Who did it best and worst?

>>714194505 (OP)
Best: Stargo
Dont even have to be hit by an attack, just see it
Worst: Quitis
Locked behind using any BLU spell behind limit break

>>714194505 (OP)
Khimari is overwhelmingly the worst. Limit Break only shitty blue magic but unlike Quistis, Khimari is just unusable worse than the other party members on top of it. Of the dedicated blue mages, Quina is the best.

>>714194889
>Quina is the best.
>ME NO CAN EAT YET

quina >>> quistis >>>>>> khimari

been a long time since i played ff6, didn't even like it, and probably didn't even use that guy at all, so no comment there

>>714194505 (OP)
lulu

>>714194505 (OP)
Quistis is the worst and the best, she's the best because you can abuse the hell out of her spells since VIII is a mechanically broken mess but she's the worst be what you thought all your life was sexy boots and a long skirt combo is in fact pants under her skirt making her a 0/10 design.

>>714195251
Good choice. I'd say Strago is one peg higher than Khimari. He's a cool character and isn't useless, but his move set as a Blue Mage just isn't great. Quistis probably has the best actual moveset but it being locked behind a limitbreak puts it behind Quina in terms of usefulness. Quina has great moves and is useful in almost every battle.

>>714195661
>pants under skirt
I will never not be mad

>>714195802
The Blue Magic set in FF6 is actually pretty good, it's just that everything else in 6 is OP as fuck so there's no need to use Blue Magic.

>>714194793
>Locked behind using any BLU spell behind limit break

True, but at least that's mitigated by it being trivial to enter a permanent limit break state. Kihmari and Quina are the worst if only by virtue of being so unappealing in design.

>>714195802
You can refine Aura in VIII and do limits nearly every fucking turn

>>714194505 (OP)
When I used kimahri I didn't even know how to learn or use blue magic. Just used him for support and stuff

My fondest memory of Kimahri was him getting instantly floored by a random encounter after the whole KIMAHRI STRONGEST ON MOUNTAIN scene after the mandatory fight with him. He's so fucking shit it's unreal

>>714194505 (OP)
Quina thanks to limit glove lol

>>714195802
>He's a cool character and isn't useless, but his move set as a Blue Mage just isn't great.

My counter to this is that Strago wins on pure rule of cool, he had access to spells nobody else could use through magicite, and even if a lot of them were useless it was still appealing (and actually great in a natural-magic-only playthrough). It's funny how Gau is technically the massively superior Blue Mage, but neither got used because their mechanics were too labor-heavy to justify it.

>>714196465
same happened to me
first fight, he gets his ass handed to him immediately
>spend the time and items to revive and heal him
>wait to see his attack, thinking he is going to carry for a little while
>absolute trash damage
had to dedicate yuna to healing him every fucking round

>>714194505 (OP)
Strago lets you move Interceptor around but Quistis gets to break the damage cap

Blue Magic is kind of dogshit. I think FF7's Enemy Skills did it the best. It should give you a early-to-mid game power spike and be obsolete by the late game, which is exactly what it is in FF7. You can use stuff like Trine and Aqualung for massive damage when you get them, but by the end you'll be using Double Cut/4X Slash instead.

>>714194505 (OP)
>relatively easy learning conditions
>actually a useful character
Monoco mogs every single FF BLU rendition except FFXI.

>>714197082
are you high? Enemy Skills are the best magic in 7
spells like big guard and magic hammer will still be useful well into the endgame

>>714197082
One flaw of FF6 is that you don't get enough chances to use everyone, especially since it's all optional in the World of Ruin. More places like the Phoenix Cave and Kefka's Tower would have done a lot to make using less desirable characters necessary. Reminds me I need to play T-Edition.

>>714194505 (OP)

>>714195192
>TASTE BAD!
>mfw

>>714194505 (OP)
>stragos = cool design, cool character, cool spells, no super special attack like a limit break/trance/etc.
>quistis = cool design, cool character, ok spells, just happens to be in the most polarizing FF
>quina = awful design, bad character, ok spells
>kimahri = cool design but absolute dogshit character and mechanically awful during the main quest

worst is probably quina, just because i think it's hideous
best in this group is probably stragos all around, and he gets some weird spells which makes his blue magic cool
sexiest is obviously the 18 y.o. teacher milf peer thing

>>714197510
everything about FF9 felt like it was designed to piss players off, it really felt like the beginning of Square's slow end

>>714197363
Alright chump how many hours did ya dump in the froggy land?

>>714197287
I was going to pick Monaco since he's the best party member in E33 but not FF.

>>714194505 (OP)
I actually used Quino to beat Ozma, ignored all the others in my playthroughs of their games

>>714197287
Monoco is actually fun to use so it automatically makes him better than every other blue mage

>>714197287
>XI BLU
>good
>most of its existence was being "RNG but on a 1 minute cooldown"
lol
also pay your respects to Bravely Vampires. They weren't OP but they could pull weight in endgame + superbosses

>>714197636
none

>>714198732
XI blu wasn't good at 75 cap but lord did it have it's time in the sun at 99 (and 99 has been the cap longer than 75). Picking and choosing what skills you wanted was based. Getting passives from those skills was based. Being able to fulfil multiple roles was based. You will never convince me that it wasn't the best version of blue magic ever.
Learning spells was obviously unimaginably bad. You could not come up with a worse system if you tried.

>>714196240
And how many card games do you have to play to do that? Fucking nerd

Quina is the best because she's actually useful, Strago's blue magics get clipsed by actual magic, and bot Quistis and Kimarhi's blue magic is locked behind a limit break.

>>714200597
The only thing I don't like about Zed is that his final form doesn't carry the Moebius Interlinked leitmotif. Actually his theme is quite good by itself but Moebius battle is the best track in the game and I was really hoping it would go into a third phase for the fight against literally Moebius.

>>714197636
Limit Glove does 9999 damage as long as Quina is at 1 HP. The best part is taht you can learn the ability within minutes of recruiting Quina.

>>714195192
Quina makes up for it by having some great Blue Mage spells. Not all of them are winners, but the ones that are win hard.

>>714194505 (OP)
>Who did it best
The ones you omitted for no good reason.

>>714200732
Quistis's being behind a limit break is a nonissue because of how damn easy it is to make Limit Breaks happen in FF8. The real issue is that now you have to compare Limit Breaks and her Blue spells can't compete with the sheer raw numbers that Squall/Zell/Irvine can pump out.

Quina has the most varied blue magic spells.

>>714204406
Quistis is key for power leveling because after you get all the Level Up Bonus stat abilities to make your low level characters gain like an extra +90 to their core stats, Quistis is the only character who gets an ability to instantly destroy the monsters on the Island Closest to Hell/Heaven. Just Degenerator until she's level 100 and then you move on to the next character and do the same. Degenerator is removal, not death, so basically all but a rare few enemies are susceptible to it.

>>714203894
>mighty guard
>white wind
>win
Its just that simple

>>714196240
>you can do this thing that isn't available immediately that requires grinding a mini game so you can do the same thing other blue mages can do for free with no time investment
don't see how that's a positive in Quistis' favor

>>714204738
There's literally no point in powerleveling in 8 because enemies level with you. It actua;;y makes the game hardewr by leveling to 100 because so many mobs have L5 Death and L5 Petrify in later areas.

>>714205051
I knew "/v/ doesn't play games is a meme" but damn you didn't have to prove it.

>>714197082
FF7's Enemy Skills crossed the line into being overpowered because the attack spells were so generically good and you get White Wind and Mighty Guard so early that it straight up outclasses almost all the Magic Materia. FF5 did Blue Magic best because it had a lot of powerful spells that made a Blue Mage worth using but they were limited enough in their use or availability that Black and White Mages were also still great and worth using.

>>714195192
>hitting 9999 damage in the first hour of the game
Yep Quina is the best.

>>714194505 (OP)
let's make the shitty wookie the blue mage. 7-X was the start of the decline.

>>714205051
>didnt actually play the game
kys faggot

>>714204738
>Quistis is a degenerate
I always knew

Why does nobody ever mention Gun Mage. They are one of the best takes on BLU

>>714205790
X-2 is easy as fuck and there's a bunch of other weird classes you can mess with so I don't think many people experimented with Gun Mage.

>>714205475
Kimahri is cool ya faggot.
Problem is he sucks

>>714205790
Because it's stuck in an awful game.

>>714197287
>implying

>>714205790
definitely the hottest blue mages at least

>>714197803
E33 is a FF in spirit

>>714206570
Every dressphere is the hottest version of whatever job it represents

>>714196465
>Don't use him forever
>Shocked to learn that he's underleveled (yes, I fucking know how the sphere grid system works, I'm still gonna use that word.)
Anon...

She does have her down sides

>>714209162
imagine the head

>>714194505 (OP)
Blue magic is cool in concept but it usually is a pain to get and not worth it compared to regular magic/summons.

>>714209238
I prefer to keep my penis

>>714205660
I played the game. It's true. There's no point to leveling in FFVII. Turn off random counters with that Diabolos ability and just refine cards to junction to your stats and you will rape everything. That's unironically how I did it back in the day on my actual PSX in the 90s.

>>714203894
My favorite Blue Mage. I took a solo Blue Mage through the entire game and postgame. They can beat every postgame boss using only Blue Magic except for Enuo, Neo Shinryu, and Omega Mk2. Great shit. Level 2 Old is ludicrously fucking strong.

>>714208640
Kimhari sucks even if you use him, he will always be a weaker version of a better character no matter what you do with him.

>>714205186
Matra Magic, Beta, and Trine are really fucking good for the point in the game where you can first snag them.

>>714210237
>If your Level is divisible by 2, then fuck you! Your stats are now all single digit and you are going to die in three turns.

>>714210582
>Haha, I'm immune to Old!
>Level 2 Old doesn't give a shit and inflicts it anyways

>>714201341
You can also use it to farm Grand Dragons in the grass land near Gizamaluke's Grotto if you want.

>>714207974
The only good one in 20 years lol

>>714209162
Shit comic

>>714210582
>>714210643
The best part is Old is a constant status so their levels keep decreasing. Meaning it's possible that they could drop to a level that's Level 3/4/5 compatible on top of the L2 old.

>>714213542
Yeah, Level 2 Old followed by timing a level 5 death kills any enemy or boss with a level divisible by 2 (or can be Dark Shocked to make their level divisible by 2). Kind of a bitch to time sometimes though, so I don't usually bother, most enemies are neutered once they hit level 1 and all stats 1 though.
During my Sealed Temple Blue Mage solo, only boss I didn't cheese with level 2 old in some way was the upgraded Sol Cannon, but only because I needed level 3 Flare to be able to kill it in a timely manner since it has back to back Surge Beams(50% Max Health) in it's script which is impossible to survive as just a Blue Mage.

>>714210760
They're also level 60 so if you don't want to use Quina you can use whoever has Level 5 Death to instantly beat them as well. I wonder who would learn such a powerful spell...

>>714198732
>most of its existence was being "RNG but on a 1 minute cooldown"
even with big dick Annihilator, Coronarch's wish they could be Cannonball. Don't kid yourself, it broke 2K consistently even on HNMs and this is without even mentioning it made fucking Light potentially doubling those big dick numbers

>>714214119
I just used autoreflect + Vivi's absurd ice damage that he was churning out by the end of disc 1.

>>714194505 (OP)
quina>>>the rest
khimari is only good for getting early level spheres which has nothing to do with being a bluemage, but that aspect probably makes him better than the others

>>714194505 (OP)
FFV's blue mage was busted

>>714198969
Beatrix wants me to believe she actually won this.

>>714194505 (OP)
strago, both in magic and backstory also a step granddaughter.

>>714215646
>Story: "um and Beatrix is so powerful she can knock the whole party to ONE HP what can the player do huh huh?
>the humble Qu:

who's bright idea was to lock quistis blue magic behind limit break? she should have decked her enemies with cards flying acoss the battlefield. She's the King of Games and could fell Ultimecia in one fell swoop.

>>714210237
The level [x] spells in 5 are pretty rad in general. Alot of mid game bosses get hit by level 3 flare which is big damage for that point in the game and there's even a few you can level 5 death which is hilarious

>>714194505 (OP)
Strago best, comes with aqua rake for WoB and needs only grand train for WoR.

Gay clown thing is the worst, not a respectable design.

>>714216121
>She's the King of Game
Yeah but thats supposed to be a surprise.

{Aht Urhgan} {Mysterious Light} {government} {master} {Race}

>>714197610
I agree. I still don't get why it's so highly rated. Slow as shit to the point of making atb worse because the bars fill up during slow animations anyways. Equipment system is worse version of espers, tetra master is worse than triple triad, trance is the worst version of limit break, you get no control of your party until 2/3 into the game where it still doesn't give you that much control. Party members get underleveled because of how much they get taken away. Overrated as shit.

>>714194505 (OP)
FF7 Enemy Skills > FFV Blue Mage > Quina > Quistis > Strago > Khimari

>>714221097
Are enemy skills even worth a damn besides white wind and mighty guard in ff7?

>>714221167
Yes. Matra Magic, Aqualung, and Trine are all really good magic spells for the point in the game you get it

>>714221167
Beta/Trine/Aqualung are pretty good, though Magic Breath tapers off damn fast since it's multi-element. Death Force has some utility if you don't want to equip a Safety Bit, even if that utility is only on Disc 3.

>>714221167
Barely, aqualung is decent for a little while, magic breath is good

>>714194505 (OP)
They all suck. Khimari had the most potential though

>>714221167
White Wind is funny in FF7 because it heals HP and cures all statuses on the party, but if you use it on undead it does damage and INFLICTS all statuses it can.

>>714221167
I lucked out and got Shadowflare from Ultima Weapon on my playthrough. That spell did some fucking work, I tell you hwat.