[Vynd]

I was in favor of weakening the VQ before, but I think it is too soon to say if she needs to be weakened again. It does seem to me that she remains the most powerful combat Pretender you can get starting out the game. In the late game other Pretenders and summons can also be very strong with the right equipment, but the VQ comes with so many nice abilities built in that nothing really compares early on. But something has to be the best fighting Pretender early in the game. It might as well be her.

The problem before, at least as Illwinter seems to have seen it, was that the VQ was both an excellent fighter and Rainbow. The only reason you wouldn't take her is if you wanted a bless effect or wanted to dump most of your points into scales/dominion/forts.