Armor Testing - <1100 Valor Shield

[Pluton]

Armor Testing

Attacker: lv 100 Blacksmithing, formation: lv 10 Padmavyuha.
Clytius: G10.3 Troop; 171 (73+98) Valor; Death Scythe (red weapon) 1962 valor hit

Defender: lv 100 Armorforging, lv 50 Elixir, formation: lv 20 Boar’s head

Persephone: 75(54+21) valor, G5.2
Eris: 110 (69+41) valor, G6.7
Hecate: 73(47+26) valor, G4.10
Thoosa: 92(63+29) valor, G4.10
Amphitrite: 112(62+50) valor, G6.6

Round 1: No armor.
http://b5.clapalong.com/?fid=N2011051510161833
Amphitrite: 2168, 2070
Eris: 1384, 1481
Hecate: 1522, 1429
Thoosa: 1547, 1444
Persephone: 2225

Observations:
Amphitrite had as much valor as Eris, yet took ~40% more damage.
Buglers take much less damage than Dancers.
Hecate and Thoosa took about same amount of damage, even though Thoosa had 19 more valor.


Round 2: With different armors (low)
http://b5.clapalong.com/?fid=N20110516239825

Amphitrite: 756 valor shield, yellow armor > 1631, 1599, 1561
Eris: 21 white armor > 1424, 1469, 1414
Hecate: 21 white armor > 1425, 1531
Thoosa: 1011 yellow armor > 1010, 988, 1012, 946
Persephone: 21 white armor > 2143

Observations:
The 1011 Armor on Thoosa reduced damage by about 500 (33%).
The 756 Armor on Amphitrite reduced damage by about 500 (25%).
21 valor shield, white armor made little difference.

Round 3: With different armors (medium)
http://b5.clapalong.com/?fid=N20110516484415

Amphitrite: 1011 yellow armor > 1419, 1321
Eris: 756 yellow armor > 1000, 1030
Hecate: 432 blue armor > 1299, 1301
Thoosa: 604 green armor > 1197, 1158
Persephone: 624 green armor > 1815, 1800

Observations:
255 Additional armor on Amphitrite reduced damage by ~200-300.
407 less armor on Thoosa increased damage by ~200.

Round 4, no weapon on attacker:
http://b5.clapalong.com/?fid=N20110516752500

Amphitrite: 1011 yellow armor > 135
Eris: 756 yellow armor > 93
Hecate: 432 blue armor > 271
Thoosa: 21 white armor > 491
Persephone: 21 white armor > 684

There was no other weapon, so I could not test with ~1000 valor hit weapon on attacker. 

Round 5: Skein formation. (lv11)
http://b5.clapalong.com/?fid=N201105163267619

Amphitrite: 1011 yellow armor > 1287, 1305
Eris: 756 yellow armor > 945, 959
Hecate: 624 green armor > 1046, 1005
Thoosa: 432 blue armor > 1184, 1087

Skein formation might increase armor by ~1% per level. (not damage reduce%)

Now let’s put this all together.

Attacker: Clytius: G10.3 Troop, 171 Valor, 1962 valor hit weapon, 1000 valor hit from tech.
Defender: 700 valor shield from tech, ~5-10% damage reduced by lv 50 Elixir?

1. Bugler have higher defense than dancers.
2. Valor attributes and troop grade increase valor shield by a certain %.
3. Each valor shield reduces damage linearly? to a minimum of ~50-150 damage.

For these reasons, your hero will be doing next to nothing if you do not have more attack than the defender. This might explain why focusing only on 1 weapon/hero is much more effective than spreading resources over 3-5 weapons/mounts/books, in early-mid game. Lv 100 Armorforging, and lv 100 Magic resistance will protect you all the way to Hades. Your damage will keep increasing until the weapon is maxed at G10.10 or G11.10.