5 best mainline Final Fantasy protagonists ranked in overall power

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Across the Final Fantasy franchise, the protagonists have wildly varied in power. All of them are heroic in their own way, and ultimately triumph, but what about the best of the best?

Based on the overall power in the game, instead of what their backstory offers, several of these characters could lay claim to being the most powerful protagonists in the entire franchise.

This list will only feature protagonists from the mainline entries in the franchise, and any additional growth they receive elsewhere will not be counted.

There are some caveats to this list, as far as what games are and are not allowed to be considered. There are a few bits of criteria to make clear before going forward with the list, which is why these Final Fantasy heroes were picked.

This means that Lightning, while decently powerful in Final Fantasy XIII, does not make this list. By the end of Lightning Returns, she’s incredibly strong, and secondary/tertiary games will not be considered.

A few honorable mentions include: Lightning, Noctis Lucis Caelum, and Zidane Tribal almost made the top 5.

Ramza Beoulve of FFT is a genuinely unique character when it comes to the series. In Final Fantasy Tactics, male and female characters have their own particular stat growth. Ramza received superior physical growth (male stats) and superior magical growth (female stats). He is also the only character in the game that can unlock the Ultima spell.

On top of that, he can have two character classes (Main, Sub), a passive ability, a counter ability and an inherent ability. It’s so easy to make an overwhelming monster out of Ramza.

Give him Monk/Squire with Ninja’s Dual Swords, and he’s ready to murder anything in the game. Giving him Square grants access to Shout, giving