gives you access to summons at all.
Ffx is a amazing game. Every character can learn everything though so it comes down to limit breaks and jn that case
Rikku is by far the best
Wakka second
Tidus/Yuna 3rd/4th
Aaron 5th
Lulu/kimarhi 6th/7th
If you farm Yojimbo's affinity Yuna will be the best.
in the hd version Yuna can have higher dmg than wakka with anima's overdrive.
Nope you are wrong, anima cannot surpass 99999 damage limit, making her useless, it only looks like she does a ton of damage but after you get break damage limit a regular hit from anyone will do the same amount of damage as Animas Overdrive. You can disable her summoning/ Overdrive animation to see her real damage!
@@vovasyhin7219 nope, actually YOU are wrong. Wakka's attack hits 12 times, Oblivion hits 16 times. Sorry.
@@CloudsOverDD Really? Then why don't you skip the animation for Anima's overdrive and have a look at total damage dealt, it wont surpass 99,999 damage where as Waka hits multiple times at 99,999 per hit, if you have break damage limit weapon equipped.
@@vovasyhin7219 no you're definitely wrong man.....Anima Oblivion hits 16 times in the International/HD releases. all at max damage. Anima has hightest damage attack in the game. a simple google search would prove that.
@@scottcaligiuri5410 Max damage of 9999 per hit.
For someone who has a little experience with the game (namely, how the sphere grid works), but is still engaging in fairly normal play, Kimahri is actually an incredibly powerful asset. You just have to be willing to engage in a little bit of Blitzball near the beginning of the game. Try this strategy for leveling him:
1) Progress clockwise from his starting location around to the entrance of Rikku's path on the sphere grid, activating all the Spheres on the way.
2) Progress through Rikku's path until you finish the first circle, picking up Steal, Use, and a bunch of HP, Agility, and a bit of Magic.
3) Use a Return Sphere (from Blitzball) to jump back to the bottom sphere in his initial circle. Grab the spheres directly below him.
4) Backtrack to the beginning of Wakka's path and enter it. Grab Dark Attack and possibly Silence Attack, then wait next to the Lv.2 Lock gating access to Lulu's path.
5) When you defeat Spheriomorph, you get a Lv.2 Key Sphere, and you'll be able to use his accumulated levels to jump straight into the end portion of Lulu's path.
Assuming you were using all the characters fairly evenly so everyone had about the same amount of levels gained, Kimahri will absolutely beat the brakes off of anything you come across with easily acquired endgame magic. Up to that point, he will basically be a better version of Rikku, minus her busted limit break. After finishing Lulu's path, you can have him follow behind Wakka or simply use another Return sphere to teleport back to Steal/Use and begin plundering Yuna's path for more magic boosts. People may not like Kimahri for other reasons, but when people think he's just a weak character, it sadly indicates to me that they're just not very familiar with how the levelling in the game works.
I vote Rikku!!! ❤️🙏🏼 She’s the best. Kimahri is trash never used him and dont care lmao!!!!
just use everyone lol
The best unit in the game is obviously Nimrook, he’s the best goalie in all of Spira!
Nimrook is best gurl.
False, tidus at level 99 is the best goalie in the game.
@@ForWeAreMany6 Tidus CA at 99: 20, Nimrook CA at 99: 67
Nimrook learns the best goaly techs in the game, Tidus learns none of them.
I guess you're just being a troll.
It all depends on where you are at the game, then: early, mid or late. I'm right after the wedding and Lulu is STILL a beast, to the point that everybody else kinda feels like a supporting character in battles XD
Yojimbo is the best character.
To a casual Riku is weak AF. Weak attacks. Uses up items. She's just fast.
But once you figure out where to steal stuff and her overdrive, she can break the game. She's a very polarising character in that regard.
Wakka was my best character by far. He can hit enemies at any distance and he quickly becomes as powerful as Auron except he's much faster. It's also pretty hilarious watching the final boss in the game get taken out with one hit from a volleyball. Speaking of which, I always thought it would be funny if Wakka threw his volleyball at a spiked enemy it would pop and fly in a little fart circle before returning to him and you would see him patching it until his next turn.
TBH FFX's party is inherently the most balanced game design I've ever seen. Everyone has a part and a specific niche, and that niche comes into play about as often as everybody else's niche! The classic grid has _limited but useful_ ability to cross-train. If I had a copy of the game with advanced grid, I wouldn't use it, it frankly steals a lot of the character job's uniqueness from them. I'm a little annoyed at how weak Rikku is physically (she gets double whammy for being "thief" and "female"), FFX-2's DPS mechanics helped the job a lot. But still, all in all, with Auron, Wakka, and Tidus, she doesn't really need to be that physical.
You can run through everyone with tidus yuna and auran that's all I know lol
Auron in Tidus' grid is a God.
After completing his own, yeah. Everybody's godlike once they get well into a second job. If you're using Advanced grid, it breaks the character concepts and the game. Classic is the way the game is meant to be played.
If they cant swim they suk
Idc I just keep a Girl Party Lulu Rikku Yuna
I will fight anyone suggesting his name is tid-us, or teed-us. T-I-D-U-S is Ty-dus! I'm ever more mad that they insist aeris' name is aerith. That's not even a name and it sucks. Aeris is what it was and that's what I'm sticking with.
Spot on list, I like to sprinkle auron in not just Yuna, cuz he's awesome. But tidus, rikku and wakka are absolutely O.P
Idk, when I realized Lulu would become kind of useless in the lategame I kind of just decided I'm gonna handicap myself and I'm sticking to Tidus, Auron and Yuna for a party since as soon as I got Auron. This may be a dumb idea but until now I actually enjoy this, I switch around for elemental weapons if I need weakness exploits, and overall just plan stuff out. I plan on making Yuna a mixed mage like you suggested, also it's possible I'm gonna use Rikku either in place of Auron or as a 4th member, tho not sure, I'll see
That’s my route too. I’d use Lulu all the way through if Yuna wasn’t the obvious choice once she can jump grids.
You don't have to suffer to death to catch Auron's ultimate weapon ^^(well without cheating) - Rikku's too
The bottom 3 are ironically the 3 more useful in my playthrough. Lulu's magic is top tier, Kimahri can do a little of everything (BLK wht magic, steal, use and on par with Tidus in strength) and Auron one shots everything that isn't a boss fight
Do not put kimahri aside, you will suffer on his solo abttle, be sure he is up to date till after that battle, after that, you may skip him if you want.He is powerful though.
Funny thing is that auron can do over 7,8m damage in one hit with his celestial weapon.
But else i can agree with your tier list.
How? His strongest Overdrive only hits twice.
@@Colgruv no overdrive, its a visual bug but an auto attack does 7,8m damage. But its displayed as 99999.
@@Bloodfused-qn9xu Wat
@@Colgruv yepp! It's with 1hp, his ultima wep, and couple more stuff you need. If done properly you can one shot anything just like zamatsu.
@@Bloodfused-qn9xu Lol no. Prove it.
Yuna: has Yojmbo
Yojimbo: can kill every enemy in the game in one hit
this high intellect top tier human: "she's just top tier bellow Riku and Wakka even"
also Lulu's last limit in the endgame is above all non Yuna and Tidus party members kid
I beat dark aeons and penance with tidus wakka and rikku without HP expander at 9999 hp. Doesnt know this is even possible till i saw a Video of this. It took me about 100 hours to fully 100% the game.
Me a hyper intellectual that broke all sphere barriers and grinded until I filled everyone's sphere grid completely.
Tidus, Rikku, Wakka. Auron gets switched in whenever Greater Marlboros can be encountered, (or just give one of the 3 good characters a weapon with First Strike). Yuna needs some growth just for her Aeons. Lulu and Khimari can be ignored for the entire game. They contribute nothing important.
FFX is an extremely easy game though, so use whomever you want.
i used Tidus Yuna Rikku since they are so quick, which matters a lot in the battle system
I played FFX every year since 2008
The strongest characters are Tidus, Wakka and Rikku. Yuna is 4th and Auron is 5th
Kimahri and Lulu are useless starting middle part of the game
Started the video, sees Kimahri in S**t tier: "well, this will be interesting"
Seriously though, swap Kimahri and Lulu around (Kimahri can be made the strongest party member from Spherimorph through to Yunalesca, and trivialises the games hardest story bosses, but falls off hard in the post game), and swap Wakka and Rikku around since Rikku is just plain broken. Wakka isn't much better than Tidus - his speed was referenced positively in this vid but Wakka's speed isn't even top 3, but Buster skills are OP during the story. He's good, but not in Rikku's territory.
My humble list would be:
God tier - Rikku
Top tier - Wakka, Tidus
Mid tier - Yuna, Auron
Low tier - Kimahri
S**t tier - Lulu
Wakka sucks. Im not playing blizball just so he can get a better overdrive. Rikku is also trash. Zero damage, starts with low accuracy, and needs a massive amount of set up just to do good damage. If it wasnt for mug id never touch her
Having just finished this game, Lulu double cast flare + Auron mental break makes end boss easy. Tidus with hastega rounded out my 3.
for lists like this I think you should judge based on a normal person just trying to beat the game and not any crazy grinding.
Say Kimahri is shit because "toO mUCh WoRk" Also Rikku is god tier because "PotIoNS"
Man I grinded this game over 1000hrs on the ps2 to max out everyone's sphere grid before the don tonberry trick
You do realize all you need to do to fix Auron's speed is have him follow Tidus's path even the strategy guides point this out and even on the normal sphere grid this was possible to do. The expert sphere grid makes it incredibly easy, no way in hell should he be that low and don't you dare diss Vivi either.
early game it's Brother hands down. But Mid game its Shammi. End game basically the whole of Kilika.
I literally have every party member in nearly every encounter or boss I do lmao, just press Triangle or Y and they'll all get the same EXP, not including buffs and etc
Doesn't matter how you pronounce Tidus, it's wrong, name is different in the Japaneese version so might as well pronounce it however you like.
before establishing such a list maybe specify where you are in the game
for like to the end yuna is god tier period, her nul ability (wich many dont use O_o) allow to negate any elemental thing going on, that include the one elemental almost always poping (helloo nul light in thunder plain), bahamut having base domage break is a great asset to end some boss before loosing track, her magical power, the most needed sumon to serve as meatshield for dark aoen she has it all
kimari can quickly get steal and such negating every 2-3 machina/fight in gagazet lets say, the counter on his ultimate weapon make him great for end game
and so on
This is kind of bad advice. You should level and use everyone during the main campaign switching to leveling wakka, riku, tidus and especially Yuna once you hit endgame.
Spoiler: some people do not level khimari at all during the main game. This is a huge mistake you can pay heavily for at one point where you are forced to use him for a part of the story he's in.
Honnestly Lulu would be Shit tier, really the person the post-game of this game really hated Magic, magic sucks in FFX it is hidden in main story due to Yuna and Lulu having high starting magic and most ennemies of the main story having 1 point in Magic Defense, but once you go into monster that have actual Magic Defense, Magic falls apart really fast and her Overdrive is just terrible all around.
A fun fact for Kimahri as a matter of fact really the ONLY thing that prevent Kimahri for being good is the damage cap of 99999, that's really the thing that makes Kimahri bad if it wasn't for the cap his Nova overdrive would be the strongest attack in the game, using mods if you remove the 99999 damage Kimahri's Nova can reach 5 MILLIONS damage and since it ignore Magic Defense that is 5 Millions on absolutly everything.
actually yojimbo alone would make yuna god tier
Kumari really isn't that hard to make good. You can get him flare before the first Seymore without really grinding hard.
Yes wakka can be ignored if you actually want the game to be challenging
I don’t get it. For the most part you can run anyone on a different path and change em completely. For example I run everyone except lulu and yuna down auroras grid to raise attack power. Then I teach yuna the heavy black magics.
Also, Auron >wakka.
Tidus, auron and rikku.
I mean don’t they all have the same stats? Wouldn’t it just be their overdrives that change things? Besides quickhit is all you need @.@
I liked playing the game switching characters, except Kimahri i didnt use.
Even Rikku since i didnt want to learn combination for her items.
I dislike in most FF that black mage get low tier as the game goes on. Lulu is my fav in this game, i kept using her till the end.
Even before watching I know it's Rikku, Wakka and Yuna
I agree. Anima (pronounced Enema! ) is fantastic but not enough to make Yuna God tier. And I agree 100% with your God tier choices!
The true question is why can't Auron, Lulu, and Yuna swim?
The only thing i would switch is Lulu to shit tier. Her only use is literally when you have to use her magic in early game against monsters with high defence like elementals.
Id put Kimahri to low tier early on like Auron he can pierce defences an not all of his blue magics are completely useless.
Also I won't argue with your placements of Wakka, Tidus, Rikku, and Yuna, as you are 100% correct to put Wakka at the top, and debating the order of the other three would just be a pedantic splitting of hairs for the sake of starting a fight. The only thing I'll point out is that you forgot to mention that there is a small bit on Yuna's path where she can sneak into the start of Rikku's, allowing her to nab Steal, Use, and all those HP nodes, thus giving you a third (if you count Kimahri) character who can spam Al Bhed Potions as well as help gorge on all those weapon and armor customization ingredients with very little time spent. I dunno if that puts her above Tidus, who has Hastega, but as I said...pedantic splitting of hairs.
sadly as a person who has soloed this game with every character. they are all in every tier. every character is th eexact same once you get past like mid game. and considering your supposed to do your tier lists at their cap then you messed your own tier list up.
Wakka, and Yuna is soooo OP if you utilize her return sphere and black magic or friend spheres. Also, kimahri in that you can customize his weapons and strength assuming you know how to do it right. But he will not get god strength till end game. I’ve played and beat this game about 7 times lol tired of it already.
i was actually able to get the lightning trophy by doing it in sets of 10 and pausing the game in between each set to calm my brain and reset my focus
Waiting for a Final Fantasy X Remake. ...with a useful Kimahri
He has the most powerful-looking overdrive in Nova. It's a shame it only hits once 😭
@@Colgruv Both Kimahri and Nova deserve better :(
Call Tidus Meg Ryan. It's all good
Ok, Im playing FFX again after watching this video!!
And here I just rotated all 7 characters every battle just so they'd all be equal...
Finally a list that excludes bias and properly focuses on the key aspects of the characters and their usefulness.
However, I would move Yuna up because of how unbelievably busted those aeons are. If you understand the mechanics revolving around the aeons and max out Yojimbo's hidden "Favor" stat then he'll one shot anything that looks at you the wrong way including bosses.
1. Yuma
2. Tifus
3. Rico
4. Walks
5. Airón
6. Kimahri
7. Lulu
You mean...you DON'T teleport Auron to Tidus's grid for Quick Hit/Hastega/Delay Buster?
You just hate Auron, don't you xD
What game is the one shown in the intro? The one with the girls and the Egyptian vibes.
Does this tier list also apply to using the advanced sphere grid in the remaster?
Kimahri is definitely not shit tier.
Also Aeons become useless after a certain point.
6:06 lol this part made me want to vomit cause I can feel that extreme friction underneath my shoes
Yeah this list is pretty good and hard to argue. I think Auron should be higher than Yuna because his overdrives are just way better. Banishing Blade is so OP. Not to mention Yunas black magic becomes more and more useless the stronger your party gets. Rikku is probably the best character in the game due to how useful she is in every single endgame fights and monster arena bosses/dark aeons. She has the best overdrive in the game as well. I also think Wakka could be lower because... well.... he's wakka lol
In my experience, Yuna's black magic, combining her stat progression with Lulu's, almost gives her better damage yield than Lulu!
@@xheralt yeah i actually agree a bit but if you hit 255 magic it does the exact same. Attacks give you more turns and have faster animations than magic so magics useless if you have max 255 magic/strength
@@preston999_ At that rate though Yuna probably has 255 strength too. 😂
Uhm Wakka isnt s tier if you ask me, that means you have to do blitzball who wants to play that mini game i sure dont.
Put Auron on Rikku slots? Picking up speed as he goes then go to Wakka.
Top 3 are easily Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku just from base speed alone, at least in my opinion! It takes quite a while to get any of the others to even catch up! I'd argue that Yuna is the best character with access to her aeons with passado, oblivion, and zanmanto (pretty reliably I might add). The aeons also make great shields when necessary. Yuna is usually my first character to hit 9999 and 99,999.
Wakka is my favorite too, My friend was angry when I said that, he think he the worst, for years I was thinking I'm the only one who love him the most.
Can you do Xenogears?
Hes a friends Favorit too
His actual character in the plot is by far the worst. He's obnoxious, annoying, and literally racist.
I don't like his character, but I think he is the strongest
@@TheBig451 I always find him more dense than obnoxious or annoying, whist he's' racist it's more driven by religious- Yevon's- doctrine (Al bhed+macina= SIN) rather than irrational automatic hatred of anyone looking different than he; no helped by his hardheadedness. But the most important thing is he gets over it ,even naming his son Vidina, Al Bhed for"future". Now that's character growth!!
Honestly just use whoever you like as a character. This game is so easy that by end game with max stats you just spam Quick hit with everyone to effortlessly beat all super bosses.
BTW the real Godtier team is Lulu, Tidus, Rikku for uhhh obvious reasons ;)
easy as long as you don't try the dark aeons and monster arena
Isn't it funny that the top 3 characters are the only ones that can swim?
Lulu is best duh. No one cares about others. I mean for fighting they are ok.
Rikku. No question. With her on your team, you don’t need the sphere grid to beat the game.