It honestly depends what abilities you want alongside what growths. I personally went Sword !Staff in my first run and found that it was decent at worst, but that's just due to the nature of my playstyle. In my current run of Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, I again went Sword /Staff just for old times sake but it's up to you.
Also I went with Getting Old/Be Strong/Possessions for Night; Night means you level slowly at the first couple levels but really quick when closer to LV100.
Now I remember why I picked Sword: you get Vortex at LV12 and it helps me immensely with Deep Jungle.
The following table summarizes your character stats at level 1 and level 100
based on which attribute you strengthen (+) and weaken (-):
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Stat | +Swd -Stf | +Swd -Shd | +Stf -Swd | +Stf -Shd | +Shd -Swd | +Shd -Stf |
HP | 18 --> 84 | 18 --> 84 | 18 --> 84 | 18 --> 84 | 18 --> 84 | 18 --> 84 |
MP | 2 --> 8 | 2 --> 8 | 3 --> 10 | 3 --> 10 | 2 --> 8 | 2 --> 8 |
AP | 1 --> 37 | 3 --> 39 | 3 --> 39 | 3 --> 39 | 3 --> 39 | 1 --> 37 |
STR | 6 --> 57 | 6 --> 57 | 3 --> 54 | 5 --> 56 | 4 --> 55 | 5 --> 56 |
DEF | 2 --> 52 | 1 --> 51 | 3 --> 53 | 1 --> 51 | 4 --> 54 | 4 --> 54 |
#ITM | 3 --> 7 | 3 --> 7 | 3 --> 6 | 3 --> 6 | 3 --> 8 | 3 --> 8 |
#ACC | 2 --> 3 | 2 --> 3 | 2 --> 3 | 2 --> 3 | 2 --> 3 | 2 --> 3 |
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