Which 3 characters to level up

[Mr. Blitzkreig]

your advice ?

[Aporia]

personally I did Cid, Cloud, and Yuffie/ Vincent(I used them both)

[dave4985]

I wound up leveling with Cloud, Tifa, and Barret, the Original 3. Started the game with 'em, ended the game with 'em. Plus their Limit Breaks were awesome.

[MakiMaki]

My standard party is Cloud, Tifa and Yuffie - but that's solely based on personal preference.

[martin_cross]

I usually switch my party dependant on weapons i find in the dungeon. If i find a nice double materia growth weapon on a character i don't have in my party, i'll switch them in.

[T4ct1cs Wr3X]

I played through this game several times and did it wrong most of those times lol, turns out Tifa is one of the worst characters to level and Cid who I generally ignored ends up being one of the strongest! I did use him time to time though because he ends up getting some nice 3x materia growth weapons. There are some articles online regarding character stats and limit breaks you should look in to. Cid and Yuffie are both quite nice, as is barret if you get the right limit break. Recommend against Vincent, and Cait Sith due to the nature of their limit breaks also against Tifa same reason.

Against Cait Sith because his limit break is completely random and generally useless he actually has one version of the dice/slot that can strait up kill your whole party and give you a game over.

Against Vincent because you lose control of him for the rest of the battle until he dies and therefore can't cast any protective or healing spells with him which has ended with me being at a game over screen before especially in an important boss battle.

Against Tifa because her limit break hits a max of like 8 times (which is very low compared to others) and that is if you have ALL of it unlocked on top of that each is only a CHANCE to hit so you could hit only a few further bring down her limit break effectiveness.

Yuffie has some cool limit break attacks, and I'm almost positive I read that Cids ultimate limit break is he strongest in the game.

[HipsAndNips]

Cloud, Barret and Cid.

Omnislash, Angermax and Highwind

'Nuff said.

[Lital]

18 hits: Barret's Angermax/Ungarmax and Cid's Highwind
15 hits: Cloud's Omnislash and Yuffie's Doom of the Living
13 hits: Cait Sith's Slots; Bar/Bar/Bar has a very small chance to summon Knights of the Round
10 hits: Barret's Catastrophe, Red XIII's Starburst Ray, and Yuffie's Bloodfest
8 hits: Cid's Big Brawl
7 hits: Tifa's Final Heaven (assuming you're lucky)
6 hits: Cloud's Meteorain and Cid's Dragon Dive
5 hits: Red XIII's Earth Rave and Vincent's Hell Masker (Splattercombo)
3 hits: Cloud's Cross-slash

So yeah, I guess Barret, Cid, and Cloud/Yuffie are the best. I prefer Cid/Barret, Yuffie, Cloud though because grils are purdy and having 2 is better than one.

[MarvelousBalsen]

Cid and Barret have the best limits.
But it's not all about the limits. if we think about power of the regular attacks, Vincent's best weapon does more damage depending of the number of monsters Vincent killed. Barret's best weapon is missable but if you obtain it you will do more damage if you are full equiped with mastered materia.
With those two characters you can do a glitch that allows you to exceed the 9999 damage with hero drinks. This can able you to defeat emmerald weapon realy fast. I found it funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At1-oFqawvc

[Mr. Blitzkreig]

thanks for your feedback guys , its my first time playing this game so all of this is very helpful

[Lital]

Realistically you should use whoever you think looks the most pleasing to your eyes. Limit breaks aren't the attack you use every turn, so you shouldn't worry about min-maxing every little thing.

[jamiew1841]

I currently use cloud tifa and red xiii

[Always Snowy]

Depends on what you want

I used Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie since it's all about the females (+ Cloud is MC so he has to be there)

Everyone is viable though, Cait Sith is always fun, Cid throwing a dynamite stick after lighting it with his cigarette is always a treat.

.... Except Vincent... I had Vincent in my party in the Ancient Temple and had like a > 1 hour fight with the Red Dragon because he kept entering Limit Break and using Fire moves... healing the Dragon. Plus I was a tad bit underleveled and impatient so I didn't want to grind -_-

[Cankles]

Cloud, Barret, Red XIII, no explanation needed.