Final Fantasy X Characters from Worst to Best

I love FFX, I played it religiously (no pun intended) growing up. Many of the characters you get to fight with are crappy, or mediocre at best. I am going to list these characters in order from worst to best, finally arriving at the 3 characters I use most in my Party. Now I know that all stats are based on the Sphere Grid, so I am just going by the stats using the path that we usually are forced to go on until we get Key Spheres.

7. Kimahri - Sorry fellow furries, but in lines of practicality in battle, Kihmari sucks. His main skill is Lancet, which steals a small, small amount of health and MP from your opponent, and in all reality is a waste of a turn. Using this ability he is able to learn moves for his overdrive, but all the moves he learns are weak, or useless. His attack is not much higher then Tidus', and his HP does not make up for it. Overall, he is not all that good in the line of battle.

6. Rikku - With low attack, defense, HP, MP, skills, etc, why is she above Kimahri in terms of usefulness? Two reasons: Steal, and Use. These two things allows her to attack with a high base power, or boost stats very quickly. But her saving grace comes from her Overdrive, Mix. I loved mixing various combinations of items to see what I get, you get tons of choices based on your decision. You can come up with a high powered elemental/physical attack, or an extremely good healing potion, etc. But you are limited to the items you have in your inventory, and some are rare, and cannot be re-obtained.

5. Wakka - Wakka's only saving grace is that he can blind his opponent. Or silence them, etc. Also, he is great when attacking monsters from very far distances away, flyers, etc. But his attack is low, and his main role is to give your opponent a status effects. And even then, his MP is not very high, so using his skills is limited. His Overdrive consists of a weak attack in whatever elemental power you are lucky enough to land on at the time, and is basically useless in any boss battle.

4. Tidus - His attack, health, and MP is pretty mediocre, and in terms of overdrive... it's passable. During a boss battle he is by no means a last resort, He makes the best backup characters for when you need a stronger character in your lineup.

3. Lulu- Her main attack sucks, but she has the best niche magical abilities in the game. Got a fire monster? Attack it with ice! No, not water, ice. Her MP is very generous, although her HP could have been better. She is one of the easiest characters to have killed off by a single attack in battle. Her overdrive is great, it allows you to cast multiple versions of the same spell, at the same time. Of which, you can power up using the joystick. A great attack when fighting elemental monsters.

2. Auron - Unrivaled attack power, and a brilliantly high amount of HP, Auron is a must for any party. His skills allows him to lower enemy stats while also hurting them in the process. And his overdrive is way overpowered. It allows him to attack all the enemies at the same time, dealing large amounts of damage.

1. Yuna - How in the world is Yuna a better pick then Auron? Well, in short, aeons. By herself, Yuna is great at healing, and has a pretty decent MP, but her attack and HP is terrible. She, by herself, cannot hold up a battle on her own. But with her wide array of aeons, she is extremely overpowered. She can hold a battle by herself for hours, allowing her numerous spirit monsters to fight her battle for her. Some of these, like the Magus Sisters, are highly overpowered.

In short, Lulu, Auron, and Yuna are my favorite characters to use in battle due to their usefulness and their abilities. Other people's teams may fluctuate, but this is simply the one's I picked based on how good they are in battle.

What is your best FFX party, and why?

RWBY, First Thoughts Episodes 1-14

When I first watched the trailers, I honestly thought that this show was going to be a little more action packed. Because in all reality, that's the ONLY thing listed in the trailers. There are four of them, one for Red, one for White, one for Black, and one for Yellow. And the whole basis of them revolves around fighting. Scarcely any interaction, no plotline, you are kept in the dark, shown only these fucking awesome epic battle scenes. Which, in all reality, is why most people waited so long to watch it.

The first episode got over 64,000 likes on Facebook, while the 13th only got a mere 6,000, and episode 12, less than that. If you simply look at the Red trailer on YouTube, it got over 5 million views, and while the first episode got only a little over 1 million views, episode 2 got 800,000. And by the time you get to the 10th video, it only has around 270,000 viewers. It seems that this show is having some issues with holding a fan base.

The graphics are ok, the battles are not very often, and more often then not you are spending entire 7 minute long episodes talking about a characters troubles, which, unshockingly, gets resolved easily and quickly with no messy residue. Weiss and Ruby had it out for each other, especially after Ruby got made into the leader. But after one talk to both characters, they are best of buds!

Juane is wimpy and gets bullied by someone in episode 11-14 but is stereotypically too masculine to ask for help. Everyone else in this entire academy of fighters do NOTHING to stop the bullies. Then Juane gets blackmailed into being the bullies servant, and they go to do something bad. Juane says no, bully gets upset. Fight scene, Juane saves bully, and bully stops bullying. Do I even need to mention this as a cliche'? In fact, it's also noted in a few episodes of Accel World, and almost every show that features a school.

The characters are pretty diverse. From the silent type who are very powerful, to the incredibly intelligent and not quick-witted, to the very hyperactive and talkative. There is in fact good characters in here. My favorite is Blake, mainly because she acts a lot like me. High endurance, fast, reads a lot, is silent, but is also not a full introvert. She seems to be able to interact well with her teammates.

The show itself, outside of the battle scenes, seems to me to be a little too animated. Like, the drawing style is not a good style to use if your show is going to be that animated. The "cloud of smoke" arguments and the "evil thoughts" trope, as well as the "popping here and there when talking" sequence. Not good, in my opinion, with that form of art style.

I think this show went downhill from the moment episode 2 started. This is a FIGHTING school, monsters and death around every corner in the outside world. They behead giant birds and stab snakes in the eye with their own fang for crying out loud! You would think that they would have more pressing issues then a school bully, or jealousy over who was made team leader. Or if so, show it with a little more tact. Harry Potter dealt with both of these issues very well, this show made it a little too childish. The battle scenes are great! But the rest of the storyline... wait, what was the storyline again?

But despite the criticism, I watched all the episodes without having a huge desire to click away. And when it was awesome, it was awesome! So I have can't give this show a bad rating. But it does need work.

First Impressions: Atelier Merumu

Eh.

I have played it all the way up to the first save point and a little bit after, so I have not yet gotten a huge idea of this whole game. But.... the storyline sucks. Well, lets just say that the story line is highly cliche', the kind of thing you'd find in a children's storybook.

A young rebellious adventurous princess who wants to explore the world (No, not Nina) sneaks out of the castle to learn alchemy. The stonefaced castle secretary, and the emo muscular teenage palace guard are annoyed with you because of this. And all of the village NPC's know you by name and are very friendly. Along by your side is your lesbian highly loyal young maid servant who tries to keep you out of trouble.

The battle sequence isn't that bad, judging by the only battle I have been in. And the premise of using alchemy to help the kingdom grow isn't a bad one. But... still... Atelier Iris was much better in regards to having an epic and interesting storyline.

I am not too impressed so far, but I'll come back once I finished the game.