End Game Party. (Spoilers)

[Lunadis]

(I hope my post isn't too late, ah well.)
I'll list the party I used three times to beat the game.

(It's Refia, Luneth, Arc then Ingus)

First run:
Knight
Black Belt
Devout (Big mistake.)
Bard

XD Bard is probably the best class, which is why I refused to use one ever again. Devouts are so overrated. Their stats are inferior to the White Mage in many ways, and weaker spells casted by a job 99 White Mage are just as good as stronger spells casted by a job 99 Devout. Sure I have no Full Life, but no one needs it.

Second run:
Red Mage
Scholar
Viking
White Mage

Scholar is a very good support class, but they never see a good defensive score even from the back row. But it's nice practically being immune to magic, and the Viking remedies the physical problem... but they have horrible Magic Def so my Viking died a lot. =(

Third Run:
White Mage
Geomancer
Geomancer
Dragoon

This was the funnest and most effective party yet. No worries about physical or magic damage since I have a Hasted Dragoon with Gungir and Blood Lance in the air for boss battles. The only bad part of the game was that sunken temple since Whirlpool kept going off on the Geomancers. As late as the Eureka, boss battles would end after my Dragoon lands. Just in case I slip up with jumping, I wear Reflect Mail instead of Crystal Armor for boss battles so I don't get one-shotted by magic. (Superior Magic Def.)

[Fusionedd]

I used Ninja, Dragoon, Dark Knight, and Devout for CoD. Don't make the Dragoon jump!! This is just going to make the ground people take more damage from particle beam and lightning since it's distributed to only 3 people.

Off-topic: Can someone tell me how does Gungnir looks like? A picture would be nice. However, In the credits, the Dragoon seems to be holding a lance that I have never seen before. Could that weapon be it?

[arylonthedancer]

By the end I had:

Luneth - Warrior
Arc - Devout
Refia - Thief
Ingus - Dragoon

All at 55.

I don't know what got in to me, but towards the beginning of the game I had two knives of some sort on Refia and decided that her first job would be a Thief so she could dual knife some punks with style. I never got the heart to change her.

[Lunadis]

I used Ninja, Dragoon, Dark Knight, and Devout for CoD. Don't make the Dragoon jump!! This is just going to make the ground people take more damage from particle beam and lightning since it's distributed to only 3 people.

You should have two Protect Rings by the end of the game, which should be given to your physical fighters. (So Lightning and Particle Beam deals very little damage.) With the Blood Lance in mind, I rather have my Dragoon in the air to avoid magic damage.

[arylonthedancer]

i never really tried them, but im under the impression that Summoning classes in III = the suck. is that an accurate assumption?

[Yuriev's ghost]

How the devil are you guys winning with these setups? After getting owned at level 55 (knight, devout, ninja, summoner) I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get anywhere is to have two devouts, one casting curaja at the end of every round and the other defrogging everyone...and even then you have to hope DS doesn't use Particle Beam 3x in one round like she just did to me.

Ribbons are your friend.

I beat the final boss pretty easily with Knight, Dark Knight, Sage, Devout, all at 56. Most people would probably have an easier time though if they replaced the Dark Knight with a Ninja and just spammed Shurikens.

[darksword12]

My party is Dark Knight, Knight, Summoner, Sage.

I would have replaced the dark knight with a ninja, but their best weapon combination for me is Masamune and Kiku-ichimonji, whereas the dark knight can equip the masamune and the ragnarok, while the knight equips ultima weapon and excalibur. Does the ninja really reduce the difficulty that much?

[terpkristin]

I guess I'm surprised people have had good luck with some of these parties at these levels...
I went in with:
Luneth ~Lv 61 Knight (job level ~35)
Ragnarok
Aegis Shield
Crystal Helm
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Refia ~Lv 61 Devout (job level ~25)
Elder Staff
Rune Staff
Ribbon
White Robe
Protect Ring

Arc ~Lv 61 Ninja (job level ~25)
Masamune
Gengi Shield
Gengi Helm
Fuma Garb
Gengi Gloves

Ingus ~Lv 60 Summoner (job level ~20)
Omnirod
Rune Staff
Feathered Hat
Black Robe
Protect Ring

I did forget to throw my shuriken's (total 6), but I got wiped out in one round with a Particle Beam. I think I actually may have had a ribbon on everybody but Luneth instead of what it says there, the stats I gave are where I am now that I died that time and have leveled up a bit (and haven't picked up the ribbons yet, obviously). I guess I could go try again, maybe I just had bad luck with when things were timed...but at this point, I'd almost rather do the side quests and unlock the OK so I can take him into it...

/tk

[SpikingZero]

How the devil are you guys winning with these setups? After getting owned at level 55 (knight, devout, ninja, summoner) I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get anywhere is to have two devouts, one casting curaja at the end of every round and the other defrogging everyone...and even then you have to hope DS doesn't use Particle Beam 3x in one round like she just did to me.

Did you free the four Dark Warriors before taking on the Cloud of Darkness?

[KentaRawr!]

Mine will go like this:

Onion Knight - Optimum Equipment
Onion Knight - Optimum Equipment
Onion Knight - Optimum Equipment
Onion Knight - Optimum Equipment