tank / utility
Shields, damage reduction, and counter effects that keep an infantry line alive; excellent durable primary or premium deputy. Enables damage rather than dealing it.
Infantry + Defence/Garrison for holding; Skill if leading offence
Scipio Prime's shields and damage reduction buy Guan Yu the uptime his slow, heavy AoE needs, on matched infantry buffs.
Our SS AoE smite behind the premier infantry enabler: shields and mitigation protect the smite wind-up.
Wallace's smite burst gets the mitigation cover it lacks natively, on matching infantry stat lines.
Trajan's team-wide buffs are multiplied by Scipio Prime's counter-and-shield engine into a march that wins attrition.