10 Final Fantasy Characters Nobody EVER Used 

Irvine is literally one of the strongest characters in the game lol. Fast ammo after using doom train kills 90 percent of the game in one cycle

Irvine definitely does not belong on this list. Most places i go where people discuss ff8, he is usually mentioned as part of the team. And pulse ammo is hardly ever used for him. By the end of the game, normal ammo hits just as hard and it isnt even the best option.

Kimahri sad, but Kimahri remain strong.

Oh no... they didn't tell her about Irvines Cheap speed ammo technique

Red mage in ff1 is legit part of most strongest party set ups.

Irvine slander is crazy and not tolerated

Irvine is the most egregious inclusion on this list. His AP ammo shot is OP AF, and endlessly available by modding Tonberry Cards or Sharp Spikes.

Amarant from _Final Fantasy IX_ is one of my mains when I go back for replays, despite being such a late-comer.

People seem to be sleeping on Amarant. Yeah, as a character, he's poorly written, unimportant, and off-putting, but his moveset is amazing. "Lacks a full hit ability"? He can easily hit the 9999 damage cap through sheer power. He's a jack-of-all trades done well. High physical damage output, a magic attack with a shifting element based on his equipped weapon, excellent support abilities, healing, rezzing, pre-rezzing. If all of that isn't good enough, he can just throw money at the problem, literally. Sorry... I get a little defensive about FF9, and Amarant is my favorite character in terms of design and mechanics. From a literary perspective? Yeah... I get the hate. On that front, it is totally earned.

I’m team Kimahri on FFX. My boy is essentially a blue mage and is great to slip in at times.

I like to change Amarant's name to Queen. That way his tagline becomes, "I am the flaming Queen!"

Who tf doesn't use Irvine? LoL. When he is maxed out, he is absolutely BROKEN, doin max damage to every enemy on the screen with deadly precision. Like to where I can remember having everyone else lay on the ground and Irvine just carry them through the final 4 fights of the game.

I just came in to thumbs this down. I always use Irvine in FF8.

Kimahri is one of those JRPG party members that rewards the player for knowing the "ins-and-outs" of the game (kinda like most other Blue Mages in the series). If you put Kimahri through Wakka's sphere grid, he gets a ton of HP, Attack, Accuracy, and surprisingly a lot of Magic Attack as well. A couple of Kimahri's Overdrives scale off of Attack (Jump and Seed Cannon for example) while others scale off of Magic (Fire/Aqua Breath), so having a mixture of both is best for Kimahri specifically. Wakka and Lulu's paths on the Sphere Grid are also close to each other so Kimahri can easily switch over from Wakka's path to Lulu's path with the right Key Sphere. Using a Special Sphere to teach him Steal/Use OR a Skill Sphere to give him Mug is also a great idea to allow him to steal from Yenke and Biran to get some Lvl 3 Key Spheres (which are a pain to get without a lot of grinding). BUT all of that is only if you know how to use Kimahri. On my first playthrough I put Kimahri through Tidus' path on the Sphere Grid and had a lesser Tidus with underwhelming Overdrives (his Magic was weak so Fire/Aqua Breath were on the weaker side, other Overdrives were still good though). Kimahri is definitely the hardest character to use to their fullest but he's a beast if you put a lot of effort into him and that's his main problem compared to the rest of the cast. The rest of the party each has a defined role in combat as well as enemies that they hard-counter easily, making them very straight-forward (maybe even a little too easy to use in the beginning), while Kimahri doesn't have that luxury, making it VERY easy to neglect and leave him on the bench since he's so dang anti-optimal. The player needs to WORK to make Kimahri shine while the other party members need little to no investment.

See Irvine in the thumbnail is a crime. His quick shot ammo limit break can deal so much damage. I’m pretty sure the WhatCulture team member who wrote this put him on the list to enrage people.

I appreciate Jess just being upfront, saying she's a new fan and just learned some of these characters. Respect

Just started the video, and I gotta say if people don't use Quina in FF9, they've failed. Period. Homies Blue Magic is OP as hell.

Snow was a crazy tank especially in the end game

Umaro’s biggest use is at the Colosseum, where you can’t control the character anyway and the characters with more abilities tend to choose the ones they use very poorly.

I'm definitely a Cait Sith defender. Don't tell me sh*t about his stats or battle strategy...He's a Cat riding a giant Moog in a little Cape. I'm sold!

I love that Irvine, literally the biggest damage machine in the game, is on a list of least used characters. Whack.

In Final Fantasy Tactics Cloud is an unlockable secret character. The problem is you get him so late in the game and he's level 1. Not a useless party member by any means, but by the time you get him you've pretty much got your party locked in.

"top characters nobody ever used" Me whose main party was squall, Rinoa and irvine: am i a joke to you?😀

Nobody would ever not use a character that can suplex a train.

Ah Irvine... My party in FF8 was always Squall. Zell and Rinoa... Unless the game forced other characters.

Just dropping in to say that Irvine is pretty much OP in the end game, when your shots are doing 9999 per hit. Combine that with his LB with fast ammo, you are literally doing the most damage in the game. But I will also give the benefit of the doubt since she did say she was relatively new to the series.

Using the wrong shot for Irvine and you can get Pulse shot as early as Disc 1. Irvine is one of the top strongest characters in the game, rivaling Zell, Rinoa, and Squall.

comments beat me to it but yea Irvine is top 3 in FF8

Kimahri was designed to be a "second" option. You want a second mage? A second healer? Second armor breaker? etc.

going to have to rebut Kimahri here. He's not for what you think he's for. he's a Jack of all trades who's also the most well rounded character: stronger than the weakest party member in every metric, often being the 2nd strongest in EVERY metric. He's for swapping in for fallen allies, as some enemies can prevent revivification from certain statuses. For instance, if a main character in a role is susceptible to, say, sleep, and they're consistently not getting to take their turn, then Kimahri to the rescue! Facing a Flying enemy so your Melee character is just standing around doing nothing with their thumb where the sun don't shine? Kimahri to the rescue! Rikku getting One-Hit every round and you NEED to try to steal but Tidus is the ONLY one fast enough to cause damage? Kimahri to the rescue! crossing a big map and you're FINALLY getting close to a save point but you're out of phoenix downs? Kimahri to the Rescue! sure, in the late game you may have super-items that make everyone immune to everything, but for the WHOLE game before that, Kimahri is your Sidearm, and remember folks, "switching to your sidearm is usually faster than trying to reload under fire"

Snow is actually the best member to have in the final hunts. He's the strongest Sentinel user using him to tank makes those fights immensely easier where was Hope is just bad at even his best class.

I don't think Cait Sith is WIDELY used, but there are absolutely some strategies with him. You can one-shot any enemy party if you manage to get a certain roll on his Slots limit, and yes, that does include the Weapons and Sephiroth. There's even a trick that you can learn - which I have not mastered - that will guarantee you that result. 4-8 Productions has a video on it.

Oh man, I always use Irvine when I play FF8 along with Zell, although it's honestly mostly cuz I like their limits

Kimahri? Irvine?? MELIADOUL??? Who tf wrote this list?

I really can not agree on the take for Irvine. He is one of the characters who get's strong very early on and has a collection of very powerfull bullets in his Limit. Literally everyone i knew back the days FF8 was released and my siblings got their hands on it used Irvine nearly permanently once they got him in the party. Also: Kimahri, Cait Sith and Amarant are literally freaking broken characters. Yes, you need to pay a lot into them, but once you reached a certain point, they literally oneshot everything in their path. Especially Kimahri was one of the so called "never used" characters, i personally used frequently.

Snow I actually found quite useful. As well as having the highest HP, which made him a great Sentinel, he also had very high strength, which I found useful in high attack paradigms.

Oh, I thought the Cait Sith entry was going to touch on the subject that his limit break can party wipe you but I guess having only two limits is the extent of his awfulness in Jess's eyes.

I liked the Red Mage in FF1 and would sometimes swap a White Mage for a Red Mage.

I used Irvine pretty heavily. Stock up on ammo, draw the curagas from the garden hidden draw point, junction that magic to Irvine's HP, and then spam Irvine's limit break. So many bullets. So much damage

This is real hard disrespect for my man Irvine. I always used the male characters in FF8 because their weapons are actually used in their limit breaks. Just use a meltdown to shred their defense to 0 and then fast ammo does the rest. Pulse ammo is easy to get late game, but it’s not as good as fast ammo. Mans not poorly written either, he’s the only one who remembered who edea was and it’s the main reason why he couldn’t shoot her in the first disc. He glued all the characters together. This was strong slander for my man.

Am i the only one who used Amarant in IX? He is a big strong dps if you didnt grind the 9999k damage cap with other characters. I didnt used throw stuff and gil cause money for dupes weapons and armour for synthesis. I also used red mage in I, they are cool and best balanced job in FF series

Irvine's advantage over Zell is that his limit break doesn't take forever. He also can hit pretty good mid - early late game and reach 9999 each hit before anyone else with the AP ammo and fire ammo. His limit is not worse than Squall actually. It is worse against Renzo + Lion Heart but that doesn't occur every use. Squall's lowest limit is 4 hit and Irvine's will hit for more. I like all the characters in FF8. Not to mention that there's no need to min max anyway since game is easy.

Umaro + relics = A MONSTER. Cyan is honestly a more useless character in the OG FF3(6). The WAIT time for his specials is so slow it's crazy.

in ff8 the least used character would probably be Selphie. Yes, she does have "The End", which literally ends the current phase of the fight. But it's tedious to "Do Over" until you get it. Quistis will probably be used extensively for farming purposes (Initiative+Degenerator). And Zell, Squall, Irvine and Rinoa are all capable of big damage. So in the end, there is really no reason to use Selphie. While i love ff8, game is really unbalanced. But there are mods out there that overhaul the whole battle system. If you like ff8 it's worth looking into them.

I actually love Umaro especially when speed leveling on fast forward; you can get his physicals up to scoring 9999s with the Rage Ring which is a nice alt to avoid the game regressing into an Ultima spamming army lol

I can understand why a new player would not use Irvine, but he is easily a top three character for the difficult end game challenges. AP bullet limit breaks deal insane damage.

err that's not true about Irvine being the least used. Back in the day where we only had gamefaqs, it's on top of what character is being suggested. Think this was poorly researched.

My team in 8. Quistis for blue magic and aura magic. Irvine for AP ammo and Squall cause you cant remove him. Cheesed the entire final dungeon.

Kimarhi is actually extremely useful in the HD remaster

I liked my own comment.

Obtaining Irvine's pulse ammo is easy if you find the guy laughing on the highway in Esthar who turns into a monster that drops tons of energy crystals that convert into pulse ammo.

I loved using Umaro. Putting him in a party with strong magic users and casting berserk as you ascended the Cultist Tower worked for me very well

Max props getting into the FF universe, Jess. I got into it in ‘02 when an ex loaned me a chipped PS1 and some games. Including FF7 & FF8. (8 the best in the series).

Meliaodul is very good in the WotL version since her skills are no longer dependent on breaking armor, she has very good stats and plotwise it makes a lot of sense lining her up in all history battles after you recruit her, you'll get extra dialogue on most battles.

I used Umaro when I was younger, but as I got older and better learned the battle system (and RPG mechanics in general) I quickly learned that his overall damage output was lacking terribly compared to literally any other character when it came down to it, particularly if you are a fan of min maxing specific character stats long before Umaro becomes available (a feat that is even easier in the Pixel Remaster).

AP Ammo for Irvin came in clutch vs plenty of bosses. For the longest time Selphie was not my favorite character until I learned she can cast multiple spells. I’d honestly had said Quistis as not being used. She was only good if you obtained the blue mage spells. And the problem is you never knew which enemy had them. So progressing through the story ment more to me then her spells.

Irvine is the best character in the game period. There is nothing more badass than Irvine blasting bosses with Armor piercing ammo.

Irvine got done dirty here. Yeah, he isnt as high damaging as Zell, ovar usefull as Rinoa or a 1-cast win button like Selphie, but he is a source of concistently high damage if junctioned properly. Ammo is so easy to refine, and with 255 str & one cast of Meltdown, fast ammo is the optimal option for his limit. So he will do consistant, predictable high damage every time, while Zell or Selphie is more luck and input based. With proper use of the juction system, Quistis is unfortunantly the worst character mechanicly since single hit limits are useless in a game where you can make every character do 9999 max damage with standard attacks

I teamed up Umaro with Relm & Strago for the memes: imagine an abominable snowman throwing around a little kid & an old man. 😂

Umaro: very powerful stats when you get him, makes climbing the Cultist's Tower a breeze as all mobs are weak to physical Irvine: Easily does the most damage end game with speed amno Red mage: very good jack-of-all trades character. Thief/ninja would have been a better choice for this slot, especially in his bugged state in the original game.

cait sith is a beast in rebirth

First of All, no one dislike Irvine. Second, everyone like Kimarih. Third! The best Team in FF1 is 3x Fighter, 1x RM. Fourth and the most important, never ever dislike Cait Sith. If you know how he functions, he is one of the strongest Characters in FF7 along Tifa.

Kimahri kinda could be a extra thief level 3 key sphere are hard to come by

Worst characters in each FF, puts in Irvine, Amarant and Snow, how to word it better than "I'm a failure and a noob!" All characters in FF have a role, you wanna put some of them in the not gonna use them always, then better going with Selphie in 8 (if you don't wanna go with her last weapon+berserk), Garnet as she's pointless in her distracted period...in ff13 though, each character has it's best role, Fang as the attacker, Lightning as the occultist, Snow as the toughest sentinel ever, Vanille sabotateur, Sazh synergist and Hope healer...go fight the big turtles in the beginning of the game without Snow as the main sentinel, if you can, N00B!

I hated hope....

Irvine..... IRVINE?!?!?! Are you kidding me? AP ammo is incredibly easy to get and allows him to consistantly deal at least 40k damage early game. And then there is fast ammo which can deal like 300k damage in 1 limit break. Selphie on the other hand is pure garbage, sure she has The End, but good luck getting that, the rest of her limit breaks are just trash.

0:40 ??? What? Why are you making lists about games you don't know about and then acting like you're talking for all of us? Thumbs down.

Saying Amaranth doesn't have a high damage ability just tells me you haven't used No Mercy on him, as it does between 8k and 9k damage for low MP cost. Its not max damage, its a lot of damage for cheap. And for both Irvine and Amaranth, the item cost for high damage is a laughable argument, as they are not THAT hard to get and as long as its not a solo run, there is more ammo than bosses. These arguments only seem to serve a first playthrough with a specific playstyle. Kimahri is only bad on standard spheregrid with no deviations, he can quickly make auron and lulu obsolete, but most people don't seem to know that. The rest of this list I quite agree with, most of these characters are just weak for the point in the game you get them.

FF13 is really underappreciated. I still remember my initial reaction to the battle system, but I fell in love with it after an hour if not two. It is genius and interesting. It was a bit stressful in the final boss because you need to be practically perfect to win, but still loved the game, even though the characters were not that impressive on their own.

Irvine... What ? Literally the biggest damage dealer in FFVIII, tied with Zell :') Better name Selphie then, as you named Cait Sith for FFVII... Though messing with their slots can be good fun/game breaking, that's the only point of using Selphie late game. For FFVII, I'd say Red XIII due to his terrible limit breaks, or Aerith... for obvious reason.

What?! Irvine is the only reason I play FF8

Being from Wyoming, I found Irvine to be an absolute insult on my heritage. Even my parents, both having been _actual_ "cowboy & cowgirl" in their early adult years, scoffed at Irvine's abysmal design. Folks on RU-vid would not be pleased if they heard what my old man stated would've happened to that character if he was both real and wandered into a bar in "cowboy country." That said, with the right set-up Irvine is possibly the best and most versatile character in the mid-game. Who I still refused to touch.

Irvine Kinneas is a freaking destroyer

Cait Sith is actually one of the best party members in FF7. He is legitimately the best magic user in the party boasting the highest base magic attack, whilst still being beefy enough to survive in the front unlike the other magic focused party members. On top if that Dice is one of the best limit breaks in the game doing a minimum of 200 dmg when first obtained with a max of 2400 dmg. Even at lowest its strong enough to one shot most basic enemies found in Corel, and it continues to grow as you level getting up to 6 dice for a possible 2100 - 9999 damage at level 60.

Yeah cait sith has their drawbacks. I always use them though. I like em

The entire f***ing cast of Final Fantasy 13.

I'm going to give her a pass for not knowing about Irvine, since she did say she was a relatively new fan of the series. That being said, Irvine was always part of my endgame team, along with Rinoa and Squall. Who I am *not* giving a pass is whoever gave her her notecards, since they should've done more research on how Irvine works, as well as his relevance to the plot.

Never used Cait Sith (in OG) VII, Irvine Kinneas in VIII, Quina or Amarant in IX, Khimari in X, and Snow or Vanille in XIII. Unless the game forces them into the party.

Imagine doing this video content knowing nothing about final fantasy. E-girls will do anything for views.

SNOW AND KIMAHRI BEING ON THIS LIST HURTS. Their design alone made me fall in love with them as party members

Irvine is an amazing character. Squall and Irvine for damange and Rinoa for Invincible Moon.

Kimahri better not be on this list.. He’s a beast. Easily can be made to play whatever roll you need, and his overdrive is the second most diverse in the game.

Doesn't Cait Sith have some broken speed running slot mechanic or something?

Im still playing FF 7 Rebirth did you have to spoil for Caith Sith ?

Not only does Cait sith have garbage limits but his character sucks. He's a spy. He is reporting on your location and progress to shinra for much of the game. Sure he has a change of heart and commits to the cause eventually but he starts out as a spy and I am apparently slower to forgive that than the rest of the party. As for snow his worst trait is his personality. He is insufferable, arrogant, brash and he never considers his actions. He just wants to be a hero because... As where Hope (the other universally despised character in this winner of a cast) develops and grows and eventually stops being a whiny little b*tch (too little too late to be sure), Snow never grows or learns. He's an arrogant selfish POS the entire game and lives on the bench because of it.

I do have plenty of disagreements here. Irvine: Really glad so many of the comments are in support of King Horny and his machine gun limit. God the quick ammo shreds, especially with Meltdown. Snow: I agree-ish. He's not great, but his role is primarily as a tank. He's there to be on the Frontline and get clapped. Kimahri: Not the best in battle if he stays on his own grid (I recommend taking him down Lulu and Yuna's grids, stopping by to get Steal from Rikku's.) Plus he's just a really good guy. He didn't have to stay with Yuna, but he did. He has his fun moments, and while his personal story is short, you still learn about him. Plus, even though he can only use it as an Overdrive, I friggin love Blue Mages. Red Mage/Wizard: While it doesn't get the highest level of White or Black magic, and can't learn some at all, it still fills several rolls. A mix of melee and magic works really well, offering Frontline damage if you want to save mp, and a mix of healing/support/elemental damage. And pronunciation of Bahamut makes me sad. Meliadoul: Just because she is eclipsed by the three-in-one Orlandu, she is still amazing and should be used, especially in harder battles. If one person having all three sword skill classes is amazing, the doesn't mean the ones that use a single class is terrible. If anything, Marach is inferior to so many. If anyone begs to differ about Marach, please comment. Porom: In the GBA/PSP remakes, she does have her uses over Rosa. Especially in agility. If anything, Cid is the worst. He hits hard, fine, but his ability is even more useless than Edge's Steal. Even Tellah is mediocre. He has all the magic. Shame he can't use his best without MP increasing items. Though, while it sucks, Tellah's stats decreasing as he levels up is a nice touch to show his increasing age as the story progresses... Aside from his magic, he also gave us the very memable 'Spoony Bard' line. Cait Sith: The footage is from Rebirth, yet it sounds like she's talking about og FFVII. His Slots are decent if you know how to manipulate it, especially with Lucky Girl's critical boosting, and Mog Dance being a free Mega Elixir. I wouldn't be surprised if WhatCulture got their info mixed up (again,) like when they talked about Cloud's Buster Sword from og FFVII being amazing yet showing footage or Remake. As for the others that do kinda suck butt... Umaro: She was mostly on the money. He can use relics, and has one only he can use in the Blizzard Orb. All it does is give him an AoE ice attack instead of single target melee, but... no. He's not a mage by any means. Amarant: He's not great, and he has almost no plot or development at all. I'd say he's as pointless as Quina, but as I said earlier, I'm biased toward Blue Mages (even if Quina's White Wind is the absolute worse in the series. Sorry for the tangent.) If anyone would like to argue with my opinions, please comment. I'm always curious to other people's opinions. Love all of you beautiful people. Hope you have a nice day~ 💙

"I'm a fan of Final Fantasy but a pretty new fan" Bruh I can tell

Yo Umaro is an OP character. Wow. No. Gonna have to dislike.

Thumbs down 👎🏼 RU-vid is a cesspool of know nothings

Lmao a new fan 😂😂 you didn't play any of these games maybe 1 😂

I stopped the video after Irvine..... ok moving on.

I usually use a red mage in FF1. And the class I never use is thief. Red Mages makes the fisrt half of the game easy, but theives and ninjas only make running away easier.

Thief is more useless than Red Mage in Final Fantasy 1. When you get the class promotion, all the spells they learn can be cast for free for equipment you start getting around that time. Red Mage can wear all the equipment the Thief has and some of the Warrior and even replace a Black Mage since all their endgame spells are just redundant variations of instant kills. You could even get cheeky and replace the White Mage and have a less squishy caster that can also do damage.

This list smells and sounds like non-gamer.

This woman is so blatantly not a gamer. I wish they'd employed someone who actually knew what they were talking about rather than just doing a Watch Mojo

I ALWAYS use porom in 4 and red mage in 1 no exceptions

FF1 all Red Mage build can be way fun.

Lulu is magic momma

I use a red mage for almost every one of my Final Fantasy I playthroughs.

I used that dude in final fantasy 10 because he reminded me of panthor from thundercats