Best Party?

[V_Translanka]

Hexagon Mist works as an Ice attack just as well as just regular Water (which Marle is anyways, really)...The Tech is two triangles coming together to form a 6-sided (thus the "hexagon") star...It got a new name in the DS version, but I forget what it was called...

That's one thing the Encyclopedia's missing...pics (& vid...lord, that'd eat up bandwidth) of each Tech...

[Shadow D. Darkman]

I think I remember seeing Hexagon Mist once against Zeal 2. And nah, I don't think it would work. Blizzard would, but what can we replace it with?

[Chocobo_Fan]

Cure II? So that Marle's tech list would look like:

Aura
Allure
*Ice
*Cure
*Haste
*Ice II
*Arise
*Blizzard

Cure II really is useless, so...

[Shadow D. Darkman]

I'd change Aura to be more like Cure.

[V_Translanka]

I don't see why Hexagon Mist (I just checked, it's called Starburst in CTDS) wouldn't work...besides, it's the ultimate Water Magic...I don't see how anything else could work...I wonder how the damage for it is calculated, though (no one's done the mechanics of the monster Techs!)...

I don't remember Blizzard, what did it look like...? It inflicts Chaos?? >_>

[YbrikMetaknight]

If Crono can use two Lightning-based spells and an ultimate spell that's much more in line with simply being light-based (Luminaire, obviously) as a Light-elemental character, why couldn't Marle use Ice, Ice II and Hexagon Mist? Though if we're making a new Ice-based ultimate magic, I always liked the name Deep Freeze, myself.

And y'all can bash Marle all you want (and ok, I'll admit, Cure II is pretty useless), but I love Iceberg Toss (that is Cube Toss's new name, right?), Ice Sword 2 and especially Final Kick. Always have. That (combined with Crono and Ayla's nice double techs) are why my favorite party is still Crono, Marle and Ayla.

Of course, I also love Crono-Frog-Ayla, Crono-Frog-Lucca, Crono-Marle-Lucca, Crono-Frog-Robo, Magus-Marle-Lucca, Frog-Ayla-Robo and Magus-Lucca-Robo, to name a few. So many good combinations, each with strengths and weaknesses.

And I think I've beaten Lavos with every combination except for most of the ones that don't have triple techs.

[V_Translanka]

I'd say go with the name Absolute Zero...it's possible because it's Magic!

[Chocobo_Fan]

Isn't one of Once-King Dalton's techs called Absolute Zero? If not, then by all means, yes, Absolute Zero is a perfect name for the most powerful Ice magic.

(Also, Blizzard doesn't exist in-game, I think Shadow came up with it. :p)

[maggiekarp]

What the heck does Hexagon Mist look like?

[Chocobo_Fan]

V already gave a description a page back or so...

(Also, it's called Starburst now)

[Shadow D. Darkman]

IDK, I know Dalton has a Tech called Second Wind that induces a variant of Lock-All except your accuracy is unaffected and you can still use items.

[Deezer509]

At a certain level, it's time to throw self preservation to the wind and go all offense.  That's why, as soon as New Game+ is available, my permanent team is Crono, Ayla, and Magus.  Pure offense, baby.

[Chocobo_Fan]

Actually, Lucca is better than Janus at higher levels. (Flare has more attack power than Dark Matter) Also, Robo can deal far more damage with the Crisis Arm/Rapid-fire Fist combo and the Apocalypse Arm...

And also, I just have to quote V:

Yes, of course, because Halation doesn't affect you when you're on a NG+... 

Healing is important sometimes, even on a New Game Plus. (Fortunately, Robo has Heal Beam in addition to the 6000+ damage/turn he can dish out with the Crisis Arm/Rapid-fire Fist combo...)

[Acacia Sgt]

Healing is important sometimes, even on a New Game Plus. (Fortunately, Robo has Heal Beam in addition to the 6000+ damage/turn he can dish out with the Crisis Arm/Rapid-fire Fist combo...)

Which is why I always have Robo on the top three to use for the final battle.

[Chocobo_Fan]

Yeah, now that I think about it, Apocalypse Arm really sucks. Crisis Arm can dish out way more on average. Even with a Dragon Earring, Apocalypse Arm only has a measly 30% critical rate...

Constant 6000+ damage > 9999 damage 1/3 of the time.