Valkyr Guide - Berserk Kitty - Warframe
Contents
Valkyr Overview
Gameplay loop is as simple as it looks. Keep all your abilities online and walk through enemies with her Talons.
Valkyr Pros/Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Absurd DPS | Needs a lot of Forma |
| Immortal if fighting | Melee focused, so needs to close distance all the time |
| Covers long distances quickly | Her 3rd ability is still considered bad |
How to get Valkyr?
Valkyr can be obtained from the Alad V boss fight on Themisto, Jupiter. After each attempt, one of three Valkyr components is guaranteed to drop, however it doesn't have to be the part that you need.
Valkyr Prime can be farmed through relic system or purchased from other players. For newer players, that means she needs to be traded from other players, since her relics are currently off-limit. Take note that Valkyr Prime is one of the more expensive Warframes. If you're planning to buy the frame, use a website called warframe.market, since it offers multiple offers so player can recognize if he's being scammed. DO NOT USE TRADE CHAT IN GAME!
How does Valkyr works?
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
Passive | Hit enemies with Melee weapon to increase Melee DMG. If you're above 150% and get downed, you instantly revive and lose all the bonus. It doesn't have cooldown. |
Rip Line | Throws a rip line and pull yourself towards an object. If you target an enemy, additional rip lines will group nearby enemies into one cluster before you reach the target. |
Warcry | Let out a warcry that increase Armor and Attack Speed of you and allies within Affinity Range. |
Paralysis | Let out a paralyzing roar that slows enemies and makes them vulnerable to Melee DMG. It also stuns them for 3 seconds, which leaves them open for Finishers. |
Hysteria | Valkyrs bread and butter. Swap your melee weapon for her own talons. While using talons, she's immune to Status Effects, triples Warcry Armor and heals with each strike. |
Nourish (Helminth) | Gives Energy Multipiler, applies Viral weapon bonus DMG and taking DMG creates a wave that inflicts a Viral Status proc. |
Build
Here's the build:
In the Aura slot we have Steel Charge to boost Melee damage and provide extra Mod Capacity, paired with Swing Line in the Eximus slot to reduce the energy cost of Valkyr's Rip Line. This is purely for fun. If you don't like Rip Line, swap for Power Drift. Next, we focus on Duration and Range using Archon Continuity and Stretch, expanding the reach and uptime of abilities. Equilibrium handles energy economy to keep abilities active, while Blind Rage alongside the Umbral Set (Umbral Vitality, Umbral Intensify, and Umbral Fiber) dramatically scales Ability Strength to 317%, heavily boosting Warcry and Hysteria.
For survivability, the full Umbral set combined with Adaptation creates massive health and armor pools. Arcane Battery converts all that high armor directly into a massive Max Energy pool, allowing to skip Primed Flow, while Arcane Bellicose increases Ability Power based on Max Health.
This builds is heavy in terms of Mod capacity. If needed, drop Exilus Slot and change Archon Continuity for Primed Continuity. Archon Continuity is here for her Talons, which are modded with pure Toxin.
Speaking of Talons:
In the Stance slot we have Hysteria for Valkyr's exalted claws stance, paired with Dreamer's Wrath in the Stance Mod slot to boost Heavy Attack Critical Damage and Tennokai Chance. For raw base damage and scaling, Condition Overload and Primed Pressure Point provide massive damage increases, further amplified by Primed Fever Strike to add high Toxin damage. If you don't play Archon Continuity, you can swap Primed Fever Strike and/or Primed Pressure Point for any elemental Mods. Remember that you have Corrosive (Melee Exposure) and Viral (Nourish) already, so no need for that.
Primed Pressure Point and Condition Overload are additive in this scenario, however it's more comfortable for this build to ramp up to those big numbers. It's up to personal preferrece.
Critical scaling is heavily prioritized: Blood Rush ramps up Critical Chance alongside your combo multiplier, while Galvanized Steel, Amalgam Organ Shatter, and Gladiator Might push your Critical Damage multiplier. Amalgam Organ Shatter also speeds up Heavy Attack wind-up time. Primed Reach extends your hit radius. Finally, Melee Exposure grants Corrosive damage on ability cast, fully rounding out the weapon's elemental damage output. This Arcane works well with Rip Line, since you'll often want to group enemies. This build doesn't need any Attack Speed thanks to Warcry.
This build features 5 Archon Shards: 5 Purple Shards for Crit DMG on Melee weapons. They aren't necessary, however it makes her Melee DMG skyrocket.
How to use it?
Keep Warcry, Nourish and Hysteria active all the time. Valkyr Talons have their unique attacks, but attack that deals most DMG is her "Slide + Attack" combo, which makes her spin. Other are fine, just not as strong. Try to keep 12x Combo Multiplier all the time, Naramon School can help you with that. Use Ripline to group enemies or traverse tilesets like Spider Man. Other than that, reap and tear!
Weapons/companions
Valkyr Talons rips the competition apart (pun intended). All her weapon loudout should orbit around making her talons as strong as posibble or compensate for their weakness (e.g. needs constant Energy):
Primary Weapons:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Tenet Glaxion | One of few weapons that reliably can produce Energy Orbs thanks to its Augment, Photon Overcharge. |
Miter Incarnon | Valkyr is scared of Nullifier Bubbles. Miters Augment, Neutralizing Justice, can destroy them in one shot. |
Secondary Weapons:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Grimoire | Utility weapon that can boost one of Warframe stats. |
Furis Incarnon | Strong secondary that also melts Nullifier Bubbles. |
Melee Weapons:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Praedos | Used mainly for its Incarnon bonus passive, which grants Parkour Velocity. |
Venka Prime | Came out with Valkyr Prime. More of a meme, but it suits her. |
Companions:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Diriga | Amazing status spreader thanks to Arc Coil + Manifold Bond. |
Conclusion
Valkyr is a Warframe that turns on "Easy Mode". Not dying, killing everything in sight, while dealing absurd numbers. Send her for any Survival or Assasination (especially Alad V) and she'll take care of it. Take her for a spin- you won't regret it!
Happy hunting!
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