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In the Days of Ruin campaign, Penny is the second enemy CO seen, after [[The Beast]], but does not appear again until after [[Greyfield]] is defeated. She is the enemy CO twice after that, in [[The Great Owl (mission)|The Great Owl]] and [[Crash Landing]]. She finds herself onboard [[The Great Owl]] when Will attempts to rescue Isabella, however Caulder orders her to crash it and kill herself along with everyone on board. [[Isabella]], however, persuades her not to, and Penny consequently joins the [[12th Battalion]]. She is seen in the ending cutscene, a year after [[Caulder]]'s defeat, during which she STILL has a close bond with Mr. Bear.
In the Days of Ruin campaign, Penny is the second enemy CO seen, after [[The Beast]], but does not appear again until after [[Greyfield]] is defeated. She is the enemy CO twice after that, in [[The Great Owl (mission)|The Great Owl]] and [[Crash Landing]]. She finds herself onboard [[The Great Owl]] when Will attempts to rescue Isabella, however Caulder orders her to crash it and kill herself along with everyone on board. [[Isabella]], however, persuades her not to, and Penny consequently joins the [[12th Battalion]]. She is seen in the ending cutscene, a year after [[Caulder]]'s defeat, during which she STILL has a close bond with Mr. Bear.
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All of Penny's Units are not affected by weather even if the CO unit is not deployed.
==CO Abilities==
==CO Abilities==
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===[[CO Power]]===
===[[CO Power]]===
<big>'''Stormfront'''<sup>(Days of Ruin)</sup> - '''Enigma'''<sup>(Dark Conflict)</sup></big>
<big>'''Stormfront'''<sup>(Days of Ruin)</sup> - '''Enigma'''<sup>(Dark Conflict)</sup></big>
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*[[Weather]] is changed randomly to either rain, snow, or sandstorm, lasting
3
days.
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*[[Weather]] is changed randomly to either rain, snow, or sandstorm, lasting
the following 2
days.
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**[[Rain]] reduces all properties vision to 0 and all enemy units vision to 1. It creates [[Fog of War]] if it's not in place already.
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[[
Rain
]] reduces
all properties vision to 0 and
all enemy units
vision
to
1
. It creates [[Fog of War]] if it's not in place already
.
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[[
Snow
]] reduces all enemy units
mobility
by
1.
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[[Sandstorm]] reduces enemy attack power by 30%, after damage calculations but before the effect of a CO zone is applied.
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* [[Snow]] reduces all enemy units mobility by 1.
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[[Sandstorm]] reduces enemy attack power by 30%, after damage calculations but before the effect of a CO zone is applied.
==Unlock==
==Unlock==
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==Strategy==
==Strategy==
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With no bonus beyond the standard +10 attack and defense to any units, Penny's CO Zone is technically the weakest of all COs. However, it is no worse than those whose zone only boosts particular units when those units are not present, for example [[Waylon]] when he has no access to air units, and hers has 3 range to his 2. Also, she is the only CO whose units all experience her passive effect whether in the zone or not. Penny plays a wide game.
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Penny should only be played when weather effects are available. Otherwise, she has no stat boosts outside of the standard CO Zone's +10 attack and defense. If you care about stats with a higher-than-average 3 CO Zone, you are better off with Brenner.
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Since Penny struggles in clear weather, the choice of weather effects is very significant. With clear weather selected, her entire gimmick is to use her CO Power as often as possible to create weather. Play defensively early on, prioritize unit damage over price damage, and keep the CO unit safe. She will not be powerful until she has enough momentum to fully charge her power in the 2 days between activations to keep the weather roiling. With a constant weather selected, she gets a powerful boost without ever needing to board onto a unit, but her CO Power will change to different weather. With random weather selected, Penny will sometimes get an advantage over her opponents, or the weather could stay clear for a few days. It's a good idea to get her power charged up for a reliable push.
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Sandstorm and snow increase her units' safety, allowing her to press them ahead to advantageous positions with less risk of retaliation. Rain is a bit of a special case. It forces on Fog of War rules if they weren't already, and Penny's buildings have 0 vision like everyone else, but her units keep their normal vision range. This will be a thorn in your side if you are not used to Fog of War, but it is still an advantage because the vision of all other CO's units is reduced to 1. The AI does not cheat on this, so you can hide your units and lead the enemy into ambushes.
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If there are no random weather changes selected, her entire gimmick is to quickly get a weather effect during her CO Power time. Like the luck-based COs in the previous game, there are 3 possible scenarios. If you get sandstorm or snow, you can definitely go on the offensive and those are the only 2 weather effects that Penny benefits from. Rain, on the other hand, can actually work against you, if Fog of War is not already present. If Rain pops up and the map analysis shows that your engagements require more units to be in range for vision purposes, you are likely forced to retreat and force your opponent to go on the offensive. You do not want an trap/ambush that leaves your units exposed and the little +10 attack and defense isn't going to help you survive.
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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She is the only CO in [[Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]] to have an ability that affects all her units
out side of
her CO zone without her CO Power being used.
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*She is the only CO in [[Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]] to have an ability that affects all her units
outside
her CO zone without her CO Power being used.
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Penny is considered to be the weakest playable CO in Days of Ruin, only offering a 10%
offence
and defense boost.
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*Penny is considered to be the weakest playable CO in Days of Ruin, only offering a 10%
offense
and defense boost.
*Strangely enough, Penny is shown to possibly have four teddy bears, as seen in her CO picture, and a cutscene when Caulder talks to his children after Greyfield is defeated. Penny's bears are colored as Green, Black, Yellow, and Red. This would cast some doubt as to which one is actually "Mr. Bear", however, she is mostly seen with the red one, which also holds her necklace (found on all of Caulder's clones), probably signifying it as "Mr. Bear" from the trio. However, when the other ones make their appearance, the Black teddy bear is shown to wear her necklace, possibly meaning that their color is merely changed due to the lighting.
*Strangely enough, Penny is shown to possibly have four teddy bears, as seen in her CO picture, and a cutscene when Caulder talks to his children after Greyfield is defeated. Penny's bears are colored as Green, Black, Yellow, and Red. This would cast some doubt as to which one is actually "Mr. Bear", however, she is mostly seen with the red one, which also holds her necklace (found on all of Caulder's clones), probably signifying it as "Mr. Bear" from the trio. However, when the other ones make their appearance, the Black teddy bear is shown to wear her necklace, possibly meaning that their color is merely changed due to the lighting.
*Penny is shown to have bad memory as she does not appear to remember who Will is during the final cutscenes, after which Will states he believes she will "eventually remember".
*Penny is shown to have bad memory as she does not appear to remember who Will is during the final cutscenes, after which Will states he believes she will "eventually remember".
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Internally, she is called "Agat".
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*Internally, she is called "Agat".
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Penny is the one of the only 2 COs in Days of Ruin to potentially have a negative effect when
a
CO Power is used; the other being Tabitha if a Firestorm hits her own units. For Penny, if her CO Power triggers rain, she creates
a
fog of war
to
herself as well. If a player was not paying attention, they could accidentally trigger trap/ambushes on locations where the enemy's units are, thus stopping Penny's units from attacking.
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*Penny is the one of the only 2 COs in Days of Ruin to potentially have a negative effect when
her
CO Power is used; the other being Tabitha if a Firestorm hits her own units. For Penny, if her CO Power triggers rain, she creates fog of war
for
herself as well. If a player was not paying attention, they could accidentally trigger trap/ambushes on locations where the enemy's units are, thus stopping Penny's units from attacking.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==