Eukaryote said:
I guess technically Ivan from Golden Sun is a support character since he is not the player's character. Ivan was a weak good for nothing Jupiter adept(though he was slightly useful because he had party buff spells) outshone in 9001 ways by Sheba in Golden Sun: the Lost Age.
I completially agree.
Jupiter Adepts were all but useless in Golden Sun. I avoided the entire issue by making my final party consist of Issac, Felix, Jenna, and Garret. Occasionally I would use Mia or Piers, but the only thing the Jupiter Adepts got to do for the entire second half of The Lost Age was equip exploration Psyenergy items and act as storage space. While some of their spells were OK, they just couldn't dish out enough damage in a boss fight. It also didn't help that neither Ivan or Sheba were very essential to the plot compared to Felix, Issac, and Jenna.
A few other really annoying supporters are your main contact in Mercenaries 2 and your Operator in Armored Core: For Answer. The first was more repetitive than a parrot, and the second would remind you every time you got within 500 yards of the arena edges. Neither were helpful in the least...