Does armor matter in Kilroy's punch out?

Should I worry about getting max armor for doing kilroy runs for survivor?

Yes you should

I have a question related to this, does it also include runes? (in terms of armor)

If you take damage, armor matters. You lose your health in Kilroy's dungeon by taking damage You can easily get max armor in Borlis as soon as you enter GW:EN anyway. No reason to be a penny pincher on a survivor character. I highly recomment max armor, but also a Superior Vigor and Survivor insignias.

I'm goin' for survivor, 1/4 way there and haven't died over 3 times in HM... not worried there.

yes it matters. also, boost up the dagger mastery if u wanna do more dmg. yayuhhhh

your gonna want as much health as possible, cause all it take is one lagged out moment.

Best thing that helped me was on wiki, it said to change the regain energy key, 9 I think, and assign 3 or 4 keys to it and hammer away when you get KO'd, I regained energy so quick it was almost impossible to die.