Quote Originally Posted by Pirate_1360826 View Post
No, they don't decrease her damage. But she has my best weapon/spirit (best everything really). Both replays are the same except for the fact that I levelled the Reliability on Penth one more level, which added a lot of power (but reduced Pompey's critical hit chance to lessen the chance at a lose).

Both Burliness and Flintiness on Penth were level 8, Helmet/Chestguard level 27, Relic level 35, and Reliability level 8 (Dexterousness works as well). I was able to win 95% of the time with that (the 5% of losses came from being critically hit by Pompey).

Buuut if you're not killing the top guard before your main and reserve die, you need more damage up top or more defence middle. Ahmose is a much better choice than Queen Bryn, as he would likely be able to hold for another round.... The damage in middle doesn't matter, their only purpose is to hold the line long enough for Penth/Blood to kill the first soldier.
I made a grammatical error. I meant does defense runes reduce the damage she takes from mobs/bosses? Since their effect seems to be minimal in heroic realm.

I am able to kill one of the soldiers very quickly using Lance, but even one soldier surviving is enough to KO my Penn if she doesn't dodge or block. I used Lvl 24 LB armors, but I did not use burliness or flintiness.