Hope or Vanille?

[PuppyPawsGamingYT]

I am planning on keeping lightning and fang in my party, i know fang can be a sab? so who would be better to be my third, hope or vanille?

[tiornys]

Chapters 9-11 and likely into chapter 12, Vanille is better for most purposes (but swap in Hope against enemies that are immune to all debuffs). Later in chapter 12 (after Fang learns Imperil and Hope learns Curaja) through chapter 13 and into early postgme Hope is better for most purposes, but Vanille still has utility when Poison and/or Death are relevant.

[Ivy in my Heart]

Both are fine. If you enjoy debuffing enemies, go Vanille. If you like buffing your party, go Hope.

Light/Fang/Hope might be easier as it gives you a primary SYN + primary SAB, but I've always ran Fang and Vanille as dual SABs because I like the characters and the idea behind the SAB role, and never had any issues beating the game.