Quote Originally Posted by vaanhalen View Post
Fi/Fi/BB/BM really is the best powerhouse party for the NES. If you have two fighters you don't need a healer cuz you never run out of hit points, your party is really cheap (one fighter gets good armor, the other gets the hand-me-downs), BB doesn't need healing cuz he's all the way in the 3 spot, and BM clears out packs of enemies with FIR3 any time you need it (ice cave) and most importantly casts FAST. By the time he FASTs everyone, the boss is dead. Battles also go much quicker with three heavy hitters, so the enemy doesn't really hit you. So, no need for a healer.

Besides, why use a character spot for something a potion can do just as effectively?

with that party, you'll easily beat the game well before your BW ever levels high enough to even cast nuke, much less need it.
with that party, you'll easily beat the game well before your BW ever levels high enough to even cast nuke, much less need it.
You may as well have taken a Red Mage instead of the Black Mage. They can learn all the field-clearing spells, they can use decent enough weapons and can even cast FAST on themselves and be useful for it. And then just in case, they can learn LIFE after the class change.