Strongest Characters Guide

[Child of The Sea God]

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[Crimson]

I used most of the characters suggested up there ,I used also shigure and sagiri with their case close combo and I equip shigure with sleep/ drain rune

[Captain Hero]

Zegai is awesome. I gave him a Fury and Violence Rune, and he does around 2000+ normal attack (after getting hit 2 times) at around level 40+. He's also an awesome tank. :D
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[Dura Sinai]

[Noah]

Wow, the trick to clearing Doraat is to take a front-line fighter type with two rune slots, give em Firefly and Steel... Logg is a good example, then put Marina in support and YOU CANNOT DIE HERE. I too had issues with Zerase in my first playthrough there, because archers always seem to strike backrow characters.

As for someone good early, provided you excel at strategy battles, or are one who just cures all your units in the final moments (like me, love "recover"/"flowing"), you can nab Mueller way early, so you can get Richard way early... and the boy starts at level 44 or something! At a point where the party is all early 30-ish I believe, at the time you get HQ.

Speaking of hidden gems... Lun seemed to be an early competitor for Lyon provided you build her up, as her multi-attack is pretty good, sometimes she can do a "row" attack with Pierce... but since you can't remove that, maybe that's why nobody praises her.
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[Noah]

For the most part, I do agree with that list though... those characters are clearly above the rest of em... but I will continue to use Mathias anyway (like I did with Kirke) because he will deposit my enemies bodies in a nearby swamp, after exacting swift and final retribution on them, that is. The Kirke similarity came from his "only knowing how to cut off heads", and sticking to that, asking you if you were really "sure" you wanted him... Kirke was awesome.

When I saw Nakula I thought he would be really awesome, but he isn't really...
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[Captain Hero]

Nakula was a let-down, I was expecting a Zegai-type of stats from him. :(

Richard with a Power Orb is absolutely pure ownage. :D
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[Geddoe]

Slap a Magic Absorb Rune on Zerase, keep your people in Sorcery formation and put a tank like Galleon in front with the Wall / Firefly combo and you can Formation Skill through most boss battles. Granted, you can only use the FSkill once, but as long as you have decent gear on Zerase, she can take a hit, replenish her magic, and still keep firing off Star Rune attacks.

I also agree with someone above that mentioned Zegai - I put the double attack / double damage rune on him and he was off the chain!

My final party ended up being: Hero, Lyon, Zegai, Lorelai [she was my backup healer], Levi and Zerase, with Miakis, Richard, and Belcoot in reserve. I'll have to give Cathari a try this go through.
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[Dura Sinai]

[Hoodman]

eh I figured Cathari was powerful she had a gun after all. meanwhile I knew about Belcoot and Richard I just wanted a different party. I think they made all the SII characters pretty great Georg Prime is a powerhouse, Killey is an excellent attack mage who can have a Pale Gate Rune, Lorelai is actually pretty good all-around. Viki has chain magic and Jeane is much better this time around.

had no clue about Hazuki but I figured because she was similar to Belcoot I always prefer Miakis over Lyon, and Galleon is my favorite tank. and as for Zerase well its Zerase one of the most overpowered characters ever.

As a matter of fact the reason why this game is easy because of the overpowered characters(theyre ridiculously overpowered) but itz ok

SIII is the only suiko that gave me in trouble trying to fight Yuber, Luc, and Sarah all at once will alwayz and though I havent finished SV, SIII boss is the hardest so far.
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[Parallax]

Now that I've gotten a chance to use most of those characters, I can clearly see why they're all listed as the most powerful in the game. I believe that Zerase and Richard are the most ridiculously powerful of the lot, Zerase in particular. As many others have said, the fact that she has such incredibly high magic paired with her actually pretty decent physical attack and L-range makes her a very dangerous opponent. She also has the Star Rune, which is quite powerful.

Richard is just as bad though...he's as strong as your Juan-types, but without a drawback such as permanent sleep, or even slow speed, as he's quite fast, with excellent technique. Equip Richard with a Killer Rune and see how much damage he outputs...it's insane.

The others are strong too, but I couldn't bear to just fill my party slots with all of the overpowered characters. Obviously I'm not counting the Tenkai or Lyon here, but I usually prefer to put characters which are aesthetically pleasing to me in my party instead of all of the stat-wise most powerful. My dislike for Killey, for example, stems from his ridiculous style of dress, and so no matter how powerful he can be, I'd just feel silly using him. On the other hand, I'll continue to use Sagiri until the end of Suikoden V, I suspect...I really like her.
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[Piercezoner]

THe ones that stand out for me are Kyle and Miakis for damage.

I crit 9984 dmg with kyle in one hit and double crit about 10678 with Miakis
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[Hawk Thanatos]

According to Sars there's a 9999 damage limit so I don't see how that's possible.