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6. Red Mage. Ok fanboys of Red Mages go ahead and hate on me. The only thing he has going for him is he has a pimping hat. People will argue he can replace two mages, plus deal like a fighter which is true very early but as the game goes on his weapons die out and his damage is easily replaced. The later spells he can learn are much weaker than that of his full fledged mages and can't learn them as quick as the others. Plus his magic is really very weak. A Knight and a Ninja will match his magic power. Also he can't learn the big spells which you need to help take down Choas. At the end of the game you may as well tug a dead body around with you because he brings less then nothing to the table. He is dead weight from the half way point on.
Red Mage is an excellent support character.
In fact, I would say that 2 Red Mages are significantly more powerful than 1 White Mage and 1 Black Mage.

A party of 2 Fighters and 2 Red Mages is probably one of the best overall parties that you can get in this game.
Yes, you will miss out on spells like FADE, NUKE and LIF2, but will you even really need those spells with a party like this?
Probably not.