Best FF1 team and line up

What is your fav combo of classes for FF1 mine are warrior,thife,monk,red mage

[Testbug]

I think the best lineup is
1. Warrior/Knight, because he can use almost every weapon and get HP really fast.
2. Monk/Master, because he hit really hard on higher levels (on lvl 7 he hits more without weapons than with weapons)
3. White Mage/White Wizard, because some body has to heal party
4. Black Mage/ Black Wizard, because he can cast haste (doubles attacks) and temper (raise damage).

With these every boss is easy...

Knight: just hits
Master : just hits
White Wizard : cast Protera, cast Invisira and then cast all the time Healaga(Heal3)
Black Wizard : cast Haste to Master and then only cast Temper all the time to Master (I got Master hit almost 6000 ).

[awall]

I believe the generally accepted "best" party in this game is Fighter/<anything>/WhiteMage/BlackMage. Nothing beats a Fighter in terms of soaking up hits for your party, the WhiteMage is necessary for healing, and the BlackMage isn't that good overall but saves your butt in battles that either a) have 9 enemies (because BM is the only class that can attack multiple enemies at once) or b) have enemies with high physical defense (because if you don't have a BM for those battles, you just have to turn and run). If you've got those three, then it really doesn't matter what your fourth is; you can even use a Thief and get through the game without too much trouble.

When I played through first time, I used the above party (with Thief as my "anything") and didn't have too much trouble. If I go through again, I think I might go with Fighter/BlackBelt/WhiteMage/WhiteMage though. My friend told me that Thieves were simply bad, and while I didn't believe him at the time (I figured Ninjas had to be worth it... they're not) I've come to see what he was talking about. RedMages are nice early on, but I just dislike them in general because they get worse with time, and BlackMages... well, as I described above, they're lifesavers in certain situations. However, the rest of the time, they sit around poking things with their little knife and dying a lot and being fairly useless. It's like a big cannon that gets about 5 shots before you have to reload it at an inn, and that just doesn't suit my play style.

And before anybody says anything, this strategy is made for NES or PS FF1. I realize GBA is different, but I have objections to Dawn of Souls and choose not to play it.

[Maridia]

Warrior, Red Mage, White Mage, Monk. I'd really like to be able to play as a thief but I'll settle. Still I like the light amount of magic either way, 1 heavy one for healing, an intense fighter and another strong warrior but with swords. I like it alot.

[Omega]

From the consensus of this question many times being asked and from what an old guide told me. The best group has always been the classic:

Figher

Black Belt

White Mage

Black Mage

You have two fantastic attackers, and the Fighter will get secondary White Magic later to aid in healing after or within battles. You have the Black Belt who can constantly attack. The White Mage who will constantly heal and protect. N' a Black Mage who will cast Fast on the Warriors to make them do more damage and blast the monsters with whatever elemental they are weak against.

It's simply the most balanced group and I think the most effective.

I never really had a personal favorite lineup, I went the other way and tried to see how hard I could make it on myself to play. I went through the whole game with one fighter. (I killed off the other 3 before I started anything) That was the most challenging pain in the ass that I put up with. But for my favorite, I'd say 2 fighters and 2 black belts. I know this is awkward and frustrating until you gain some levels, but after about level 8 or so, your fighters will take all the hits and eventually the black belts will do more damage with their fists than the fighters can with their swords. (I have seen hits as high as 3000 damage from one Master attack!)

[postalblowfish7]

red mages are completely useless at the end of the game. they can't learn black wizard spells, and their melee is weak at best. the monk is really overpowering at the end of the game, but i prefer the classic

Warrior
Thief
White Mage
Black Mage

it's just so... pleasing to the eye - and ninjas kick ass later on

[Angantyr]

On the Origins version I used Fighter x 2, Monk and White mage, I got through it fairly easy but I would of prefered the Black mage over 2 fighters, 9 enemies got really tedious, so:
Fighter
Black Mage
Monk
White Mage

I raised my team up 5 lvs then tried the warrior,white mage,monk,black mage line up only rasing them 2 lvs and fought garland beat him with just monk left.

We've come to the conclusion that:
1. MUST BE FIGHTER
2. ANYTHING
3. MUST BE WHITE MAGE
4. BLACK MAGE. HANDS DOWN.

I tried an "all swords" approach, but the Red Mage sucks later in the game (and the attacks aren't great enough to matter terribly much), the Thief turned Ninja gets a little magic but that's kinda useless, and his attacks are lame as well; Fighter is of course the best choice for weapon based damage.

I've found time and again that, hands down, the monk is more capable of dealing damage, and, when you take his armor off, soaking it up. He's also the cheapest class: you're better off buying nothing for him, since around level 3 or 4 he begins dealing more damage barehanded and his defense is higher whilst wearing nothing.

[marc]

I use the team. Knight, monk, Black mage, white mage.

That team seems to go ok but not great.

I always use Fighter, Thief, Red Mage and Black Mage.
Maby not the graytest team, but they're allright.

Id say the default team of Fighter White Mage Black Mage Thief but I first beat it with Fighter White Mage Black Mage Red Mage. I like em both because their balanced.

[Chappie_757]

i mostly use fighter, white mage, black mage, monk
but i tried out loads i was feeling random so i had the whole line up as monks.... it did not go too well...

[rJ floW]

there have been many discussions asked before about the best party, there was a GREAT answer posted before but i dont think it exists anymore...

The red mage is decent at best during any point of the game. Firstly, he can not cast any GREAT spells, no harm for undead, AND (and this is HUGE) if you want to use him attacking, and if you want any sort of defense you MUST pay a TON of money for it....4000$ Silver sword is a LOT of ogres and a lot of time in the earth cave.

I would say a fighter, although its COMPLETELY not necessary, you could easily substitute a monk and load up your mages/thief with weapons/spells.

Monk is an absolute necessity as in later levels he DOMINATES with VERY little equipment which allows you to spend your saved money on other characters. Also he dodges a TON, and with Fog&Invs on the defense is rediculous. You can just put on weapons you use as items so you dont waste space (zeus gauntlet, Bane Sword, Thor's hammer (if no white mage)

But i would strongly suggest a black and white mage in your group...since you will need those spells for the final cave or any bosses.

And thief is FANTASTIC during certain points of the game since he usually attacks first and can run superb. Goddamn wizards wont be slaining so often if you have a thief/ninja in there, and he can use rediculous armour/weapons.

Soooo, i would say (and not many agree) but Thief-Monk-Whitemage-Blackmage

if you can get past level 10, or when you get the rat tail, its PURE domination, imagine a Ninja and blackmage Vs. Kary, then Monk, Ninja, Black Vs. Kraken, then Tiamat you can kill with the bane sword one shot...but thats just me

[Brachioraidos]

my fav is knight, blank, WW, BW

Knight-hitz hard and can use Strong weapons
Blank- Redmage, Theif, Monk
White wizard-Can use strong healing spells
Black wizard-Can use strong hurtful magic

[hoboman89]

Thats also my favorite setup, blank spot i use thief.

[Brachioraidos]

well I first started out by using a redmage,But then he wasn''t that good so I tryed the rest,YEAH U PICK A NICE SET OF TEAM

[Sephiroth31]

No no no The best by far is the knight, monk, W mage, and B mage. But the party I am using right now is R mage, monk, thief, and B mage.

[DLLS]

My favorite team to use is

1. Fighter
2. Thief
3. White mage
4. Black mage

i find this team to be very balanced and easy to work with.