Okay. Yang can't equip any good armour, yet if you put him in the back row his attacks do bugger all. Put him in the front row and one hit from an enemy halves his HP. His physical attack is nothing special and his charge-up attack takes way too long (he might as well attack two turns in a row... it's never tactically better to charge his attack as few enemies at the point he's forced on you can heal themselves anyway). After entering a command, he stands there looking hopeless for ages while the rest of your party continue to do what you tell them... Yang sucks! Even that legendary battle cry of "ACHOO!" doesn't save his credibility here!

I'd rather have been forced to use Edward, at least he inflicts Confusion with his physical attacks, making the bad guys do your dirty work.