Quote Originally Posted by zcrash970 View Post
What's funny is Rydia can do more dps with black magic than her summons
Seriously. Bio has a cast time of 0 and a potency of 128 in the 2D versions of Final Fantasy IV. It comes out practically the moment you start casting it, and hits harder than -a spells and most Summons available at the same level, with only Titan coming out ahead. And much later in the game, once you have access to Flare (0 casting time, 400 potency), it's considerably faster to throw out than the strongest available summon, Bahamut (3 casting time, 480 potency). To say nothing of the horribly overpriced and overrated Meteor (10 casting time, 800 potency).

It's only in the 3D versions of FFIV that Bio loses its luster, with its potency being slashed down to 40. But that game nerfed practically all of Rydia's kit, with most if not all of the mid-to-late summons having a cast time of 6-10.