The latest release of Gauntlet has made the Valkyrie character a badass beyond compare, but this was not always the case. 

Now this a franchise that started in 1985, and it went through a very dark period where the character above was still supposed to be the one with the most armor.  They’ve gone from that (Seven Sorrows, 2005), to:

There is seriously no excuse for any franchise to keep perpetuating these terrible armor tropes.

– wincenworks