The Penelope is one of Gundam U.C. Engage's most powerful and popular units. You will run into this powerful mobile suit often in PvP, so how do you counter it? Read on to learn about the Penelope, its weaknesses, and which mobile suits can beat this MS.

How to Counter the Penelope

Penelope Information

［M0231］ Penelope
PvE Rank	PvP Rank

Rarity	Category	Type
	Armored	Red

The Penelope is the best defensive mobile suit in the game, being the hardest Armored unit to take down given its high guard rate. If you didn't already know, guard rate is a mechanic that gives mobile suits the chance to guard, which reduces the incoming damage down to just 1. This means that the Penelope can get hit by the hardest-hitting attacks in the game and receive just 1 damage per instance.

For attacks that do manage to go through its guard rate, it'll have to go through the Penelope's high DEF which is its base amount increased by 60%. Finally, its 25% max HP boost improves its health pool, allowing it to stand, fight, and guard for longer.

It's also a powerful offensive unit, given its high beam damage, accuracy, and powerful EX skill, which charges up each time it takes damage.

All these make the Penelope the best defensive unit in the game, which also has the firepower to top the damage charts of the battle. However, even the almighty Penelope has weaknesses and counters that you can exploit to consistently beat this popular and meta mobile suit.

Penelope Weaknesses

Guard Rate Decreases When Taking Damage

Each time it is hit, the Penelope loses 5% of its guard rate, maxing out at 100%. This leaves the base Penelope with just 10% guard rate, though the minimum guard rate will rise if Lane Aim is on board, who grants an extra 24% guard rate. Still, 10% and 34% guard rate is way easier to deal with than 110% and 134%.

To wear down the Penelope's guard rate quickly, use mobile suits with high hit-count weapons like the Qubeley and the Dag Doll as these will open it up for attacks way sooner than those with lower hit-count weapons.

Do note, however, that the Penelope quickly charges up its EX gauge when taking damage, so expect the Penelope to fire back with all its got when going for this strategy.

Weak To Crit Damage

Crits will always go through guard rate, so crit-oriented mobile suits can really hurt the Penelope on a consistent basis.

Outside of these two, the Penelope doesn't really have any other weaknesses.

Penelope Counters

Mobile suits with high hit-counts
［M0029］ Qubeley	［M0340］ Dag Doll	［M0230］ Xi Gundam

Mobile suits with high hit-counts like the ones listed above can quickly reduce the Penelope's guard rate by 100%.

Mobile suits with critical hit
［M0238］ Gundam Ez8	［M0239］ S Gundam	［M0251］ Unicorn Gundam Perfectibility

Mobile suits with high critical rate can bypass the Penelope's guard rate for each time they land critical hits. The Ez8, in particular, is great to bring along against the Penelope as it grants the whole team critical strike and critical ATK, but even more for bombardment mobile suits. Meanwhile, units with crit built into their kits like the Unicorn PF and the S Gundam can deal with the Penelope well by landing their critical hits.

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