Well I'm not sure what the BEST party would be. But I am satisfied with my team consisting of a fighter named Dave, a thief called Mike, a Red Mage called Ryder ( ) and a Black Mage called Shadow. Haven't had much trouble with this team, although Shadow is kind of a wimp when he doesn't use magic. In case you didn't read my post, I haven't played any version of any FF game in years except for Final Fantasy Adventure on the Game Boy, which I got back in 2007 after watching a gameplay video of it on YouTube (I don't really play RPGs that much except for Phantasy Star and some other SEGA RPGs).