Stats? What should I build?

[Flying Mullet]

All of the stats are actually pretty useful,

Evade. :P

can you build up evade from esper stats?

Only Vigor, Stamina, Magic, Speed, Hit Points and Magic Points.

And I always mix up how I do stats. Sometimes I'll give people specific stats based on their character type, i.e. Sabin and Cyan get Vigor for physical attacks, Locke gets Speed for his thieving ways(even though speed doesn't affect the success of Steal/Mug), Terra and Celes get Magic for their magic attacks, etc.... Other times I'll try a well-rounded group and get everyone to around 60 or so of each attribute. And yet other times I might try to max out HP and MP as early as possible through espers. Since the game's not difficult without any stat gains, it just depends upon how I want to play the game at that specific time.