Rosa gets a lot of flack as a terrible heroine. She's pinned as one of the worst in the series, and the reason people use is that she constantly needs saving.

Well I disagree. For one, Rosa needed saving only once, when she was (SPOILER)captured by Golbez. This could have happened to anyone, as Outsider pointed out in another thread, but Rosa was chosen for he ties to both Cecil and Cain. And besides, what's tactically smarter than taking away a group's healer?

Rosa is very strong. She's not a fighter, though. She's meant to be weak in that sense. She's a white mage, she's there to heal, which she does so well one of the few white mages available in the game. She manages to make it to Kaipo after Cecil, even though the path had been blocked.

IV is my second favorite FF game, and though I loved every character in the game, Rosa has always been my favorite.