BDO Valkyrie Guide

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CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
CURRENT STATE
COMBAT
SKILLS AND BUILDS
SKILL BUILDS
LOCKING & QUICKSLOTTING
LOCKED SKILLS
QUICK SLOT SKILLS
SKILL ADD-ONS
PREFACE
PRE-AWAKENING
AWAKENING DOT BUILD (PVP)
SELF-BUFF BUILD (PVP)
RABAM SKILLS
Level 56 Rabam Choices
ABSOLUTE SKILLS
BLACK SPIRIT RAGE SKILLS
FOOD AND OTHER BUFFS
PVE
PVX
PVP
GAMEPLAY AND COMBOS
PREFACE
PRE-AWAKENING
AWAKENING PVE
PVP
DUELS
GROUP FIGHTS
QOL Changes
GEAR
CONCEPTS
ABILITY LEVELS
RESISTANCES
CRYSTALS
ENHANCING

OFF-HANDS
RENOWN SCORE, AP-SCALING AND DP-SCALING
ALCHEMY STONES
BUILDS
PROGRESSION
END GAME
TROUBLESHOOTING
UNABLE TO DO AWAKENING QUEST

INTRODUCTION
CURRENT STATE
The Valkyrie has changed quite a bit over the past few months, but fear not, it’s still in
a pretty good state and definitely worth playing!

PROS CONS
High Damage Output Movement is unprotected or Frontal

Guard only: high chance of getting CC’d.
Versatile: can perform well in any type of Super Armor has gaps at the beginning
PvP, from duels to small scale to large of the animations
scale
Among the top late-game grinders Little forgiveness: if you make a mistake,
overextend, can’t manage stamina, you
will end up dead
Very strong supportive Abilities Early to mid-game grinding is mediocre

at best
Not extremely skill-point heavy The class in general scales better as you
compared to other classes. Lots of skills put more time into it, unlike some other
are just “nice-to-have” or for advanced classes, Valkyrie is not a
gameplay “good-from-the-get-go” class
Still has a bit of room for gear variation Frontline engaging and disengaging has
while remaining useful become harder, but not impossible

In a nutshell though, Valkyrie is still one of the top classes in the game. You won’t be
playing in god mode, but you won’t be a damsel in distress either. One could argue
that we’re pretty close to the sweet spot and the changes that are welcomed would
be quality of life fixes.

As a final note, keep in mind that the Valkyrie is a class that will take time and effort
and therefore, you most likely won’t get the most out of it if you don’t choose it as
your main character. If you do decide to stick by it, you’ll be having the time of your
life playing this class!

COMBAT
SKILLS AND BUILDS

Valkyrie has a pretty straight forward choice of skills, but nevertheless we’ll provide
you with some skill builds. Just know that in general, you will want to prioritize putting
skill points in your awakened skills while trying to keep your movement, buff/debuff
and supportive skills from your pre-awakened skills.
SKILL BUILDS

● Pre-awakening PvE (493): http://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77756
All the skills you need to get to 56.
● Pre-Awakening bare basics (443): http://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77537
This is basically the model of your future skill builds. These are the skills you
pretty much should have. Unskilling SoJ is fine at 56.
● Awakening bare basics (639): h ttp://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77542
This build indicates what was said before, take every awakening skill you got
and feel free to add “Absolute: Breath of Elion”, “Absolute: Punishment” and
“Skilled Hunter” in the pre-awakening tree.
You can choose whichever Rabam skill you wish, both are good.
If you rushed through the content, you will most likely find yourself short of skill
points. If this is the case, you can use your free skill-reset from the awakening
quest and go for this instead(482): h ttp://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77539
Keep in mind that this will limit your PvP abilities for the time being and you
will have to make up for those skill points at some point in time.
● Awakening lvl 57 (695): h ttp://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77541
Follow-up build with the addition of absolute skills and the 57 unlockables.
Second rabam choice is left out deliberately because it’s skillpoint heavy and
not really worth the cost.
● Awakening lvl 58 (950): http://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77549
Follow-up build with the standard 58 unlockables and some absolute skills.
● Awakening lvl 59 (1110): http://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77550
Fleshing out the awakening build a bit more, if necessary you can leave out
certain absolute skills until you have enough skill points for them.
● Awakening lvl 60 minimum (1452): http://bdocodex.com/us/skillcalc/77569
With this build, you’ll be set for a while, there are definitely more skills for you to
get to optimize your damage, CC-chain or overall utility, but at this point you
should be able to figure out which ones.

LOCKING & QUICKSLOTTING

Sometimes it’s useful to lock certain skills, because the key combination might be
clunky or you trigger a skill you absolutely didn’t want to use. This is all up to personal
preference and is by no means necessary.
LOCKED SKILLS
○ Evasion (PvE roll, useful at world bosses)

○ Divine Power (can be triggered unintentionally and puts you in
pre-awakening)
○ Noble Spirit (Sometimes people don’t want to duel with E-buffs)
○ Charging Slash (might interrupt your running if you click by accident)
○ Flurry of Kicks (A skill that won’t be missed, but could cause
annoyance)
○ Flying kick (A skill that won’t be missed, but could cause annoyance)
QUICK SLOT SKILLS
○ Elion’s Blessing (quickslot only skill)

○ Punishment (to be able to grab from awakening)
○ Heaven’s Echo (If you use BloodPaw’s “Echo-Walk”)
○ Wave of Light (To prevent accidental usage)
○ Terra Sancta (Sometimes glitches and uses Sacrum Ferit instead
[possibly fixed])
○ Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae (Sometimes glitches and uses Sacrum Ferit
instead[possibly fixed])
○ Celestial Smite: preference, clunky key combination
○ Celestial Cry: preference, clunky key combination
○ Divine Slam: preference, clunky key combination
○ Divine Descent: preference, clunky key combination
○ Lucem Fluxem: it can now be used from quickslot, situationally useful

SKILL ADD-ONS
Skill add-ons are a useful way to buff yourself up just that tiny bit more. It’s good for
optimizing your damage output and there’s really no reason not to have them. There
are a few must have add-ons as well as others that are just personal choice.

Note: Skill add-ons do not work on flows of skills.
PREFACE
There are a few types of add-ons you can get, below there’s a little explanation about
each type and a little explanation as to why you should or shouldn’t take it.

● Monster Attack Increase: only good for PVE.
● Critical Hit Rate Increase: good for PVE and PVP, but generally all you need is
the Celestial Spear add-on, due to the low CD on this skill and its natural +80%
crit increase.
● PVP Attack Increase: self-explanatory, only useful for PVP.
● HP recovery per hit: good for PVE, on skills with lots of hits. Generally not so
good for PVP.
● SP recovery per hit: not really good, valkyrie has enough tools to constantly
keep SP up.
● Down Smash Chance Increase: while down smash is actually really good and
a CC type that surpasses the rule of 3 CC-chaining, it is super unreliable to pull
it off. If you want to try it out, feel free but you may not like the result.
● Accuracy Increase: self-explanatory, always welcome.
● Evasion Increase: valkyrie doesn’t scale well with evasion and evasion is kind of
a meme at the moment so it’s just not worth it.
● Movement Speed Increase: it can be useful, but it’s more of a last resort thing.
● Defense Increase: not a bad option if you want to be a bit tankier, but overall
not really suitable for every PvP type or current meta.
● Air Smash Chance: not even worth considering, the chance is too low, there’s
better way to get damage in.
● Bleeding/Pain/Poison: classic DOTs, good for PVP.
● Target Movement Speed/Casting Speed/SP/Attack Speed Decrease: you
can take these if you want, but they’ll mostly just annoy your opponent if they
land.

Another thing to know about skill-addons, is the way they stack. The general rule for
this, is that same type add-ons do not stack. Instead, they either get ignored or
overwritten depending on the condition.

For example:
● If you use Sharp Light with +25 Monster Damage and use Shield throw with
+20 Monster Damage right after, you will keep Sharp Light’s add-on for its
entire duration. ⇒ No stacking or overwriting.
● If you use Shield throw with +20 Monster Damage and use Sharp Light with
+25 Monster Damage right after, Sharp Light’s add-on will overwrite Shield
Throw’s add-on and the duration will be set to Sharp Light’s timer. ⇒ No
stacking, but overwriting

Add-ons with the same effect, but different description, do stack. E.g. if you have the
DOT build, Poison Damage, Pain and Bleeding will all stack with each other, but 3x
bleeding will not.

Do not confuse the DOT effects from skills with the DOT effects from add-ons. For
example, bleeding can be applied twice on your target. Once from a skill and once
from an add-on, in this case they do stack.
PRE-AWAKENING
The pre-awakening doesn’t change much in the late game. There is one mandatory
skill add-on so you always have 100% crit, everything else is completely up to you:

● Celestial Spear (MUST HAVE):
○ PVX: All Critical Hit Rate +20% for 9s. For self
○ PVE: Attack against Monsters +20 for 8s. For self
○ PVP: Instantly Recover 30 HP per hit
● Shield Throw (Preference):
○ PVP: PVP Attack +5 for 5s. For self
○ PVP: Inflicts 50 bleeding Damage per 3s. For 15s.
○ PVE: Attack against monsters +20 for 8s. For self
○ PVX: All movement speed +10% for 10s. For self
● Sharp Light (Preference):
○ PVP: PVP Attack +10 for 5s. For self
○ PVP: Inflicts 42 bleeding Damage every 3s For 15s
○ PVE: Attack Against Monsters +25 for 8s. For self
○ PVE: Instantly Recover 30 HP per hit
● Righteous Charge (Preference):
○ PVP: All casting speed +10% for 5s. For self
○ PVP: PVP Attack +10 for 5s. For self.

AWAKENING DOT BUILD (PVP)

The DOT build is a build which people tend to choose when they just start PVP’ing
due to lack of experience in which buffs are important. It’s somewhat useful as an
addition when you don’t care that much yet, but in the long run, you will want to
move on from this:

● Blitz Stab:
○ PVP Attack +10 for 5s. For self
○ Inflicts 63 pain damage per 3s. For 12s.
● Purificatione:
○ All Casting Speed +4%. For 5s. For self
○ Inflicts 40 poison damage per 3s. For 18s.
● Terra Sancta:
○ All Casting Speed +10%. For 5s. For self
○ Inflicts 59 Bleeding Damage per 3s. For 15s.
● Sanctitas de Enslar:
○ All Movement Speed -10% for 7s.
SELF-BUFF BUILD (PVP)

Self-buffing is what you want to do once you reach end game. It’s up to you which
buffs you want, there’s several combinations of good ones and it may take some time
and experimenting before you find the ones you absolutely love. Below are just a few
popular suggestions:

● Promptness (to some people MUST have):
○ All casting speed +4% for 5s. For self
● Hastiludium:
○ All accuracy +3% for 12s. For self
● Terra Sancta:
○ All Casting Speed +10% for 5s. For self

RABAM SKILLS
Rabam skills are two sets of skills that you unlock at levels 56 and 57 respectively. The
basic idea behind it, is that you combine 2 pre-awakening skills into a single, powerful
skill.

Acquiring Rabam skills does not require additional skill points, but you must have the
maximum base skill already if you want to use them.

Combing the 2 skills will also not take away the ability to use the skills separately. The
rabam skills are available as an addition to the existing skills and can be used from
either Quick Slots or the SHIFT+X/SHIFT+Z key combination.

Both options at 56 are appealing and useful. It is up to personal preference which one
you want to take. Generally people will recommend you take Celestial Cry if you are a
newer player and try out Celestial Smite at a later stage of the game.

● Celestial Cry: also known as the Rabam heal. It will allow you to heal
yourself and your allies in PVP events and can be used as a source of healing or
SP recovery during grinding sessions. Use it with caution, because it does not
have protection. Pick this skill if you are a support-minded player.
● Celestial Smite: This is basically the same skill as the ordinary Celestial
Spear, it will allow you to extend your damage combos in both PVP as well as
PVE. Pick this skill if you are a damage-focused player. Ultimate Celestial Spear
also procs when using this (off-CD), giving this Rabam a decent boost.

Both of these options are actually very disappointing and it’s honestly okay if you
don’t use them at all, especially if you already have issues with skill points.

● Divine Slam: basically the more useful of the two, it has a frontal guard and
a down smash. The damage is decent, but not overwhelming. Most people
who can afford the skill points for this Rabam skill, will be running around with
Divine Slam. It allows for some neat filler tricks in PVP, or is a way to let stamina
recover while grinding and still doing some damage.
● Divine Descent: a buff and debuff skill with an extremely high cool down
for the little bonus it actually gives. The Super Armor on the skill is also very
short and not really worth considering for SA chaining. Feel free to try it out,
but prepare to be disappointed.

ABSOLUTE SKILLS
The introduction of absolute skills, was another attempt of Pearl Abyss to try to get
people to make more use of their Pre-Awakening kit and it a quite successful
attempt! Valkyrie has quite a few absolute skills that are useful in both the utility
department, as the damage department. If you’ve gone through the skill builds, you
probably saw the high-priority ones already, but here’s an overview anyway:

● Heaven’s Echo: increases DP by 25 and accuracy by 15%.
● Breath of Elion: decreases the cool down of your heal and increases the heal
percentages.
● Celestial Spear: nice damage increase.
● Shield Throw: absolutely awesome for late game grinding.
● Punishment: Slight damage increase and a +10 DP bonus.

There’s also a few situational ones, depending on your playstyle/skill build:
● Righteous Charge: situational PVP skill for those comfortable with the
pre-awakening kit and cancels.
● Sword of Judgement: solid replacement for Castigatio, mostly for those
comfortable with the pre-awakening kit and cancels.
● Divine Power: good for PVE, but expensive in SP.
● Sharp Light: good filler damage if you actually use this skill.
● Just Counter: extension of Sharp Light.
● Judgement of Light: good for PVE, but skill point-heavy.
● Shining Dash: frontal guard skill, decent damage, some people play around
with it.

BLACK SPIRIT RAGE SKILLS

Black Spirit Rage skills have been added to the game. Basically these skills are an
adjustment or bonus on top of the the existing skills below, at the price of 10%, 25% or
50% rage. These skills are an addition to the already existing 100% and 200% rage
skills.

● Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae (10%): 3 extra hits and a slightly bigger range
● Terra Sancta (25%): 3 extra hits, +10 AP/DP for 20 seconds, Down Smash
● Promptness (50%): 3 extra hits, stiffness on good hits, floating on good last
hit, higher range and Super Armor

Verdict and Terra sancta rage version can be triggered by pressing LMB at the right
time during the casting of the skills. Promptness is triggered by pressing RMB at the
right time during the casting of the skill.

Verdict and Promptness aren’t really all that useful, the extra damage isn’t that
amazing for Verdict and the rage cost of promptness makes it less attractive.

Terra Sancta isn’t a big game changer, but has its use in both PvE and PvP. Most
people will stick to using only the Terra Sancta BSR skill, the others you can live
without.

FOOD AND OTHER BUFFS
PVE
Buffing up for PVE varies from which location you will be grinding at, as well as what
your goal of the grinding by itself is. Some people are focused on maximizing their
income, some only care for leveling faster and others are in dire need of those sweet
skill points. Below is an overview of common setups for each goal.

Warning:
● Beast’s Draught, Verdure Draught and Giant’s Draught do not stack with any
elixirs.
● Simple Cron Meal, Exquisite Cron Meal, Seafood Cron Meal and Energizing
Cron Meal do not stack with any other food. Any of these 4 cron meals will
overwrite each other’s buffs and will also overwrite any normal food buff. C
ron
Meals cannot be overwritten by normal food buffs.
● Book of Combat and Extra Combat Exp Scrolls do not stack.

Focus on EXP
Foods Elixirs Other
Simple Cron Meal Beast’s Draught Book of Combat

Splendid EXP Elixir Extra Combat Exp Scroll
Value Pack
[Event] Cold Dark Beer
Golden Bell
8-Piece Outfit
Daily 100-200% buff
Fame buffs for lower levels

PVX
If you don’t care that much about getting a maximum amount of EXP, you might
actually be better off running a more damage focused buff rotation. This can come in
handy when trying to defend your spot as well.

All purpose
Foods Elixirs Comments
Exquisite Cron Meal Beast’s Draught Lazy buff or proper

Giant’s Draught rotation, good for spots
like:
Valencia Meal + Beast’s Draught ● Centaurs
Kamasylvia Meal + Giant’s Draught ● Basilisks
Knight Combat Rations or ● Pila Ku
Serendia Meal ● Manshaums
Rations or Serendia is a
matter of preference, the
AP does not stack.
Special Valencia Meal + Beast’s Draught Basically a PVP buff

Special Kamasylvia Meal + Giant’s Draught rotation combined with
Jumbo Lion Burger + draughts or elixirs, good
Knight Combat Rations or Elixir of Strong Draining for spots like:
Special Serendia Meal Elixir of Endless Fury ● Aakman
Elixir of Lethal Assassin ● Hystria
● Gyfin (solo)

Body Enhancement Villa
recommended.
Elixir of Endless Fury Basically a PVP buff

Elixir of Remarkable Will rotation, combined with
Elixir of Steel Defense elixirs specific for Gyfin
Elixir of Strong Shock group grinding. Divide
Elixir of Splendid EXP these in a group of 5,
Elixir of Strong Draining preferably the expensive
Grim Soul Reaper’s Elixir elixirs go to the damage
Elixir of Lethal Assassin dealers, the cheap ones to
Strong Griffon’s Elixir pullers.
Elixir of Brutal Death
Elixir of Brutal Perforation

PVP
For PVP most people will buff up to maximize their damage, although it is also
possible to buff up for that little bit of extra tankiness. The latter is not a popular
choice.

Focus on Damage
Food Elixirs Other
Special Valencia Meal + Giant’s Draught Elixir of Deep Sea

Special Kamasylvia Meal + Perfume of Courage
Jumbo Lion Burger + Offensive: Melee AP Enhancer
Knight Combat Rations or Elixir of Lethal Assassin Body Enhancement Villa
Special Serendia Meal Elixir of Brutal Perforation Kamel Furniture Buff
Grim Soul Reaper’s Elixir 10% Crit Buff
Lazy option: Elixir of Brutal Carnage Whale Tendon Elixir
Exquisite Cron Meal Elixir of Brutal Death Whale Tendon Potion
Elixir of Advanced
Concentration
Elixir of Perfect Human
Hunt
Elixir of Strong Shock
Elixir of Endless Fury
Elixir of Intrepid Swiftness
Elixir of Strong Draining
Elixir of Sharp Detection

Defensive:
Elixir of Steel Defense
Elixir of Strong
Resurrection
Elixir of Strong Life

Functional:
Elixir of Overwhelming
Endurance
Elixir of Soaring Wings

Focus on Tankiness
Food Elixirs Other
Special Valencia Meal + Giant’s Draught Spirit Perfume Elixir

Special Kamasylvia Meal + Khalk’s Elixir
Knight Combat Rations or Offensive: Melee AP Enhancer
Special Serendia Meal Elixir of Lethal Assassin Body Enhancement Villa
Elixir of Brutal Perforation Pot Furniture Buff
Grim Soul Reaper’s Elixir 100 HP Buff
Elixir of Brutal Carnage Whale Tendon Elixir
Elixir of Brutal Death Whale Tendon Potion
Elixir of Advanced
Concentration
Elixir of Perfect Human
Hunt
Elixir of Strong Shock
Elixir of Endless Fury
Elixir of Intrepid Swiftness
Elixir of Strong Draining
Elixir of Sharp Detection

Defensive:
Elixir of Steel Defense
Elixir of Strong
Resurrection
Elixir of Strong Life

Functional:
Elixir of Overwhelming
Endurance
Elixir of Soaring Wings

GAMEPLAY AND COMBOS
PREFACE
Before jumping into the actual combos and how to play the Valkyrie, let’s go over
some commonly asked questions and try to answer them:

● Is Valkyrie a good class for 1v1?
Yes, the Valkyrie is a good class for 1v1, it has difficulties against certain classes
and it’s not the top dog in the current meta, but with the right amount of
practice and increase in skill, you will be able to fight the majority of people.

● Is Valkyrie a good class for small-to-medium-scale fights?
Yes, the Valkyrie is a good class for these kind of fights. It is probably the type of
fight where she shines the most, given the right amount of practice and
understanding of all concepts of the class.

● Is Valkyrie a good class for large-scale fights?
Yes, the Valkyrie is a good class for large scale, e.g. sieges. Be aware that she
won’t have as much freedom as small-to-medium-scale fights, so while she can
still shine in large scale, it will be difficult.

● What is Valkyrie’s role in Nodewars and Sieges?
The Valkyrie has a versatile play style and can be used in several scenarios,
therefore its role is not limited to just one thing. Some possibilities are:
○ Semi-Front-Line CC BOT: due to lack of Super Armor and protected
movement in our kit, true front-lining has become increasingly difficult
for the Valkyrie. Being the first one to jump into a fight is generally not a
good idea anymore. However, dropping the initial CC’s and following up
other people’s attacks is still a viable gameplay. Make sure to either fall
back a little bit or let others engage before you do, unless you feel
comfortable using your 100% ultimate skill.
○ Second-Line Damage Dealer: instead of dropping your CC’s first, you’ll
wait a bit and drop the follow-up CC’s and try to put in as much damage
as you possibly can.
○ Blob-scout: you keep an eye on what’s going on around your own blob.
You tell your shot caller where the enemy is coming from and when the
good times and locations to engage or disengage are.
○ Protector: you have an eagle’s eye on top of a 6th sense for when your
allies are in trouble, or about to be in trouble. You have excellent timing
on when to use your PA and have no issues getting the most out of your
healings. You might not get a lot of kills with this playstyle, but you keep

your blob alive. Usually, you’ll hang around in the backline and jump in
at the right moment.
○ Flanker: this one is hard to pull of these days because of our limited
movement. But flanking around the blob, attacking and CC’ing from
different angles is still possible and can often be the game-changing
factor during a fight.

Ideally, you get a hang of all these playstyles and they can all be combined
throughout a nodewar. Try to coordinate with other Valkyries (or classes with
similar roles), who takes which tasks and get some synergy going!

● Why is Valkyrie called the “wheelchair” class?
Valkyrie used to be one of the most mobile classes in the game, they were so
fast, they could beat Maehwas in a race. After the big rebalance, the Valkyrie
got limited in its movement quite a lot, either by increased stamina
consumption, or lack of protection.
Many of the old Valkyries didn’t like this change and still have issues adapting
to the new way Valkyrie has to be played. A meme goes around that Valkyrie is
only good for blocking and dying, but it’s just a meme.
While the movement changes had a big impact on the playstyle, it was also a
necessary change, so in the end, it’s best to just get over it and if you can’t,
perhaps a Maehwa or Musa fits your needs.

● Is Valkyrie better than Warrior?
Valkyrie and Warrior are two completely different classes despite both having a
shield. They’re simply incomparable.

● Can you explain how Purificatione works?
Purificatione is basically our lowest cool down allied healing and a very good
skill, but the skill description is pretty confusing. Basically it works like this:
○ Purificatione on friend ⇒ friend recovers 10%-20% of his health back
(actual value depends on the skill level).
○ Purificatione on friend and on enemy simultaneously ⇒ friend recovers
20%-40% of his health back (actual value depends on the skill level).
The skill can heal many targets at once and only requires to hit 1 enemy to get
the full healing.

● Do we have any movement cancels?

Yes, we have movement cancels, but be aware that these are extremely
resource-heavy and should only be used situationally. They are also mostly
unprotected.
○ SHIFT + W > LMB > Space ( each component separately, do not hold on
to any keys).
○ SHIFT + W > Space (easier variation)
○ LMB + A/D > Q (sideways movement cancel, also used to dodge grabs
from some classes).

● What is this Echo Walk, or Bloodpaw Dash I keep hearing about?
This, is actually another movement cancel, discovered by sister Bloodpaw. To
perform this cancel, do the following:
○ Put Heaven’s Echo on a quick slot
○ Hold Space + Q
○ Tap the quick slot quickly
This movement cancel is pretty viable for short distances, safer movement,
grab engages and for going down hill. It is also easier to use if your E-buff is
active. All credits for this go to Bloodpaw: h ttps://www.twitch.tv/bloodpawbdo.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLJpLyodfFI

● What are Special Attacks?

Special attacks are basically damage multipliers, that increase your damage
when a certain condition is met, a brief overview:
○ Air Attack (damage * 2): your opponent needs to be in an airborne state
for this bonus multiplier to apply.
○ Counter Attack (PVE) (damage * 2): if you can land a skill, while your
opponent is still casting a skill, the counter attack multiplier will be
applied.
○ Down Attack (damage * 1.5): the multiplier applies when your opponent
is in a downed state.
○ Speed Attack (PVE) (damage * 1.5): if you attack your opponent as
he/she is running at you, this multiplier will apply.
○ Back Attack (damage * 1.5): the multiplier applies when your opponent’s
flank or backside is exposed to you.

Back attacks are not skill-specific, so basically every skill can be a back attack. In
the scenario where you apply a back attack combined with any of the other
Special Attacks, only the one with the highest damage modifier will be applied.

Note that the multipliers for PVP are reduced by 30%.

● Can you explain how CC’s work?

The current CC system that is in place, consists of a few core CC types, which
each have a value assigned to them:
○ Stiffness: 0.7
○ Stun/Knockdown/Bound/Knockback/Floating/Grapple/Freezing: 1
○ Down Smash/Air Smash: 0
The way it works, is that if the total count of the skills you casted, has a CC value
that exceeds 2.7, your target will have a 5 second immunity to any CC, except
for Down Smashes and Air Smashes. “Standing CCs” i.e: stiffness, stun and
knockback, will not apply their CC or be counted towards your CC limit if you
use a skill with these attributes whilst your opponent is still CC-ed on the
ground.

For example:
Stiff → Stiff → Stun ⇒ 0.7 + 0.7 + 1 = 2.4 ⇒ 5 second immunity
Stun → Grapple ⇒ 1 + 1 = 2 ⇒ 5 second immunity
Stun → Knockdown → Down Smash → Down Smash ⇒ 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 ⇒ can be
applied continuously.

Note: the 5 second immunity applies as soon as the effect hits you. For
example, cast Punishment into Sharp Light, the 5 second immunity will apply
as soon as the Sharp Light hits.

After the hit however, your target will still be CC’d for a while, meaning his 5
second immunity is running out while he is still laying on the ground. If you can
also add in a lucky Down Smash, you can completely bypass the 5 second
immunity, with the right timing.

● What are Block cancels?
A block cancel is basically canceling a certain skill by pressing Q (block). This
can come in handy from time to time especially in awakening, as it allows for
certain actions to go or flow faster, or put you back to safety faster. Some
example skills:
○ Punishment (from quickslot): using Punishment from quickslot can only
be done with the regular skill, not its ultimate form, therefore it cannot
be used as quickly as using it from pre-awakening E. Pressing Q before
trying to grab, allows you to grab faster.
○ Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae and Terra Sancta: pressing block before casting
either skill, allows you to cast the skills somewhat faster.
○ Wave of Light: pressing Q upon casting Wave of Light, puts you right
back into block, which is the safest way of casting WoL. Be aware that
you cannot charge the skill for the 2nd vacuum if you cancel it with Q.

It should be noted that there is still a small “risk” associated with Q cancelling
(or when attempting to precisely time to block skills), as there is a roughly 0.5
second delay between pressing Q and completing the blocking animation, and
the super armor status taking effect. If you play with high ping, you can
anticipate this delay to be slightly longer. The activation of the super armor
status coincides with the appearance of the DP buff countdown timer.
PRE-AWAKENING
For the pre-awakening we will only discuss the PvE aspect to get you going. Unless a
new server launches, everyone should have the awakening available in their region. If
you do insist on heavily studying the pre-awakening and need a guide for it, take a
look at the following guide (note that some parts may be outdated):
http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/index.php?/topic/58303-01282017-update-the-ulti
mate-valkyrie-gearskillcombo-guide/

For the pre-awakening PvE, you should understand the following concepts:
● Celestial Spear usage: use this skill wisely and often, to maximize your
damage. Not using this skill will slow you down as your attacks will not have
80% (+20%) critical hit on it.
● Shield Throw Cancels: Shield Throw is a skill that can be canceled into, which
causes it to be a lot faster. The Key Combination for this is:
○ S+LMB > S + Q
Using this combination will enforce a forehand throw instead of a backhand
throw of your shield, meaning a successful execution of the cancel.

Learning the cancel will allow you to perform a fast stun in PVP (use with
caution, it is unprotected!), but is also extremely important for early and late
game PVE.

The best way to practice this cancel, is by applying it in your early game PVE, by
using the following combination, this introduces every way of the cancel.:
○ S + LMB > S + Q > S + E > S + Q > A
/D + RMB > S + LMB >
S + Q > SHIFT + A/D > S + LMB > S + Q
● Sword of Judgement Cancels: Sword of Judgement is another skill that can
be canceled and used for early PVE. Later in the game, this skill becomes more
and more forgotten, although it does have some benefits for both PVE and
PVP. Whether or not you want to use or learn these cancels, is up to you. The
following skills have the ability to cancel into Sword of Judgement and can be
changed as you wish:
○ Celestial Spear > Sword of Judgement
○ Shield Chase > Shield Push > Sword of Judgement

○ Sharp Light > Sword of Judgement

○ Righteous Charge (needs to hit) > Sword of Judgement
○ Glaring Slash (2nd or 3rd hit) > Sword of Judgement

So, that’s pretty much it for the pre-awakening, practice at least the first two things
and you’ll be good to go in the future!
AWAKENING PVE
Alright, so once you hit the awakening, a whole new and exciting chapter starts for
you when it comes to grinding! At the start of getting your awakening, it will feel
pretty clunky and chaining into combos might be weird for you. Truth be told though,
the valkyrie has a very simple procedure of chaining combos at the start, which is
basically the ability to use promptness (space) after almost every skill.

The “sad” part however, is that spamming this will consume your resources extremely
fast, which indirectly means that your movement will be affected! As you get better
and better at the game, you’ll start getting a feel of when to use it.

So, what is the awakened PVE like? Basically, it’s all about finding proper rotations,
pulling/lining-up mobs correctly, resource management and getting the most out of
your damage skills.

The following pattern should be applied as you go grind:
● Find a spot/rotation with a nice density or fast-aggro mobs
● Aggro the first pack and move to the second one in the rotation
● Kill the first pack of mobs and as they die, the second pack will start focusing
you
● Make sure you don’t spread the mobs out, because the valkyrie does not have
many AOEs
● Apply debuffs and exploit damage multipliers
● Burst your mobs at the start of your skill rotation, but ensure your stamina/SP is
(almost) fully recovered as you get closer to killing the mobs.

As far as combos go, we actually have many skills that can be used in any way you
wish. The basic idea behind grinding with the Valkyrie is that you have a few types of
skills:
● Debuff/buff/recovery skills:
○ Purificatione: -10 Melee DP on target, Heals, Stuns mobs, Spins mobs
around for back attacks

○ Sacrum Ferit: -9% Evasion on target, SP recovery, Crit rate +20%,

several CC effects. The flow ( ) also recovers SP and applies -9%
evasion
○ Celestial Spear: -30% Movement Speed, 80% (+20% add-on) crit rat
○ Sanctitas de Enslar (non-rage version): the 100% crit rate o
nly applies
when using the skill in its non-100% rage version, when you want to use
the ultimate, you must have 100% crit up! Increases your own Melee AP
by 20 for 10 seconds!
● 100% Crit damage skills
○ Verdict Lancia Iustitiae (only on pull-up): it’s okay to use this one with
the flow without the crit buff from Celestial Spear up.
○ Flow Revelation Sanctus: the flow by itself has a natural 100% critical.
○ Blitz Stab: even though this skill has 100% crit rate, it flows so easily
with Hastiludium that you’ll use it together with the spear buff anyway.
○ Ultimate Blitz Stab: flow of the skill above, same principle.
● Non-100% crit damage skills:
○ Castigatio: decent skill, decent damage, especially when you just get
awakened.
○ Hastiludium: powerhouse skill, big damage
○ Sacrum Ferit: debuff and filler skill, okay damage
○ Promptness: switching skill, but with high damage if off CD.
○ Terra Sancta: super high damage burst skill, should use this as often
as you can.

The first thing you want to do is apply debuffs whenever possible, mostly with the
Purificatione and Sacrum Ferit skills.

Once the debuffs are applied, you start dealing damage with the skills that require
the 100% crit buff from Celestial Spear. After the 100% crit buff from Celestial Spear
runs out, you try to finish up the remaining mobs by rotating your natural 100% crit
skills.

If the mobs still aren’t dead after all that, you start the whole thing over until they are.
Some example combos:

● SHIFT + LMB > RMB (x3) > RMB > F > S + E > Space >
S+LMB (2 clicks) > W + F > W + RMB >

SHIFT + RMB (hold)

● SHIFT + LMB > RMB (x3) > RMB > F > S + E > Space >
S+RMB > W + F > W + RMB > SHIFT + RMB (hold)

That’s pretty much it as far as purely awakened PVE goes. As you progress and get a
hang of it, you should come up with your own combos and flows and throw in some
more pre-awakened stuff as you see fit!

PVP
DUELS
Valkyrie has historically been a strong contender in the 1v1 category, despite being
underestimated for a very long time. While many people have the ability to get into
Valkyrie and play her well to a certain extent, the skill ceiling can be quite high.
Therefore the difference in skill is quite noticeable between an average Valkyrie and a
“pro” Valkyrie.

Currently Valkyries still offer a lot of potential in duels, but it requires a reasonable
amount of knowledge of all BDO classes to perform at the top tier of the game. To
start things of let’s go over a short pros vs cons list:

PROS CONS
High burst Frustrating to learn
Strong block A lot of unprotected skills
Reasonable sustain Issues covering distances (stamina)
One-shot ultimate Requires higher gear/level before seeing

results than other classes

So, now that we got the introduction out of the way, let’s dig into the core concepts
and skills and combos:
● Protection and movement: recent changes to CC and Super Armor, have
changed the way Valkyrie used to play in 1v1. In the past, we were pretty much
un-CC-able gods, faster than the wind due to having lingering Super Armor on
our block and a superior dash-cancel. Now that this is all gone and we’re left
with only a few SA skills, we need to adjust our movement as it is mostly
unprotected.

You might ask yourself “why does this matter?”, well basically, Valkyrie is a
melee class. This means you need to be close to your enemy and burst it down
by capitalizing on successful CC’s.

Our high-damage skills also have a reasonably long cool down, so it’s important
not to blow them unnecessarily. Timing is key and fast reaction is required.

We also have next to no iframes, our SA skills are fairly static as is our block,
thus making us an easy target for some classes.

● Basic primary engages:

The following skills are pretty good for starting of a combo or simply just
baiting out the initial CC:
○ Punishment
○ Celestial Spear
○ Celestial Smite
○ Just Counter
○ Sharp Light
○ Blitz Stab
Using Wave of Light is also beneficial, if not for the initial CC, then at least for
zoning your enemy and trying to lock him into a certain area of the map
(taking away his/her liberty to move around or escape). Allowing you to grab
engage more easily.

● Grab engage combo(s):
Grab engages are pretty common and powerful. You should definitely learn at
least some of them. As your AP increases, your combos will most likely become
shorter as you simply need less skills to kill people.

E (or quickslot) > SHIFT + LMB > S + E or SHIFT+X (or quickslot) >
Space > S + LMB (2 clicks) > S + RMB > W + F > W + RMB

Explanation: because of the 2 CC system, you need to be picky about which CC
you apply on your target. Punishment is the first whole point of CC, sharp light
is used right after it for it’s knockdown CC effect. This lasts 4 seconds, so you
have enough time to do the combo up until Hastiludium and this skill has a
30% chance of extending your CC-chain with a down smash, which should be
enough for a kill. Celestia Smite may be prefered over Celestial Spear, because
it’s natural damage is higher, yet Ultimate Celestial Spear also procs (when
off-CD) when Celestial Smite is used, giving it a sweet damage boost.

Punishment, Sharp Light and Celestial Spear/Smite are the setups for this
engage. Grabbing for the initial CC, Sharp Light for the longest possible CC
extension and Celestial Spear/Smite for the 100% crit buff.

It is possible to land air attacks on both Sharp Light and Promptness, if you
cancel sharp light into Celestial Spear/Smite correctly. When you use Smite
instead of Spear, you’ll also get some additional damage.

Castigatio, Terra Sancta, Hastiludium and Blitz stab take care of the burst
damage in this combo and is subject to change, you could leave out the
castigatio for example.

See it in action 343 Evasion DP vs 244 AP: h ttps://streamable.com/s2g1f

Variations: it should be noted that not every fight is the same. Throughout the
course of a fight, conditions can change, leading to situations where trying to
land a full combo isn’t in your favor. E.g. your high damage skills could be on
cool down due to trying to escape with Hastiludium or trying pulling of a quick
CC with Blitz Stab.

In a nutshell, pay attention to your cool down timers, become one with them
and start feeling the combos. Certain skills like Promptness and Sharp Light
should be used with caution, because if you use them while they are on cool
down, they will use their high damage output or CC effect.

Promptness in particular is used often to swap back into the awakening stance,
so before you engage into a combo, pay attention that this skill is off cool down.

Skill add-ons will also greatly affect this combo. Add-ons used in the clip:
○ Sharp Light: +10 PVP Attack, 42 bleeding for 15 sec
○ Terra Sancta: 20% Down Smash, +10% Casting Speed
○ Blitz Stab: 62 Pain for 12 seconds, 3% accuracy

● Celestial Spear follow-up combo:
If you happened to have landed a Celestial Spear and put your enemy in the
bound state, there’s some combos you can do to fill the gaps and dish out
some damage. But be aware that you have already blown your first CC, so
going into the regular grab engage after this, will not have the same effect as
the grab-first engage which is mentioned above.

Regardless, here are some short burst combos you can perform on your
enemy:

S + E > W + F > E (or quickslot) > SHIFT + LMB >
Space > S + RMB

Keep in mind that the combo above does not apply Sharp Light’s 4 second
knock down effect anymore. Righteous Charge is used as a gap filler and with
the right add-ons e.g. casting speed +10% and target attack speed -10%, you
give yourself a lot of time to deal some damage.

Other short burst combos are:

○ S + E > W + F > E (or quickslot) > Space >
SHIFT + LMB > W + F > W + R

S + LMB (2 clicks) > W + F > W + R

S + LMB (2 clicks) > S + RMB

Keep in mind that you need to have your Celestial Spear’s buff up if you want to
actually deal a lot of damage (can be bypassed by having 5 Critical in your
Ability Stats). All these combos are interchangeable and can be applied
depending on situation. Use them as a learning spot and find out what works
best for you.

Be careful when you use righteous charge. It may apply an unwanted CC, if you
don’t cancel into Punishment fast enough. Canceling Righteous Charge can be
done if you have the Ultimate version of Punishment.

● What about all the other skills though?
Well, the other skills aren’t necessarily bad or anything, they just don’t really fit
in the whole picture of the 1v1 combos. To give you an overview though, we’ll list
every remaining skill you might think of using and give some explanation to it:

○ Sanctitas de Enslar: this is a unique ability that can be used in a
variety of ways and scenarios, both offensive and defensive. The melee
bonus is substantial and using it pre-combo offers a nice amount of
extra damage. Enslar is also useful as a closing ability post combo,
offering a reasonable small AOE damage while minimizing the
opponent’s ability to instantly counter you as soon as they recover.
It is not uncommon to land a killing blow with Enslar. The 100% rage
version, can turn a fight around when dealing with an overzealous
opponent due to its stun and massive damage. Overall the 100% rage on
Enslar is not often used for duels.
○ Divine Slam: our second Rabam skill with a frontal guard, small
healing and a down smash. It wasn’t mentioned in any of the previous
combos, but it can come in handy in certain situations, for example
countering damage or CC with the frontal guard. Due to the relatively

low damage and longer casting animation, it is not advised to use this
skill over the other skills in the combos, unless it’s necessary.
○ Flow: Lucem Fluxum: not many people are a fan of this ability, due to
its unprotected nature and often being casted unintentionally. Some
valks even lock it entirely for PVP. Its usage is limited.
○ Shining Dash: a skill many people wonder about because it has a
frontal guard. Its actual usage in duels is rather limited due to the long
animation and cast time.
○ Sword of Judgement: while not a bad skill perse, it simply gets
out-damaged by pretty much any other of your high damage skills. It
might come in handy from time to time if you have the skill maxed out
until its absolute form.
○ Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae: just like Sanctitas de Enslar, this skill has both
offensive and defensive functionality. In general you should be cautious
about using this skill against grab classes, because it makes you an easy
target due to the static and moderately long animation.
The skill can be used as a finisher, for damage trading through SA, or
countering sudden CC. It is typically not used excessively in 1v1 combos
anymore.
○ Elion’s Blessing: it’s our version of Protective Area, it allows you to turn
a fight around when you’re in a nasty situation, or to somewhat
brainlessly try to throw damage. If you do want to use it wisely, you can
cast it to give yourself time to heal up under pressure. Generally
speaking however, this skill is not often used in duels. Be aware that
desync may affect the effect of this skill and that you can cancel it with
promptness before the effect is even applied.

● Shield throw engages:
So, finally all the hard work training your Shield Throw cancels is going to pay
of. Shield Throw is a neat skill that has allows you to perform a CC on your
target and catch him or her by surprise. Due to the skill’s unprotected nature, it
is advised to use it with caution. The cancel itself goes like this for PVP:

SHIFT + A/D > S + LMB > S + Q

A variety of combos can actually be used to follow up on this quick CC. an
example is:

RMB (2 clicks) > SHIFT + LMB

Shield throw can also be used as a disengage tool, by e.g. just casting it from a
relatively safe distant as your enemy is knocked down, just for the damage.

● Terra Sancta Ending/Disengaging
Terra Sancta in itself is better used in your combo, due to its insane amount of
damage dealt. It is however completely viable to use it as a finishing skill, by e.g.
trying to get behind your enemy and casting it from a distance, to safely
disengage afterwards. Whether this is something you want to do or not, is up
to you.

● How can I play defensively?
Sometimes you just have to play defensively, you are a blocking class without
iframes and safe movement after all. Valkyrie relies heavily on its block, which
negates damage at the cost of her shield becoming weaker as more damage is
soaked.If you let an enemy freely attack you as you are standing in the guard
position, it is only a matter of time before your shield breaks and leaves you
stunned. The more DP (Damage Reduction specifically) you have, the longer
your shield will last.

In order to regain some of your shield’s health, you can apply the side stap. It’s
basically a semi-protected way of covering small bits of shield HP back, simply
by doing this:
○ A/D + LMB/RMB > Q
We are calling it a semi-protected skill, because this side step casts very fast,
there is a small iframe in between (which is amazing for dodging grabs of
certain classes as well) and you go in to block really fast. Nevertheless, you can
still be CC’d while performing this. You can also use this little track to get closer
or behind your enemies and thus becoming more of a threat or avoiding
damage and CC’s.

Some other defensive skills are:

○ Shield Chase: another skill we can use defensively. It’s pretty much a
dodge with a frontal guard, so it’s pretty decent for maneuvering around
the battlefield and to pull off that sweet shield throw engage. This skill
isn’t an iframe and we get screwed over pretty fast by it due to desync.
○ Hastiludium: Super Armor and a pretty long dash, sounds pretty
good right? While this skill primarily servers as a damage dealing skill, it
can actually be used to escape an unfavorable situation. Given it’s
somewhat short cool down, it’s acceptable to use it as a movement skill
from time to time.

○ Sanctitas de Enslar: as mentioned before, it can be used defensively

as we are untargetable while in the air. However, using this skill should
be done with a lot of attention to the situation, as we can be grabbed
out of the skill as soon as we become targetable again.
● How does gear affect our combos?
The better your gear is, the shorter your combos will be. BDO is basically at the
point where having an AP is extremely superior to anything else. DP builds
have the tendency of losing all of its killing-potential, so you should avoid it for
duels.

● Do we still have lingering Super Armor?
Yes, we do still have linger super armor, but it’s not the same as before the
CC-changes. We no longer have linger SA on our block, instead we have a form
of lingering super armor on these skills:
○ Hastiludium: has super armor while you’re moving, but there’s a tiny
gap at the start of the animation, so it is still possible to get CC’d at the
beginning of the casting. Another thing to note about this skill is, that it
takes character collision into account, so you might get “stuck” in people.
○ Sanctitas de enslar: same issue as hastiludium, at the start there is a
tiny gap before the SA kicks end. After you land however, the entire
animation is lingering, as long as you don’t do anything else. This makes
it our longest lingering SA at the moment.

● Anything else?
Valkyries need to adapt to each opponent a lot as some classes allow you to
turtle, whereas other keep forcing you to move.
The method by which you approach a fight, can mean a win or loss for you, so
make the right estimations!

GROUP FIGHTS
If you’ve read through the guide, you should have found the possible roles of the
Valkyrie in t he PREFACE section, if you haven’t, go have a look, as for the group fights
we will build further on the concepts explained there. As mentioned in that section, a
good Valkyrie should be a master of all those categories, even if it can get away with
being only good at a few of those.

In the ideal scenario, you learn to combine all these playstyles and adapt to the needs
of the situation at hand. Therefore, you won’t find any specific combos for group fights
here, just basic concepts and explanations, because Valkyrie is simply more complex
than some people make it out to be.

● Semi-Front-Line CC BOT: you need to drop your initial CC’s and set up the kills
for the frontline damage dealers. In order to do this, you need to find perfect
timing and need to be able to estimate risk versus reward, not only for yourself
but the whole raid.

How to drop initial CC?
○ Wave of Light (Q-canceled): when the engage has to be fast (e.g.
surprise attacks), you’ll probably want to cancel your vacuum to reduce
the risk of getting CC’d. Canceling it, will cause it to only vacuum once,
which might be enough! This is a low risk skill.
○ Wave of Light (Charged): when you are the master of a choke point
or other area with natural borders (e.g. your backside is covered), this
skill is definitely worth using. When you charge your vacuum, it will suck
your enemies in twice, which will almost inevitably CC them no matter
what. This is a high risk skill and should be used with caution!
○ Terra Sancta: Even though the range has been exchanged for
damage, it’s still a really good skill for a short-medium ranged poke to
catch people off-guard. Use it with caution!

Laying the down the initial CC can be done in combination with the flanker
role, as many people nowadays don’t have a lot of Super Armor, it is “easier” to
CC them from their back sides. This means that if you engage from a different
angle as the rest of your main blob, you have the ability to be more efficient
and successful in this role. Do keep in mind that this isn’t as easy as it sounds
and comes at a high risk!

After you have dropped the initial CC, you let your damage dealers take over
the lead and either jump into the second-line Damage Dealer or Protector role,

depending on how you see fit.

● Second-Line Damage Dealer: after an engage has already happened, it’s time
for you to deal damage. Ideally, you try to chain the few Super Armor skills you
have and dish out as much damage as you can. If you are confident enough in
your abilities, you can try to chain some unprotected skills as well depending
on the situation.

How to chain SA?
○ Sanctitas de Enslar: generally speaking, you’ll try to use this skill
either to deal huge damage when you have 100% Black Spirit Rage, or in
case you don’t have the rage, you use it to get closer to enemies and
start your Super Armor chain.
○ Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae: Often used after Sanctitas de Enslar, to
extend your damage combo and avoid being CC’d.
○ Hastiludium: this one can either be used as an engage tool to get
closer to your enemies, while also putting damage on them, or as a
disengage tool, to try and “charge” through your enemies as you kill
them and move to a slightly safer location.

Warning: all our Super Armor skills have a tiny gap at the beginning of the
animation, so it is possible you get CC’d from time to time.

As a damage dealing Valkyrie, you should know that everything is about burst
with us. We aren’t as tanky as we want to be, so in order to be successful in
damage dealing, you’re going to need to find a “push-and-pull” system.

This means, pushing in → burst damage → pull out → repeat. Stay in one spot for
too long is almost a guaranteed death.

Example of a “push-pull” system:
F > SHIFT + RMB (hold) > W + F (to left or right) > W + RMB >
turn camera > SHIFT + S (up to 4x if necessary) > S + E (catch off-guard
chasers) > S + RMB (kill off-guard chasers) > move back to allies and repeat.

● Blob-Scout: this is actually an easy one, you are the person that keeps an eye
on what’s ahead of your own blob and feeds information to your shot caller.

To perform well doing this, you basically need to train your resource
management and use some skills that will slow down a group of enemies
charing at you (see the protector role). Sometimes a little 1v1 skill might be
required, mostly in situations where there’s no other way out. You can refer to
the 1v1 section for this.

● Protector: as a protector, you make sure that your allies make it out alive. Since
respawn timers increase as a NW progresses and med-kits are disabled,
surviving has become an important part of nodewars.

As a protector, you not only make sure your allies’ HP is topped off constantly,
but you also cast emergency PA’s, slow down your enemies and alert everyone
about surprise attacks.

Skills you should be using to perform this role:
○ Purificatione: (spam this whenever it’s off CD, try to hit your allies as
well as at least 1 enemy with it.
○ Breath of Elion: use this one in dire situations, because it has super
armor and we don’t have many skills to spare like that
○ Celestial Cry: Rabam skill that simulates Breath of Elion, but is
unprotected. Use this skill with caution, or to group up a bunch of
people while everyone is safe.
○ Elion’s Blessing: Valkyrie’s version of Protected Area. It has Super
Armor and casts really fast, it’s a good skill to use in emergency
situations.
○ Wave of Light: our beloved vacuum can slow down enemies by quite
a bit and ruin their whole engage. When your own raid tries to fall back,
help them doing so by making great use of our vacuum.
○ Sanctitas de Enslar (100%): Occasionally you will be able to use this
skill in emergency situations and scare your enemy shitless, either by
killing them all or reducing their HP by so much, your own raid can
counter attack.

The protector role is considered to be the most boring one by numerous
Valkyries, but it’s actually almost vital in today’s NW’s and can be very satisfying.

● Flanker: this role has become increasingly difficult because of our lack of
protected movement (or fast movement in general). It is however still possible
to perform flanking tasks up until a certain extent. But it isn’t much different
from the Second-Line Damage Dealer anymore, except that you attack from
another angle with possibly a smaller squad.

When you are however in a smaller flanking squad, chances are high you’ll
naturally flow into the protector role due to your lack of movement and this
squad needing some sort of sustain

QOL Changes
Valkyrie received a little bit of love from the developers, not everything is equally
useful or affects valkyrie in a way that she became a completely different class, but it’s
little nice-to-haves that are changed/added:

● Lucem Fluxem can be used from quickslot: this allows for the exploration of a
few new combos.
● Sanctitas de Enslar can now be locked on target: when you’re aiming your
ultimate for example, you can now lock on a specific target by pressing and
holding the left mouse button. You will automatically land on the specified
target, unless it goes out of range. Releasing and relocking is possible for as
long as the casting time of the skill.
● Punishment (grab) range has been increased
● Purificatione (heal) range has been increased
● Castigatio range has been increased
● Castigatio and Terra Sancta now flow smoothly into each other: allows for the
usage of a castigatio > terra sancta combo in a reasonable and smooth
manner.
● Blitz Stab range has been increased
● Righteous Charge casting speed has increased

Not so QOL:
● You can now use shield chase without blocking: looks like a nice addition, but it
isn’t you are now no longer able to sprint with your shield out, unless by using a
WW-keybind.
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GEAR
CONCEPTS
Gearing is actually pretty straightforward in the realms of BDO. While there is quite a
bit of gear available on the market, there are not a lot of viable choices for you to
make. Before we jump into making builds, there are a few concepts to familiarize
yourself with, so you know in which ways you can upgrade your gear.
ABILITY LEVELS
Ability levels are a way to boost your Valkyrie’s gameplay in terms of speed,
movement and damage. The higher you get the level, the better basically. But since
maxing out all of them is either expensive, only possible through consumables or
even unnecessary, the important thing to know is the following:

● Attack Speed: unnecessary, Valkyrie is a Casting Speed based class
● Casting Speed: absolute must have, get this to 5 ASAP.
● Movement Speed: nice to have, but can play perfectly without it
● Critical Hit: considered unnecessary because we get 100% damage from
Celestial Spear (80%) + the add-on (20%), which is spammable every 7 seconds.
However, if you wish to slot into this, it is perfectly fine!

Overstacking on any of these, has no effect.
RESISTANCES
Resistances are another mechanic introduced to the game, to allow you to - as the
name indicates - resist getting CC’d from skills. Basically, you have the ability to invest
into the follow resistance types:

● Stun/Stiffness/Freezing
● Knockdown/Bound
● Grapple
● Knockback/Floating

When you invest in resistances, you’re basically putting faith in the hands of RNG, by
increasing your odds of not getting CC’d. This all sounds nice, but there’s a few things
you should know however:

● Resistances are capped at a difference of 60%. Meaning, a 60% chance to resist

a CC type, is the maximum chance you can get.
● Your opponents have the ability to invest in “Ignore Resistance”, which means
that getting 60% of each resistance, is simply not enough to ensure the
maximum chance to resist CC’s as the difference between your resistance and
your opponent’s Ignore Resistance is calculated.
● For the most part, CC’s are applied, based on a first-hit system. If a skill has 7
hits, only the first 1 will try to apply a CC. There are some notable exceptions,
however (for e.g, Maehwa’s Red Moon).
● CC’s are limited to a total of 2.7 and once the limit is reached, your opponent
will have a 5 second immunity from any CC type, except Down Smashes and
Air Smashes.
○ Stiffness: 0.7
○ Knockdown/Bound/Freezing/Stun/Grapple/Knockback/Floating: 1
○ Air Smash/Down Smash: 0
In a nutshell, if the sum of any of these values is higher than or equal to 2.7, the
5 second CC immunity will be applied to your target. Down Smashes and Air
Smashes can be applied continuously.

So, is it actually worth investing into resistances? Opinions differ, but they’re actually a
viable option, because generally speaking, resistance crystals are relatively cheap
while still providing a decent buff to your build. Try it out yourself if you wish to and
decide if it’s worth it or not!
CRYSTALS
Crystals are an in-game item that provide important buffs to your gear, which allows
you to min-max your stats. The amount of crystals you can use, is determined by the
amount of crystal slots the gear you are using has.

Crystals are usually bound to a specific armor or weapon piece, so when min-maxing
make sure that the crystals you want can actually be slotted into the armor or
weapon you want it to be in.

Another thing to keep in mind is that expensive doesn’t necessarily mean good and
cheap doesn’t necessarily mean bad when it comes to crystals. There’s quite a few
very solid choices to make.

I don’t care, just show me the bloody crystals.

ENHANCING
When you have acquired a piece of gear, you have the ability to upgrade it to a higher
level, how enhancing actually works, what the chances are and all that jazz, is out of
the scope of this guide. In a nutshell you should know the following:
● Upgrading weapons:
○ Requires Black Stone (Weapon) from +0 to +15
○ Requires Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon) from +15 to PEN
○ Upgrading from +0 to + 7 has a 100% success rate
● Upgrading armor:
○ Requires Black Stone (Armor) from +0 to +15
○ Requires Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor) from +15 to V
○ Upgrading from +0 to +5 has a 100% success rate
● Upgrading accessories:
○ Requires a +0 accessory and a +0 to TET accessory

Side effects of enhancing failures are:
● Weapons and Armor will lose durability from every enhancement failure from
+7 to PRI
● Weapons and Armor will downgrade 1 grade from every enhancement failure
from DUO to PEN
● Accessories will be permanently destroyed upon enhancement failure
● Cron stones will prevent DUO to TET Armor and Weapon from downgrading
● Cron stones will prevent accessories from being destroyed, but there is a
chance it downgrades. The base item used for enhancing, will be consumed
regardless of cron stones.
OFF-HANDS
Off-hands are a point of great discussion and are one of the items that allow you to
play around with builds a lot. Generally speaking there are a few off-hands to consider
and they’re usually classified to a single purpose. The actual viable off-hands for
Valkyrie are:

● Axion Shield: ever since the rebalance of shields, this one has actually become
fairly decent due the lower gap in damage rolls. Axion shield is a very viable
option if you’re a beginning player that only cares about PVE, it is an AP
focused shield.
● Vangertz Shield: in the past, this one was every Valkyrie’s first love… and for
many valkyries it still is. Vangertz is a well balanced shield with a focus on
accuracy. In the earlier stages of the game, having more accuracy allows you to
grind in areas that are a bit above your level.

The shield is also still pretty much perfect for every beginning player that wants
to get into PVP as soon as possible. Turning your Vangertz shield into an
ultimate one, gives you a bonus stat of +1 special attack damage. This increases
the damage you do on down, back and air attacks. Some also claim it increases
damage on critical attacks, but no accurate tests have backed this theory.
● Kutum Shield: mid to late game PVE shield (and super-super late game PVP
shield). The Kutum shield has tons of hidden monster damage, which basically
makes it a better shield for grinding up until you reach the higher points of AP.
With this shield, you’ll be able to grind places until you’ve hit 262 AP with the
Nouver shield.
● Nouver Shield: pretty much mandatory to have one of these. It is t he
late-game PVP shield. Keep in mind that this shield lacks in accuracy, therefore
it is not recommended to use until you’ve hit at least 300 sheet accuracy.
● Kite Shield: viable shield for DP builds. Don’t be misguided however, using this
shield has its benefits towards survivability, but it won’t give you god-mode
either. Using a kite shield will also be a big decrease of your offensive abilities.
● Rosar/Krea: Irrelevant off-hands, not really worth investing in.

With the addition of Garmoth heart, both Kutum and Nouver have been buffed with
some extra stats:
● 150 HP
● 100 stamina
● 10% special evasion

The 10% special evasion in combination with 2x 10% crystals in the armor piece, make
you decently tanky. In combination with the fairly high availability of caphra stones,
there’s no reason not to keep running Nouver and stack special evasion.

RENOWN SCORE, AP-SCALING AND DP-SCALING

If you are new to the game (or a returning player) you may have heard the terms
“Renown Score” and “AP-Scaling” (and maybe “DR-Scaling” although most people
neglect this one), but don’t really know what they are. Well, all three of these are
basically a “bonus”-system Pearl Abyss has implemented, to reward people for getting
more geared.

All of these systems have caused a lot of uproar and unhappy people, but
nevertheless we are stuck with them. The specific bonuses can be found all around
the BDO community discords and patch notes, so here here’s just a brief explanation
of how it works:

● Renown Score: Basically PA is calculating a number, based on the following

formula: [(AP + Awakening AP) / 2] + DP + Fame. The higher this total number
becomes, the bigger your bonus stats will be.

This means that every single piece of gear is very important and you should
think carefully about rouletting all of your gear, because it has a huge outcome!

The bonus consist of a maximum of 20 AP and 165 DP. The AP bonus is
awarded up until 470 Renown Score, the DP bonus keeps scaling up until 647
Renown Score.

You can boost your Fame level up to 5 by getting enough amity with NPCs in a
specific region. The easiest/cheapest NPC, is Igor Bartali in Velia, which will give
you +5 Fame at around 17,000 amity.

● AP-Scaling: It is a similar system that awards you with up to 200 hidden bonus
AP, as your actual sheet AP grows. Simply put, the higher your sheet AP, the
higher your hidden bonus AP. The only thing to know about this, is that it
comes in steps.

● DP-Scaling: The exact same way AP-Scaling works, but for DP instead of AP.
You can receive up to 20% more tankiness by acquiring more DP. This system
also comes with thresholds.

So what does all this mean? It pretty much means that build-variety got more or less
screwed over and everyone and their mothers started to only get AP builds. Which
makes absolute sense, because going full AP gives you even more bonus AP, as well
as extra tankiness.

ALCHEMY STONES
Alchemy stones are a rechargeable item that give nice buffs. Alchemy stones come in
many grades, but there are basically 2 types for PVP:

● Alchemy Stone of Destruction: this is an offense-focused alchemy stone that
gives bonuses towards AP, Accuracy, Ignore Resistance, Attack Speed and
Casting Speed. This one is also useful for PvE.
● Alchemy Stone of Protection: this a defense-focused alchemy stone that
gives bonuses towards Damage Reduction, Evasion, HP and resistances.

How big the buffs are depends on the grade and color of your alchemy stone, but this
is beyond the scope of this guide. Most people will aim for the following Alchemy
Stones:
● Sharp Alchemy Stone of Destruction
● Sharp Alchemy Stone of Protection
● Vell’s Heart

Getting these alchemy stones is basically a money sink, so a lot of people settle for the
alternative D
estruction Spirit Stone, which cannot be recharged, but is a lot cheaper.
Guardian Spirit Stone is not really worth using, but some may do so.

BUILDS
PROGRESSION
As a new player, it can be difficult to figure out what gear you should get, in which
order you should upgrade it and what the most efficient way of getting it is. Just for
you guys, we’ll be adding this section, to give you a basic idea of getting gear that isn’t
a waste of money. Keep in mind that these are merely suggestions to get you up and
running as fast as possible. If you feel like doing something completely different, go
for it!

Early Game
Balenos/Serendia/Calpheon
Armor choices (enhance to +5, but not

further):
● Grunil: gives you an AP and small
HP set bonus.
● Heve: gives you an HP set bonus

Main-hand choices (enhance to +7, but
not further):
● Rosar: highest AP and 2 crystal
slots
● Elsh: high accuracy and damage
against all species
● Krea: high AP and 2 crystal slots

● Yuria: decent AP and damage
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against humans
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Off-hand choices (enhance to +7, but not

further):

● Vangertz: PVX shield
● Axion: PVE only shield

Accessories:
● Literally anything you drop from
grinding. Don’t bother spending
money on them.

Crystals:
● Only care about getting 5 Casting
Speed, the rest doesn’t matter
much yet.

Don’t spend too much time thinking
about which armor or main-hand to get,
all of them are good enough. Pick based
on availability or price.
As you are getting more and more silver

and gaining levels, it’s time to upgrade
your gear just a little bit.

A few patches ago, Pearl Abyss
introduced a system where armor,
weapons and accessories would drop in
an already enhanced form.

This means that a higher amount of
already enhanced pieces can be found
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h the specials deals section.

The safest way to get a gear upgrade, is
simply by checking the market once in a
while and spend a little money on
buying a +15 item.

Again, which item you get does not
matter much, so the choices remain the
same as in the previous step.

If you can easily get these pieces and
have some money to spare, feel free to
invest in some Grade 3 Weapon Reform
Stones and G rade 3 Armor Reform
Stones for an additional bonus on the
gear you just got.

Do not spend any money on improving
a Chest Armor piece however.

Mediah
If you keep following the quest line, you

will end up in Mediah at some point and
you’ll have the ability to unlock the
“Roaring Magical Armor” piece. This item
is basically a free DUO armor piece and
saves you quite a bit of money for the
time being.

Once you start grinding in Mediah, you
should try to get the Asula Accessory set
as soon as possible. It gives a nice boost

to your stats and has a nice set combo.
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You can grind the following pieces at
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these places:

● Ring: Helms

● Earring: Helms
● Necklace: Abandoned Iron Mine
● Belt: Elrics Shrine

As for the remainder of your gear, it’s
time to get into the PRI-DUO
enhancements.

● Weapons: your off-hand should
go to DUO without any exception.
For your main-hand, you have the
choice of either upgrading it to
DUO as well, or completing a
quest line that will give you a
Black Abyssal Longsword. This is
the equivalent of a DUO weapon,
but has less accuracy, so it isn’t
viable for PVP.

● Armor: try to get your armor to
PRI, but don’t overstack. Save your
highest failstacks for when you hit
level 56.

Just like the Black Abyssal
Longswords, there are some
armor pieces that you can obtain
through questing. Whether you

want to do this is up to you. These

items compare to PRI of any other
armor:
○ Mediah Merchant’s Union
Helmet
○ Beia’s Black Magic Gloves
○ Derek’s Light Leather
Shoes

Once you hit level 56, treat yourself to a
DUO or TRI (Ultimate) Schzeriel Lancia. If
you can’t afford, use the free +10 one.

Mid-game
Mediah/early Valencia
Once you are about to leave Mediah, or

perhaps dipped your toes in a place like
the Bashim Base, it’s time to get your
gear up a tiny bit more.

Armor:
● Get all your pieces to TRI, you will
need it!

Weapons:
● Get your off-hand and awakening
to TRI if they aren’t already.
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hire Leave your main-hand
untouched, because you’ll be
switching to boss gear soon.

Accessories:
The Asula accessories are still decent
enough for you to use, but if you are able
to snipe some cheap “real” accessories,
don’t refrain from doing so. Enhancing is
also an option, if you insist. The following
are pretty nice to get:

● TRI Belt of Shultz the Gladiator
● TRI Necklace of Shultz the
Gladiator
● DUO Serap’s Necklace

● DUO/TRI Blue Coral Earring

● DUO Witch’s Earring

From this point on, it’s also interesting to
get a Kzarka Longsword, Dandelion
Lancia and Bheg Gloves.

If you regularly attend world and field
bosses, you may have already dropped
some pieces. If you haven’t, make sure to
set some money aside to buy them.

Valencia
The first boss pieces you should try to

get are the following:
● Kzarka Longsword
● Bheg Gloves
● Dandelion Lancia

The Dandelion Lancia might be a
difficult one to obtain. If you find yourself
struggling to get it, it’s okay to settle for
an Ultimate Piece of Purification Lancia.

If you have the money, it might also be a
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enhancing a pair of DUO Rings of
Crescent Guardian, or alternatively snipe
a pair of TRI Mark of Shadow RIngs.

Please note that getting boss gear can
be quite a hard task and upgrading will
most definitely be difficult, pricey and
time consuming.

Next Steps
By now you should have gotten a hang

of how things go in this game. The next
steps are basically completing your boss
gear set and upgrading to better
accessories.

As a general rule, this is the sequence:

● Full TRI boss gear
● Full DUO yellow accessories (or
TRI blue, if cheap)
● TET boss weapons
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k 50+ stacks, keep some, do not
waste them on getting your TRI
boss gear back)
● TRI yellow accessories

Kutum or Nouver is discussed in the

off-hands section. Long story short, you
should probably invest in getting both if
you want to have the most efficient
grind possible until you can actually
reach the same amount of efficiency
with a Nouver shield.

Once your boss gear set is complete, you
can also start looking into getting good
and viable crystals. The best options will
be discussed in the end-game builds in
the next section.

END GAME
At end game you should pretty much know what you want, so not much will be
discussed here. Nevertheless, below you can find some soft-cap and beyond soft-cap
builds worth going for. Crystals are sometimes build specific, but oftentimes they’re
just all about personal preference, so before jumping into the builds, have a look at all
viable crystals:

● Helmet
○ JIN Magical Crystal Harphia (regular build/DP build)
○ BON Magical Crystal Harphia (regular build/HP build)
○ Black Magic Crystal Intimidation (resistance build)
○ Ancient Magic Crystal of Enchantment - Agility (cheap, old school)
● Chest
○ JIN Magic Crystal - Cobelinus (regular build/DP build)
○ BON Magic Crystal - Cobelinus (regular build/HP build)
○ Magic Crystal of Infinity - Evasion (regular build/cheap)
○ Black Magic Crystal - Armor (resistance build/cheap DP build)
○ Black Magic Crystal - Vigor (resistance build/cheap HP build)
● Gloves
○ JIN Magic Crystal - Viper (must-have really, can use BON/WON as
placeholders)
● Boots
○ JIN Magic Crystal - Hystria (regular build for stamina)
○ WON Magic Crystal - Hystria (regular build for movement speed and
stamina)
○ Black Magic Crystal - Adamantine (resistance build)
○ Red Battlefield Crystal: Adamantine (resistance build)
● Main-Hand
○ Black Magic Crystal - Precision (regular build, boosts grab chance for 1v1)
○ Red Battlefield Crystal - Power (regular build/PVE)
○ BON Magic Crystal - Addis (regular build/non-1v1)
● Off-Hand
○ Awakened Spirit’s Crystal (regular build)
○ Valtarra Spirit’s Crystal (regular build)
○ Magic Crystal of Infinity - Critical (regular build)

With the release of Drieghan, a few new crystals were introduced which are also
viable for several purposes, both PvE and PvP. They are a cheaper alternative to the
JIN/BON/WON crystals mentioned above and are quite good. Whether they are
better than previous crystals is still to be determined, so if you have feedback on it
after using these crystals, drop a line in the #feedback channel on the Valkyrie
discord. We will only discuss the HAN versions, as these contain actual stats, the
cheaper non-HAN versions only profit from a 2x or 4x set bonus.

The Hoom crystals are by far the most interesting ones, Macalod and Gervish are also
viable for certain PvE scenarios, so we won’t be discussing them.

All Drieghan crystals can be placed in any slot, but keep in mind that some of the
“classic” crystals are superior. Which means that if you really want the 4 piece set
effect, you’ll have to make some sacrifices.

● Helmet ( overall stats gain is higher than other equivalents, under the
assumption Valkyrie doesn’t benefit from evasion, this might change in the
near future.):
○ 2x HAN Magic Crystal Hoom
○ 2x HAN Magic Crystal Macalod (alternative if you want more stamina)
● Boots (You will sacrifice stamina for an HP/DR/Evasion/accuracy/resistance
boost, I wouldn’t put more than one in this slot):
● Chest (If you already have JIN/BON Cobelinus, or really want JIN/BON
Cobelinus, I wouldn’t consider these slots. If you don’t, this is a viable slot.)
● Main Hand (You’ll sacrifice AP or Ignore res/accuracy, which isn’t really
recommended if you’re below softcap and even above softcap. Yet it is viable if
you really want the 4x bonus)
● Off Hand (Your damage will be lower if you’re currently running CRIT crystals, if
you’re running awakened crystals, the difference in stats is minimal)
● Gloves
○ Don’t even think about it, JIN Vipers are a must.

As you can see in the list above, there’s more than 4 spots to put the crystals, so take a
look and try to make up your mind if and/or where you want to use them. You don’t
necessarily need 4 crystals, you can also settle for the 2 slot bonus, the helmet is the
best spot for this.

Recently Red Battle Field Rewards have been adjusted, which added a variety of new
Red Battle Field Crystals. While they don’t seem half that bad at first, they’re actually
not that great, so there’s no real reason to choose the new crystals over any of the
previously mentioned ones.

The only reason you could consider using the new RBF crystals, is if you are AP
capped in a T1 nodeward guild and want to maximize your damage even further,
since the new crystals provider some human damage, which is not included in the
node’s AP cap.

Other than that, RBF: Adamantine and RBF: Power are the only viable ones from the
set, if you choose to use any at all.

Soft-cap AP build
This is probably the build you should aim

for as you are progressing, because it
puts you in the highest possible
AP-scaling bracket, before going past
soft-cap.

The accessories used are full Tungrad,
because they’re technically best in slot.
Some alternative items are:

● TET Witch earrings
● TET Narc earrings
● TRI Basilisk’s Belt
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y ● TRI Ogre Ring
● TRI Laytenn’s Power Stone

When you level up beyond 60, you also
get Capotia accessories, which are
equivalent to the TRI accessories you see
here. This reward is on a 1-time per
family basis.

● 61: Capotia Ring
● 62: Capotia Earring
● 63: Capotia Belt
● 64 Capotia Necklace (not on
EU/NA currently)

Soft-cap medium DR build
This is an easy-transition DP build. If

you’re curious about seeing how well DP
works, just get the standard AP build as
mentioned above and at the following
items:

● TRI Cadry Ring x2
● TET Kite Shield
● Alchemy Stone of Protection

The increase in DP seems significant, but
keep in mind that you won’t be running
around in god mode. If you fight people
who are above softcap, you might still

find yourself getting killed much faster
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than you’d like.

Due to the switch from AP to DP focus,

your killing-potential drops a lot.

This build is viable however, when you
enjoy playing a supportive role in small
to medium scale nodewars.

Shot caller’s DP build
If shotcalling is your thing, you probably

wouldn’t mind getting all the DP you
can possible get.

Valkyrie is actually a good class for
shotcalling because:
● You have a block, which allows
you to look around freely while
standing still
● You have burst mobility, which
allows you to do quick engages
● You have a really good supporting
kit, so even if you deal no damage,
you’re still useful

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Ideally though, you would try to get your
er
Cadry Rings, Bensho Necklace and

Rhutum Belt to TET, so you can enjoy

the higher renown bonuses.

Either way, as the title of this build
indicates, it’s only really viable for
shotcalling as it completely eliminates
your killing potential.

TROUBLESHOOTING
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In case you have the issue to do your awakening quest, because you lack knowledge
to talk to an NPC, you can go and talk to “<Valkyrie Instructor> Seekhunt Volaire” in
the Valkyrie College, in the city of Calpheon.

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High Damage Output Movement is unprotected or Frontal

Very strong supportive Abilities Early to mid-game grinding is mediocre

SKILLS AND BUILDS

LOCKING & QUICKSLOTTING

○ Evasion (PvE roll, useful at world bosses)

QUICK SLOT SKILLS

○ Elion’s Blessing (quickslot only skill)

AWAKENING DOT BUILD (PVP)

SELF-BUFF BUILD (PVP)

Level 56 Rabam Choices

Level 57 Rabam Choices

BLACK SPIRIT RAGE SKILLS

FOOD AND OTHER BUFFS

Foods Elixirs Other

Simple Cron Meal Beast’s Draught Book of Combat

Foods Elixirs Comments

Exquisite Cron Meal Beast’s Draught Lazy buff or proper

Special Valencia Meal​ + Beast’s Draught Basically a PVP buff

Elixir of Endless Fury Basically a PVP buff

Food Elixirs Other

Special Valencia Meal​ + Giant’s Draught Elixir of Deep Sea

Food Elixirs Other

Special Valencia Meal​ + Giant’s Draught Spirit Perfume Elixir

GAMEPLAY AND COMBOS

● Do we have any movement cancels?

● Can you explain how CC’s work?

○ Sharp Light > Sword of Judgement

○ Sacrum Ferit​: -9% Evasion on target, SP recovery, Crit rate +20%,

SHIFT + RMB (hold)

High burst Frustrating to learn

Strong block A lot of unprotected skills

Reasonable sustain Issues covering distances (stamina)

One-shot ultimate Requires higher gear/level before seeing

● Basic primary engages​:

Other short burst combos are:

○ Sanctitas de Enslar​: as mentioned before, it can be used defensively

depending on how you see fit.

● Resistances are capped at a difference of 60%. Meaning, a 60% chance to resist

RENOWN SCORE, AP-SCALING AND DP-SCALING

● Renown Score​: Basically PA is calculating a number, based on the following

Armor choices​ (enhance to +5, but not

As you are getting more and more silver

If you keep following the quest line, you

want to do this is up to you. These

Once you are about to leave Mediah, or

● DUO/TRI Blue Coral Earring

The first boss pieces you should try to

By now you should have gotten a hang

Kutum or Nouver is discussed in the

This is probably the build you should aim

This is an easy-transition DP build. If

If shotcalling is your thing, you probably

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Special Valencia Meal + Beast’s Draught Basically a PVP buff

Special Valencia Meal + Giant’s Draught Elixir of Deep Sea

Special Valencia Meal + Giant’s Draught Spirit Perfume Elixir

○ Sacrum Ferit: -9% Evasion on target, SP recovery, Crit rate +20%,

● Basic primary engages:

○ Sanctitas de Enslar: as mentioned before, it can be used defensively

● Renown Score: Basically PA is calculating a number, based on the following

Armor choices (enhance to +5, but not