What, a chick who relies on kicking people's asses rather than using magic? Hello? Did you miss Tifa? I'd say she's probably one of the strongest female characters ever. She never needs Cloud to save her (Infact it's usually the other way around), plus the one time she really really REALLY needed help was when she'd just ran to the very tip of the cannon after scaling the side of a building. Now that's sassy and a half.