Do i Need To Keep All Characters in Check?

[Bob]

1st playthrough.... I ask this because i havnt even gotten rikku in my party yet and im finding it tedious trying to keep everyone involved (mainly Khilmari and wakka) and also do i need magic attack on Tidus and obvious non spellcasters? because im about to come up to a little branch on the sphere grid with tidus that has 6 magic attack on it.

[Cosgar]

Originally posted by Charllize:

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

Dont sure, Kimahri have one solo fight later in game, not hard, but without any training..probably very hard:)
And some bosses (story or optional) its a lot easy with party changing.

Originally posted by Skyisa:

hey...do not forget that Khimarihas to fight Biran and Yenke all alonelater on and that can be a hard one with him not levelled up,like the rest of the party.I always lost that fight with a weakling Ronso :)

EDIT:sorry didnt see Charllize´s post

Since Biran and Yenke's HP scale with Khimari's that fight is a cakewalk if you don't level him up. Just make an armlet with SOS Regen/Protect/Shell/Haste, lancet the hell out of both of them and spam Ronso Rages.

[HarkeN]

I would highly recommend you teach Steal to Kimahri before you reach Mount Gagazet.

It's not necessary to swap in all party members, but it can be useful earlier in the game before you get a healthier supply of e.g. Friend Spheres, Teleport Spheres, Black and White Magic Spheres, and so on - that you can use to teach a more diverse set of abilities to your main party members.

Kimahri has a lot of potential, but his route through the grid requires planning and effort (and liberal use of Key Spheres) otherwise he rapidly becomes useless.

Tidus, Wakka and Rikku are your three party members that you use underwater, and if you are taking on the postgame challenges, will usually be the only members you use, due to Wakka's Attack Reels overdrive and Rikku's Mixes, so there's that.

Aeons' stats scale with Yuna's, and aeons are almost always insanely powerful through the whole game, right up until the postgame grind when they become glorified meatshields.

Lulu can be benched because Black Magic is more valuable than Lulu herself. If you don't have anyone else using Black Magic though, then Lulu can be very useful throughout the story, as much like the aeons, magic only drops off towards the end.

Auron almost never sees much use for me, as other members are often faster, though his break skills can be useful. However if you collect the Jecht Spheres later in the game then Auron has an Overdrive which will always inflict Full Break so you don't need to level him for that exactly (though he may die from lack of turns afterwards lol).

The bottom line is, it is optimal to level everyone up, but not strictly necessary. It will be easier however if you can figure out a way of plugging the gaps that you're missing by not levelling up a particular character.

I too find it tedious to level everyone, but often find myself doing so. The last few times I've played I tend to take Kimahri through Rikku's grid for Steal & Use then Return over to Wakka's side, and I have Yuna teleport over to Lulu's area around the -aga spells and drop Lulu.

This time through I'm saving up sphere levels to shortcut through Wakka's grid with a Lv.2 Key Sphere to get to the -aga spells and Flare early. I've just got him there now and while he was useless while storing up levels, he's now become a beast both figuratively and literally ;p

[[☥] - CJ -]

You'll want to level up your water only characters
Those being Tidus, Wakka and Rikku. spoiler maybe? shrug

Leveling Yuna comes in handy because as she gains power so do her summons, so you'll definitely want to level her up as you may be relying on her summons alot.

Really depends on areas where you can only use certain characters.

[Ally]

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

You might regret that on Mt Gagazet when he fights alone Vs 2 Ronso. :D

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by Ally:

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

You might regret that on Mt Gagazet when he fights alone Vs 2 Ronso. :D

true

[Bluegills]

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

1st playthrough.... I ask this because i havnt even gotten rikku in my party yet and im finding it tedious trying to keep everyone involved (mainly Khilmari and wakka) and also do i need magic attack on Tidus and obvious non spellcasters? because im about to come up to a little branch on the sphere grid with tidus that has 6 magic attack on it.

Keep Wakka and Yuna (Or Kimahri if you train him mage) and possibly either auron or tidus. If tidus has enough accuracy he can replace wakka.

[E|E]

If you plan on taking on end game bosses but training minimal, Tidus, Wakka for best damage overdrives and rikku for very useful mixes.

Yuna is good for summoning aeons to soak up damage or if you plan to use Zanmato

[black cow]

One who is here in Final Fantasy x-2 saw the ending minutes?
i want xx-2 100% complete save file plz

[Leamus]

Keep everyone leveling makes the game a cake walk. Some boss fight will become harder only leveling 3 characters due to how the story progresses. I personally like to level everyone but it becomes super annoying swapping them all in and out during each fight. I plan to max stats everyone eventually too though so I'm alright with the little extra effort. As for the magic attack and such. If you are strickly playing through the game just to finish then no, you don't need the off stats. If you plan to learn everything then ya might as well get them.

[black cow]

I tried this to the PS2 games before play again 100 percent the end it will be is so hard to be looking for this file

[Cosgar]

Originally posted by Ally:

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

You might regret that on Mt Gagazet when he fights alone Vs 2 Ronso. :D

Not true, Biran and Yenke scale with Khimari. I leveled the hell out of him my second play through and they both became huge HP sponges.

You can never use him and just spam overdrive abilities via lancer to beat them in seconds.