Characters

Final Fantasy Resonance has eight party members: Rain (Sentinel), Lasswell (Breaker), Fina (Medic), Lid, Jake and Sakura (Commandos), Nichol (Synergist) and Archwitch Fina (Saboteur). All join through the story between the start and Chapter 5, four fight at a time, and every one is voiced in English and Japanese.

1:25 Final Fantasy Resonance has eight playable party members, each fixed to one of six combat roles: Rain is the Sentinel, Lasswell the Breaker, Fina the Medic, Lid, Jake and Sakura the Commandos, Nichol the Synergist, and an eighth character, kept as a spoiler, the Saboteur. IGN's combat guide walks through them in that order: Sentinels "lead in defense and protect allies", Medics heal, Commandos deal damage, Synergists buff, Breakers "target enemy weaknesses and manipulate the stagger gauge", and Saboteurs debuff. All eight join through the main story, so none can be missed (PowerPyx, Oct 21, 2026), and every one comes from the first season of the mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Brave Exvius Connection). Four fight at once; the rest level up with them but get nothing else from the bench (Shacknews, Oct 20, 2026).

A drawn portrait of a smiling young man with light brown hair and a dark coat over a dialogue box headed Rain. Behind, on a dirt road between grass and a large tree, stand pixel-art characters including a blond one and one in long dark robes. — Rain, smiling, says "Yeah... Maybe you're right. We're off on an adventure!" in a dialogue box as three companions stand on a country road behind him in an official Steam store screenshot of Final Fantasy Resonance. Square Enix

Quick facts

Party members	8, all story-given and unmissable
In battle	4 at a time
Roles	Sentinel, Breaker, Medic, Commando, Synergist, Saboteur
Last to join	Chapter 5 (Sakura, Archwitch Fina)
Visions	26 heroes from the series, one per character (Visions)
Substories	1 per party member, 8 in all
Voices	English and Japanese; the main story is fully voiced
Villains	The Sworn Six (Veritas)

The party

Character	Role	Joins	English voice	Japanese voice
Rain	Sentinel	From the start	Clifford Chapin	Nobuhiko Okamoto
Lasswell	Breaker	From the start	Alejandro Saab	Yusuke Kobayashi
Fina	Medic	Chapter 1, on leaving Grandshelt	Lizzie Freeman	Akane Fujita
Lid	Commando	Chapter 2, Dilmagia's shipyard	Elsie Lovelock	Ayaka Ohashi
Nichol	Synergist	Chapter 3, Olderion	Khoi Dao	Tsubasa Yonaga
Jake	Commando	Chapter 4, the Rebel Hideout	Jonah Scott	Yoshimasa Hosoya
Sakura	Commando	Chapter 5, Mysidia	AmaLee	Aoi Yuki

Sources: roles and joining points from Game8, updated Oct 24, 2026; voice actors from RPG Site, Jun 13, Jul 17 and Aug 24, 2026. The eighth member is in the spoiler section below.

The role is permanent, but a Vision of another role changes what a character can do: a Commando carrying a Medic Vision becomes a damage-dealing healer (PSU, Oct 20, 2026). The main story and most side conversations are fully voiced, with "Active Time Chats" playing while you travel (Nintendo Everything, Oct 20, 2026); the legacy heroes' Resonance lines are in Japanese only (Shacknews).

Stats compared

Game8's table of every character's maximum stats shows who does what (Game8, updated Oct 24, 2026); the highest value in each column is in bold:

Character	HP	MP	Strength	Stamina	Magic	Spirit	Speed
Rain	7,030	442	435	531	250	400	300
Lasswell	5,972	510	465	321	429	304	552
Fina	4,958	586	300	310	451	544	319
Lid	5,333	487	339	515	360	326	329
Nichol	4,613	542	256	281	483	422	553
Jake	5,637	443	550	411	243	339	429
Sakura	4,275	596	349	311	540	411	252
Archwitch Fina	4,643	707	359	314	515	387	369

Source: Game8, updated Oct 24, 2026 (Game8 does not give the level).

DualShockers ranks the eight, best first: Rain, Lasswell, Nichol, Fina, Sakura, Lid, Archwitch Fina, Jake. Vision picks for each are on Best Visions, whole teams on Best Party and Builds.

The party members

Rain is the hero, a young knight of the Kingdom of Grandshelt who commands an airship squadron, with complicated feelings about his vanished father, Raegen. A tank with innate fire attacks, he is built around the Warrior of Light's Multi-Cover.

Lasswell is Rain's deputy and childhood friend, orphaned and raised by Rain's family: a disciplined, katana-wielding Breaker who favors ice and fills stagger gauges fast.

Fina appears from the Earth Crystal with no memory but her name. She heals with white magic, fights with a bow and is the one who summons the party's Espers (Espers).

Lid is a 16-year-old airship engineer from Dirnado and a contender to be the next Cid, fighting beside Mechabo, the mechanical chocobo she built, which grows through its own quest line.

Nichol is a strategist of the Olderion Federation, heir to the Wardens of the Waters, the fastest character, and the party's buffer with his Formations.

Jake leads the rebel army in the Zoldaad Empire, a gunner who seems carefree and fights on luck, with the highest Strength in the party.

Sakura is a sage of Mysidia who looks young but may be very old, the strongest mage, with the highest Magic.

1:32 IGN's review sums up the cast as the knights of Grandshelt, Rain and Lasswell, and "the mysterious magical girl born from a crystal, Fina", "joined by several friends along the way on a quest to stop the armor-clad Sworn Six from destroying the world's crystals". Later in the review it calls Nichol and Sakura "the better-written characters". The whole plot is on Story.

Dialogue choices and substories

0:28 At set points a party member asks you a question, and unlike the quizzes at Visions' Sanctums of Light, IGN notes, your answer gives that character a permanent stat bonus; the first comes outside the Earth Shrine. The choice cannot be changed except by reloading (Game8). Each character also has a substory, marked by a blue "!" on the map, that grants a bigger permanent bonus and an accessory (RPG Site, Oct 22, 2026):

Character	Dialogue choice (where)	Options	Substory (opens)	Substory reward
Rain	Earth Shrine	Strength, Stamina or Spirit +3	A New Leaf (Chapter 8)	Knight's Medallion
Lasswell	Rebel Hideout	MP +10, Strength or Speed +3	The Twin Titleholders (Chapter 7)	Crest of Criticality
Fina	Siren's Tower	MP +10, Stamina or Spirit +3	Shimmering Reflections (Chapter 6)	Blessed Pendant
Lid	Dilmagia Shipyard	Strength, Magic or Stamina +3	Beyond the Blue (Chapter 5)	Chocobo Nitro
Nichol	Aquapolis	HP +30, Magic or Speed +3	Nichol's Duty (Chapter 5)	Enchanted Ring
Jake	Zoldaad Castle	HP +30, Strength or Stamina +3	Token Legacy (Chapter 6)	Trick Coin
Sakura	Village of Sunioo	MP +10, Magic or Spirit +3	Mysidia, Ever Blooming (Chapter 6)	Amulet of Magic Absorption
Archwitch Fina	Research Center Ruins	MP +10, Magic or Spirit +3	Last Respite (Chapter 5)	Moonlight Ring

Sources: dialogue choices from GameRant, Oct 23, 2026; substory chapters from PowerPyx, Oct 21, 2026; rewards from RPG Site, Oct 22, 2026. Each substory also gives about HP +100, MP +30 and +20 to +30 in two stats. Each character's ultimate weapon is forged by Aileen (Crafting and Adamantite).

Archwitch Fina

Spoilers for Chapters 3 and 5 follow.

The eighth party member is Archwitch Fina, a second form of Fina who becomes a separate character: a Saboteur who debuffs enemies with Dark magic, joining for a while in Chapter 3 and for good in Chapter 5 after the events in the Arcane Library (Game8). She has the highest MP in the party, Dark Limit Bursts (Chaotic Convergence, Fel Meteor, Abyss Graviton) and her own substory, "Last Respite". Her builds and story are on Fina.

Other key characters

The Veritas, the Sworn Six: six armored villains named for the elements. The Veritas of the Dark (Ian Sinclair, Akio Otsuka) destroys the Earth Crystal and attacks Grandshelt in Chapter 1.
A woman Square Enix names only "??????" (Corey Pettit, Inori Minase): bound by "a deep enmity" to the Veritas of the Dark, she travels with Bahamut, uses offensive magic and teases Rain (RPG Site, Jun 13, 2026).
Raegen, Rain's father, who left his family and disappeared.
Verun, of the Dwarven Forge in Dirnado, who starts and finishes Lid's Mechabo quests (PowerPyx).
Evan, who flies the airship and takes you to Bahamut in Chapter 7 (PowerPyx, Oct 21, 2026; Chocobo and Airship).
Dr. Lazarov, Zoldaad's scientist and a Chapter 4 boss, whom IGN's review calls an annoying mad scientist (Game8, updated Oct 24, 2026).
Gilgamesh, who keeps turning up in the story and steals the Genji Gloves, and Sephiroth, an optional fight that earns him as a Vision.
The Visions, 26 in all: heroes of earlier Final Fantasy games from Cloud and Terra to Clive, and others such as Tronn, Leah, Aileen and Ayaka; they fight through your party members rather than as members themselves (Visions).

Frequently asked questions

How many party members are in Final Fantasy Resonance? Eight: Rain, Lasswell, Fina, Lid, Nichol, Jake, Sakura and Archwitch Fina. All join through the main story, and four fight at a time.

When does each character join in Final Fantasy Resonance? Rain and Lasswell from the start, Fina in Chapter 1, Lid in Chapter 2, Nichol in Chapter 3, Jake in Chapter 4, and Sakura and Archwitch Fina in Chapter 5 (Archwitch Fina also briefly in Chapter 3).

Can you miss a party member in Final Fantasy Resonance? No. Game8 and PowerPyx both say every party member joins through the story and none is missable.

Who are the voice actors in Final Fantasy Resonance? In English: Clifford Chapin (Rain), Alejandro Saab (Lasswell), Lizzie Freeman (Fina), Elsie Lovelock (Lid), Khoi Dao (Nichol), Jonah Scott (Jake) and AmaLee (Sakura). In Japanese: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yusuke Kobayashi, Akane Fujita, Ayaka Ohashi, Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya and Aoi Yuki, in the same order.

Who is the best character in Final Fantasy Resonance? DualShockers ranks Rain first, for the strongest stats and The Power Within, then Lasswell and Nichol. Every character works with the right Vision, since a Vision adds another role's abilities.

Do benched characters get experience in Final Fantasy Resonance? Shacknews reports that all party members level together, but benched members get no other benefit from sitting out.

Are the Final Fantasy heroes like Cloud party members in Final Fantasy Resonance? No. Cloud, Terra, Squall and the other legacy heroes are Visions, which a party member equips for stats and abilities; the eight party members are Resonance's own cast.