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Digest written by fable from TacticalBreakfast, AK Tier List (ex-GamePress) · 2026-10-23
Tiered A among Defenders. She is a DPS-leaning Juggernaut who uses Barriers instead of healing; with a steady stream of fodder she can often essentially solo a stage, without it she looks like an expensive liability.
- S3M3
- Story A+ · Advanced A+. S3 is the only skill to consider for Mastery: it adds a big Barrier, a large attack boost, stronger reflect and Taunt, and drops SP cost to 20.
S3M3 is the only mastery recommended; her other skills are not considered worth Mastery. No further stop point is given.
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I'm not personally the biggest fan of Juggernauts. They're often among the most powerful enmity (unhealable) units, but they also tend to be a bit all or nothing. When they line up well with what you need to do, they're amazing, and when they don't they're just expensive dead-weight. Between the two 6★s, Penance leans more towards the DPS side of things. She uses Barriers instead of healing, which often makes her a war of attrition. If a stage is set up such that she has a steady stream of fodder to maintain her Barrier she can often essentially solo a stage. If not, she looks a lot more like that expensive liability. While Penance does have three viable skills, her S3 is really the only one to consider for Mastery. It is by far the standout skill. It does so much and is really the "glue" that brings everything great about her kit together. It adds a massive chunk of Barrier, gives her a massive amount of attack that lets her take on extremely hard targets, and super-charges her reflect thanks to said attack boost and increased Taunt. Mastery makes a big difference here too, improving all aspects of the skill, and reducing her SP cost to a more reasonable 20 SP which can occasiona