Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Rydia is just great cause her offensive magic is wonderful and once you get her high powered summons, she makes dungeon crawling a breeze and is a formidable enemy in boss fights. Its a shame she been nerfed in the DS version with her summons having longer cast times and costing more MP.
I'd argue that she was more useful in the DS version of the game because without her spells, going through the final dungeon would be a pain in the ass. I'm mostly referring to stop [lets you deal with Silver, Gold, and Blue Dragons with relative ease]. I first went through the final dungeon in the high 40's on the DS version if I remember right.