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I do the same thing with reserve teams. Vaan and Ashe are amazing tanks, wielding sword and board with green magic to help out. Basch is my damage dealer, wielding some arcane stuff if I remember it right. Penelo was, of course, the pure mage. Balthier and Fran were my ranged dudes using other supporting magic where necessary.
I use Penelo, Ashe, and Balthier. Basch is subbed in when needed. I dislike Fran and refuse to use Vaan unless the game forces me to. Penelo goes melee and is the backup healer, Ashe does the buffing and a majority of the healing, and Balthier fights ranged and helps prevent Ashe from getting status effects.
Ashe, Balthier and Basch; with Ashe, who is my favorite character of the game, being the party leader. When I am in a city/town and the game makes me control Vaan, I always like to think of Ashe and co. relaxing on the Pub, feet up and all, and sending Vaan to do all the errants for them.
First playtrough and I'm using Vaan, Bash and Fran, Vaan and Bash cause I thought they are cool
Fran cause I liked her voice and her bow did more dmg then Balthier so I kept her and I don't like to change a working party so I didn't swap anyone out for Ashe or Penelo