Quote Originally Posted by DiscipleofBob View Post
Definitely not a better healer than Lenna. Rydia only gets up to 3 stars black magic though, so even with a superior magic score Vanille should eventually outclass her. Rinoa still outclasses Vanille as a Black Mage though.

One way Vanille has an advantage over Lenna is she can use support abilities like Boost.

I see Vanille shining brightest in a caster-centric party with a SB that can lower enemy's Resistance.
Ouch. Who'd do a caster-centric party? You'd have to it pretty late in the process, when you can farm orbs for honing abilities (and honing is expensive) to kingdom come. Because maybe it's just me, but mages kinda suck when they run out of ability uses.

Also, just got Warrior of Light. Nifty guy, but (like Vanille) starting at level 1 is a real pain when your already stamina starved. Still trying to find the path to get to that Luneth guy from FFIII.