Men and wars

What I found most interesting in A King and No King was the use of battles to show characteristics. Bessus is said to have been beaten so badly through life that he had "at least 300 daggers set in's head" in Act V. But, while this is going on, the assumed king, Arbaces, was merely "saved from the arrows of malice and ambition..." by Gobrias in Act V. In fact, Bessus seems to arm himself with arrows of malice and ambition, and uses them to avoid true battles. Which is a more desired quality through the play?