[Brachioraidos]

did ANY 1n think that hide was good? I liked it because u can use berserk with it 2 make a glitch. When Edward becomes strong enough 2 do at least 2000-5000 damage it becomes useful.

[Riku7]

My favourite ability is Rydia's summon. It's very usefull and it gives you access to a lot of powerfull monsters

[Disgaeamad]

Hmmm...it's either Cecil DK's Dark Wave or Rydia's Summon.

Even though Dark Wave would take some HP off of you, it was still, a valuable attack for causing a good amount of damage.

Rydia's Summon was what helped you win boss fights a lot easier, especially if you found the real powerful Summons like Leviathan and Bahamut.

[Georg Prime]

Rydia's summon was probably the most powerful ability though Yang had some good abilities(which i dont think anyone mentioned)..also, i loved Edge's "ninja magic".

also note that not everyone knows all those abilities for most were only in the GBA version and not in the original

[Boco]

I believe that it's Rydia's Summon ability. The ability to call monsters to help you during the battle. That also depends on the Summons that you have, though. Getting powerful Summons like Leviathan and Bahamut makes this ability great. Also, there is a way to even heal your characters. For example, Asura uses White Magic abilities casting either Cure or Life or Protect on your party. Sylph draws HP from the enemy and heals the party members.

Apart from the Summon ability, Edge's Ninjutsu came in handy a few times (Blitz helped me beat Odin). As a Dark Knight, Cecil also used Dark, but eventhough it damaged all the opponents it also damaged Cecil. As a Paladin, his Cover ability was also useful, since he had quite a large amount of HP which enabled him to protect his allies. Moreover, Porom and Palom's Twin ability became really useful after finishing their trial in the Lunar Ruins and equipping them with the Twin Stars. The result was that every time they used the Twin ability they always got Double Meteor.

However, Tellah's Recall ability wasn't that great since you couldn't even choose the spell you wanted, but after passing Cecil's trial in Mt.Ordeals, Tellas remembered all the spells. Even Meteor (but he didn't have enough HP to use it). As for Edward's abilities, they were pretty much useless.

[Matticus]

Jump is awesome with Kain, I use it all the time in battles with bosses.And once hes up he can't be hit till he comes down, great albility to use.

[DaGladiator]

Heres my favorites for all chars

Cecil DK=Dark wave
Cecil Pally= Normal attack
Kain=jump
Rydia Kid=Summon
Rydia adult=summon
Edward=hide
Rosa=White magic
Yang=Power
Polom=Twin
Porom=Twin
Tellah=Black and white magic
Cid=Study
Edge=ninjistu

gotta love that jump move helps so much in tough boss battles you aint ready for and the dragoon's armour is the best lookin armour of the series

[CLOUD]

Of course,Rydia's summon ability is one of the best,if not the best,along with Kain's Jump.They were a great help both in boss fights & in strong monster encounters.You can always count on them to do serious damage.The ones i almost never used are the Steal,he was always discovered by the foe,the Pray,to whom did Rosa pray?'cause he didn't hear the prayer...
I didn't understand how the guard ability worked,he never guarder the weaker ones when in trouble.

[Zeromune]

Kain's Jump.

After he jumps, no damage will occur to him until he lands.
Double damage. If your playing FFIV Advance and completed Kain's trail, 4x damage.

[deslayer]

kain's jump cos it makes him do more dmg

[oceanx]

Throwing can tend to come very much in handy during the final Zeromus fight, if you have strong enough weapons then by that time they're not going to otherwise be useful, and depending on what you have, you can cause damage upwards of 9999. There are other boss fights that this comes handy for. My 2nd favorite would probably be Rydia's Summon, because Bahamut seriously ruins lives with MegaFlare.

[FF Ace Cid]

I think Kain's jump is best. He does not take damage, and he deals more damage, win win right? Edge's throw steal comes in second though, I really had to use him.

[Kain FF4]

Kains Jump completely pwns. Followed closely by Dark Wave and Rydia's summoning. The most useless is probably Edwards Hide ability

[PotatoCrisp]

I picked healing.. that's have to be the most useful out of all those skills. I don't like wasting money on buying potions.. I rarely ever do. My other option was summoning.. cause of all the damage it can dish out. And you don't have to really know any cool secrets at damage with the summoning powers.

[CrowX]

I have to say kain's jump and rydia summon are the most useful.

[Fate]

Summon was BY FAR the best. You could heal AND attack all enemies!

[TehRealDinnin]

Summon, who doesn't love to heal and attack their enemies and waste a lot of MP at the same time

[Loaf]

Hide. Lawl I can't be hurt!

[LeonShadowFox]

Originally Posted by Galan0

Probably Kain's Jump since when he is in the air he can't get hit and it does more damage than his regular attack (i think 1/4 more, or 1/2 more). He goes right in the air, takes him like a few seconds to come back and swoop down on the enemy! Yeh, the Dark Wave is alright too ^_^

Agreed. Jump is what really got me through the final boss fight.