Favorite Character to Play as in Graces

I have considered playing through Tales of Graces again, but I want to know who your favorite character to play as is. I have mainly played as Pascal or Sophie, but I have tried everyone out a little. Anyway, thoughts?

Richard.

More specifically, Pascal dressed as Richard.

Pascal is amazing. She made the whole "Asbel: MUST PROTECT! FRIENDSHIP POWER!" more manageable

For a Caster, I felt like she was also very awesome in close quarter fight.

I love Pascal, but she seems backwards to me. Her A-artes attack from a distance but her B-artes (spells mostly) needed the enemy to be close. I know this wasn't the case for all of her B-artres, but it seemed that way for most of them.

It's to fit her "out there" personality. Her basic combo is to pull enemies towards her with her long range physicals, then cast a high rank magic attack thanks to the combo that built up.

DreamSword wrote:

It's to fit her "out there" personality. Her basic combo is to pull enemies towards her with her long range physicals, then cast a high rank magic attack thanks to the combo that built up.

True, but it A) took awhile to get used to, and B) was a little difficult to do unless/until you had a good amount of CC. However, that may just be me. What oddities do Malik and Cheria have?

Malik is crowd control and Cheria is just great in general.

Malik. I love playing as mages who can tank.

Cheria is fun to play with.

How do you guys use Malik? I like him but I felt useless in a crowd.

If you are dealing with a crowd with malik just use his A-artes he has a couple really good ones that hit over a wide area plus lets him stand far way. Just try to keep your distance and not let them circle you.

I tend to just play as Asbel. lol

I honestly feel like Asbel is the one character I haven't played as. Is he fun to play as? Do you need to have a lot of CC stored to use him well?

All characters need alot of CC to use to their full potential, so Asbel isn't special in that regard. However, he's your basic brawler with some decent utility and a handful of OTGs at his disposal, so he can be fun if melee is your style.

You'll find alot of people dressing Asbel up as someone else though considering he has the highest C.ATK in the game.