FF6 - Brave New World

The teams for me ended up being:

Team 1:
Gogo - Double Avengers + Darill's Soul + Cerberus Rage FTW!
Sabin - Built for as much strength as possible, which resulted in a large HP boost by happenstance. I didn't go for a Stamina build because I wanted more offensive options than just Aurabolt. His Chakra is just fine with low Stamina because I often incapacitate an enemy with something like Imp, and then I can just take my time healing my MP back. I did throw him some Stamina though.
Terra - Built with Mag/Stam all the way. She could heal the entire party to full with RegenX, as well as apply Regen in the same turn, which is great for dealing with attacks like Aero, and for getting revived party members up to speed. I don't use my Morph enough... I never boosted Vigor, as her magic is usually better, and I wanted as much power as possible where it counted, as she could hit truly massive numbers if she hit a weakness.
Locke - Given some Speed before I swapped over to Vigor. He could heal and attack very quickly, mostly doing pinch healing (although he didn't have the MP to be a full healer). He was very useful when my mages were occupied, and at low HP he could hit really hard. He also often provided a handy menu to wait in during animations.

Team 2:
Shadow - He was probably my fastest damage dealer, and I gave him an even mix of Vigor/Stamina/Speed, because I wanted all of it. Against Goddess, he was throwing two or three Ninjatos per turn of hers, dealing out 8K, I think, if he hit her from behind (yay for side attacks). His scrolls could rip things apart as well if there were lots of enemies, or they had a weakness. Funding him is expensive though, which meant he was mediocre until I had the cash for the throwing items, so it balances out.
Relm - I went for Speed for a while, then switched to Magic (getting MP for most of the game by association, though I could have cared less). Her usefulness basically came down to whether she could sketch something useful from a particular encounter. Otherwise, she could still throw out Flare/Meteor for decent damage, and the speed was nice for her paintbrush healing.
Gau - I gave him more Speed than I should have. He would have benefitted more from higher Stamina for Regen healing. He couldn't wait in the menu while Raging, so that speed advantage was often wasted. Still great for applying Image with Cerberus though, and his damage was fairly decent.
Edgar - He started fairly slow, but got pretty fast and strong by the end of the game with Vigor/Speed boosts. His jumping was often really powerful and meant he didn't need to be defended well. He also got some small Magic boosts, as Bio Blaster is really useful now against large groups of humans. He ended up pretty well rounded, except Stamina.

Team 3:
Strago - He ended up with a lot of Stamina due to having Shiva/Carbunkl on before I got Zoneseek. This meant he could be an extremely good defensive character with Refract, Shield and the Reflect piercing Holy Wind. After that, I boosted his magic stat as high as possible, meaning he could destroy large enemy groups with Black Omen. If only he didn't manage to die before the second tier of the final fight...
Mog - I tried to give him Vigor/Speed so his jumping would be strong, but it still fell far short of Edgar. I'm thinking that Magic/Stamina would have been better. I think he probably would have been better off dancing.
Celes - She ended up being my most well rounded character. If she could hit a weakness, she had decent magic, but otherwise, she could still do well with the Illumina (Terra's Vigor was awful, so that was an easy choice). With Runic, speed and MP for healing, and good Stamina for Regen, she was a pretty good tank as well. However, the jack-of-all-trades is a master of none, so if I needed a character to do a particular job the best, she often didn't fit the bill.
Setzer - The Dice work better in the lower scale battle system, and the Fixed Dice do amazing damage. Stat boosts don't affect those, so I generally just gave him magic to help his slots a little or HP/MP so he could heal more without running out of MP. I feel I really missed the boat here though, as he could have seriously benefitted from a high Stamina stat, and I had the means to give him one.

Cyan - I left him behind because he was slow, but I regret taking Mog instead, as his damage was lackluster. Cyan was pure Vigor, no questions asked. He had the highest Vigor stat, but his damage wasn't always worth the wait (mostly towards the end, though). Cleave also helped some random encounters along, if they weren't already killed before Cyan even got a turn
Umaro - XD

If you notice, I never bother with HP growth, at least purposely. My rationale is that, if the HP goes down farther, you just have to spend more time rehealing it. If I can at least survive the attacks being thrown my way, I'm good. However, I really do regret mostly ignoring the Stamina stat. I didn't realize just how much of my endgame healing Regen would be. After seeing the results on Strago/Terra, and noting that it builds faster than the other stats, I feel I should have given it more of a chance.


All my characters were between level 28/33, and I never felt annoyed that I was forced to use a character to keep their level up.