Which Job you put in Ramza?? - Page 14

quote lady_lede

Yes but, correct me if im wrong...this is a secondary ability for Ramza. Not your entire party ^^

"Item" is a waste of time on Ramza, he will benifit more as an attacker than as a watered down healer. As will allies around him since Chakra heals on a cross pattern radius as opposed to a single character like the Item skills. Chakra is also a free heal for both MP/HP and doesnt hurt Undead allies or those under the effect of Zombie. It also will give you decent JP when used, even if you dont heal anything ^^.

Undead are not everywhere in the game so having the slot for "Item" is usually quite pointless. Using an item will take up an extra turn allowing the enemy to not only get closer to your troops, but also they will have an extra chance to attack, assign spells etc.

Phoenix Downs may indeed work everytime, (though they are ment to have a small rate of faliure) but will the resurrect skills if you take the time to prepare your characters beforehand. Raise and Raise 2 will work better depending on your target's Faith, you also get Protection spells like Wall which Items will not offer you.

"Item" without the use of the Throw Item skill will also leave your character vunerable to being swarmed due to the poor range. This will lead to a character being singled out by the AI and destroyed.