I always had Vaan as my party leader, it just seemed right somehow. His stats make him a great tank. Story line wise I would say Ash was the leader, as she is the one with the drive to liberate her Kingdom.

Vaan was very well balanced, but, I always had him stealing stuff. xD

I always swapped out Basch and Balthier as my party leaders because I just liked them. Though, Basch with the Masamune and Genji Gloves is just...AWESOME.

Actually you could change your 'party leader' as early as FFI and through to VI. Only VII, VIII, IX and X restrict you.

Mine tends to be Vaan anyways because he is a good 'Tank' and Bashe because he looks 'buff init'.

My main party consisted of Basch, Ashe and Balthier, so leadership would alternate between the three. Most of the time, I preferred leading with Basch, since he took damage for the party aaand he was my favourite. Normally I would enjoy controlling a caster (in this case- Ashe was my magician), but they're just too squishy to tank.

That's what my Vaan was for too. Although I didn't use him much, I focused on his white and green magic. I even let him run around with a staff. RPG boy in combat cliche = dominated.

I agree with those who said Ashe is the true leader in the story. If not, then Balthier, the self-proclaimed leading man.

Good point. I'll get my coat.....