Talk:Valkyr (Warframe)/@comment-75.168.88.90-20140304052438/@comment-86.219.235.94-20140309213248

Recently did a Survival. Got stuck in place, the only ways to move were dodgeroll and melee. Guess who punched through a bunch of Napalm to get to extraction ? Stats don't mean squat if you don't make use of the playstyle of the frames. The only mod (other than abilities, and the mandatory combo Vitality/Steel Fiber) that I had was Rage.

As for the "I have infinite energy to replenish my health" using Rage (lovely mod btw) argument, I found ONE big issue against it : Ancients. They have an ability which completely depletes your Energy pool if it hits. Get knowked down, and you are in for this ability. Other than that, this is pretty much true. So it's situation-dependant.

Also, we need to factor in Damage 2.0.

Shields are heavily struck by Impact damage. As such, Grineer weaponry isn't quite as effective against Valkyr, compared to "standard" frames using a lot of shields. Impact has a -25% multiplier on Flesh and +0% on Alloy. So basically, Valkyr is able to shine bright against Grineers. Comparatively, Corpus use a lot of Puncture-based weapons. They deal higher damage to Alloy (+15%) so you are a bit more prone to being downed against them as Valkyr. Infested... well, I don't have enough informations on them to analize Valkyr' strength against them. I'll just say, invulnerability is neat against them.

As for elemental damage, IIRC, Grineer use Ignis (Heat) and Ogris (Blast + Heat AoE)... both having no effect on Shield, Alloy and Flesh. Corpus use Prova for melee, which is an Electricity-based weapon... which deals -50% damage to Allow ! Maybe Mine Ospreys use elemental damage too (Blast IMO.) However the -50% are negligible for several reasons : 1- You don't get hit often by Prod Crewmen (if you are, MOVE YOUR- ok I stop here) ; 2- Prod Crewmen are only a little in number compared to their Dera wielding counterpart.

I won't talk about Corrupted because well, they are all their faction-specific counterpart all mixed up...

In the end, if you want to use Valkyr's strengths, prefer go for Grineer missions, or prepare for Corpus missions with the best weaponry possible.