Quote Originally Posted by BG-57
My favorite generic party was a Squire Ramza, with two generic Knights, and two Tiamats. Math Skills on the humans created a nearly unstopable force.
I honestly do not like monsters!!! Everyone else is always talking about how great Tiamats are, and I don't think they're that great. Sure, they're powerful, but not nearly as versatile as a human. I can make a powerful human who is also capable of a whole lot more than just being powerful. Plus, Tiamats are overly powerful. You won't see too many fights that require that level of power, at least, I haven't. The only mosters I ever used was Chocobos, and it was because I had to. I had all of my good generics on a job, and I got in a random battle, so I was forced to enter battle with Ramza, Agrias and 3 chocobos. And we kicked a**.

But my favorite party always consists of Ramza and four generics. I usually have Ramza as a monk or a squire, and he'll have the secondary ability of which ever one he isn't. And I have 2 physical attackers, choosing two of the following: Knight, Ninja, Samurai, and Geomancer (if I'm feeling exotic). And then I have one healer, usually a chemist, but every now and then, I've been known to use a priest. But not often. If I do use a priest, they always throw item as support ability and (of course) item as secondary. Finally, I have a magic attack guy. Always either a Summoner or a Wizard, depends on my mood, and which ever they are not, they'll have that as their secondary ability.

That's my optimum party that has never once failed me. Of course, I'll add some back-up healing power (Ramza's monk skill 'Chakra', and I usually give item to one of my physical attackers, plus the summoner can heal with Mog/Fairy) and various abilities and equipment to round out the group. A force to be reckoned with! But you must reckon quickly because it's also a force that will ace you.

However, I'm currently going through FFT in my spare time, and I'm trying to use classes I never made much use of before, such as Oracles (gag), Time Mages, Mediators, Archers and so forth. I use archers normally, but not really after chapter 1. They get outdated after that, taken over by better classes. But this time, I'm gonna try sticking with them. Heck, I didn't know how much I loved monks until my 3rd or 4th time through the game. Prior to that, I thought that Knights epitomized physical attacks. Boy, was I in for a shock!