Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-173.25.131.0-20140113153558/@comment-24108837-20140113224246

Older non plus epics do not have much higher stats than the armors you mention. If you happen to have elemental advantage over the epic you will do more damage to it than it does to you. Armor types are not inherently favoured. The rarity of an armor does not influence the strength in battle. Only the stats do. So an epic with low stats is weaker than a rare armor with higher stats.

In the arena you may encounter epics that are not maxed. I do not have epics but I do have Glacius + maxed and Krampus + almost maxed and another maxed legendary +. I encounter 3 epic opponents in the arena frequently and I win very often.