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[the blitzer]

Paladin Cecil
Edge
Rosa
Rydia
FuSoYa

[Vermachtnis]

Pally Cecil
Edge
Kain
Rydia
Fu So Ya

[StormyV]

I'd replace Rosa with EDWARD.

Just because a level 99 Edward, while sucky of course, would be wacky.

Just can't beat those harps.

[Heath]

Paladin Cecil,
Kain,
Tellah (with as much mp as Rydia or Rosa),
Rosa,
Rydia.

I generally dislike Edge because of his low defence and his Jutsu's aren't that great so I'd pick Tellah over him. If I could clone Cecil he'd probably be there instead.

[Brickroad]

Assuming 14 functionally different characters in the game:

Cecil (Knight), Kain, Rydia (Young), Tellah, Edward, Rosa, Yang, Palom, Porom, Cecil (Paladin), Cid, Rydia (Mature), Edge, FuSoYa.

There are two types of attacks in the game: magical and physical. Physical attacks are less useful against members in the back row. It is therefore your advantage to have as many people in the back row as possible, which is three. So you'd pick the 2-front/3-back configuration right out of the gate.

Now you have two people in the front vulnerable to physical attacks. You can cut that number again by adding Kain to the front; he's in the air quite often and many of the hits aimed at him will go to back row members instead (who take less damage), so Kain's in.

The other front-row member can be totally safe because of the Cover command. With Cecil in the BACK row, Covering frontman #2, you have a virtually impenetrable front line as far as physical attacks are concerned. So we now have Kain up front and Cecil in back.

To nullify magic attacks, you need white magic. The white magic set includes Shell (raise defense vs. magic), Wall (reflect spells), as well as Cure1..4 and Life1..2. White mages include Rosa, Tellah, FuSoYa, Rydia (Young), and Porom. Rydia (Young) is out because of her low HP value; Tellah is out for his crippling MP cap. We'll obviously pick Rosa since she has the best attack of the three remaining options, and then FuSoYa because Porom doesn't know any black magic.

That just leaves frontman #2. We want someone who can deal large amounts of damage there. This excludes Cecil (Knight), Cid and Edward (whose best equipment is dreadfully weak compared to the other members), as well as any mage (who have low HP values and long casting times). This leaves only Yang and Edge.

Yang's damage is based on stats and not equipment. The question is, are his stats at high levels enough to beat Edge's Throw command? If so, I'd take him instead of Edge. Otherwise, Edge it is.

So, my dream team is Edge/Kain (up front), Cecil/Rosa/FuSoYa (in back).

And yes, I put way too much thought into this. =)

[Outsider]

Old Rydia is better than FuSoYa, since she has all those black magics, and the Summons too (and Sylph can cure your party)

[Flare_Star]

Dark Cecil (i just liked him better that way)
Old rydia
Fu So Ya
Yang
Edge

[Reine]

Golbez
Cecil
D. Knight Cecil
Rosa
Rydia