Passive[]
Valkyr is nimble, able to recover from
Knockdown 50% faster and is immune to Hard Landings, landing with no touchdown delay.
- Valkyr's immunity to hard landings prevents her from triggering
Heavy Impact.
Abilities []
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Rip Line Valkyr hurls forth a hook. If it hits an enemy, she pulls them to her. If it hits terrain, she pulls herself to the hook's location. Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) |
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Info
- Valkyr expends
25 energy to fire a grappling hook that covers a range of
25 / 40 / 60 / 75 meters. If the hook hits terrain, Valkyr will be pulled towards the hook's location. If an enemy is hooked, they will be
Ragdolled and pulled towards Valkyr's location while dealt
300 / 400 / 500 / 600
Slash damage.
- Pull strength is affected by the distance Rip Line is cast, as well as the verticality of the angle.
- The more vertical the pull of Rip Line is, the stronger it will be, making it far more effective at vertical traversal than horizontal traversal.
- Rip Line can pull Valkyr across chasms and long gaps; however, Valkyr is not pulled the full distance to the hook's location.
- Pull strength is affected by the distance Rip Line is cast, as well as the verticality of the angle.
- If Rip Line is successfully cast within a window of
1 second after the previous cast, its damage will be multiplied by 200%, and its energy cost will be reduced by 50%. Any successful cast thereafter will multiply Rip Line's damage by 400% and reduce its energy cost by 75%.
- Energy cost reduction is applied to Rip Line's modified activation cost. As an example, with a maxed
Streamline the next successful cast will consume 25 × 0.7 × 0.5 = 8.75 energy, and any successful cast thereafter will consume 25 × 0.7 × 0.25 = 4.375 energy. - Combo window cannot be decreased below 0.5 seconds.
- The duration of the combo window and the respective damage multiplier for the next successful cast are displayed underneath the HUD's targeting reticle.
- If no casts are performed within the combo window, the damage and energy cost will reset.
- Energy cost reduction is applied to Rip Line's modified activation cost. As an example, with a maxed
- Rip Line's pull does not affect bosses with the exception of the Zanuka Hunter, Ambulas, and The Grustrag Three.[citation needed]
- Despite having a noticeable visual and audio effect, Rip Line is silent.
- Rip Line is a one-handed ability when cast onto terrain and can be used while performing various maneuvers and actions without interruption. However, when casting on enemies (while grounded) will cause interruption.
- Will not disrupt
Shade's
Ghost or a
Huras Kubrow's
Stalk. - Rip Line has a slight delay between activation and pulling either an enemy or Valkyr, as the grappling hook has a minute travel time.
- Cast delay of ~0.9 seconds is affected by Casting Speed.
- Rip Line when used targeting Nullifiers will pass through the shield. When moving through the shield, momentum is preserved and Rip Line will not be cancelled.
Augment
- Main article: Swing Line
Swing Line is a Warframe Augment Mod for
Valkyr that enables the ability to, after an initial cast of
Rip Line, grant successive uses of Rip Line without using energy if cast while airborne and inside the combo window. It also passively increases Parkour Velocity.
Tips & Tricks
- This is another alternative ability for players to take advantage of heights quickly, similarly to
Wormhole or
Tail Wind, pulling Valkyr to elevated areas which are not accessible with traditional movement. - While being pulled, Valkyr can perform a divekick by crouching (default Ctrl ). If Valkyr is too close to the ground, crouching will cause her to slide instead.
- As Rip Line is silent, it can be used as a mean of disposing enemies without alerting nearby units during stealth playthroughs.
- Rip Line will consistently mutilate enemies killed by the hook, as with heavily Slash-focused weapons. The pieces of their dismembered corpse will also be flung in Valkyr's general direction.
- Can be very helpful when used in tandem with a Desecrating
Nekros, as each corpse will yield its own loot. - Can potentially impede stealth play, as enemies may become alerted at the sight of either corpse. Targeting selectively and thinking ahead should help avoid such situations.
- Can be very helpful when used in tandem with a Desecrating
- Pulled enemies that were not killed immediately are laid prone, setting them up for Ground Finishers.
- It is possible to Rip Line onto a rocket fired from an
Ogris. - Very effective during Capture missions as it can bring the target near Valkyr or her teammates.
- Actively moving forward (default W ) before and while being pulled will increase your overall travel distance. Movement speed bonuses such as
Volt's
Speed or
Zephyr's
Jet Stream may increase this further. [Further testing required]
- Sprinting and
Maglev make no noticeable impact on speed or distance, however.
- Sprinting and
- Very effective in PvP, as it allows the user to either quickly travel around an arena or pull and knock-down the opponent, rendering them an easy target.
- Will trigger the robotic mod
Odomedic.
Bugs
- Very rarely, attempting to pull an enemy with Rip Line will neither damage nor pull the them. Additionally, the line itself will remain tethered between Valkyr and the enemy until it is killed. (See picture)
Rip Line remaining tethered to an enemy
- When used on a sloped part of ground, occasionally Rip Line will slowly pull Valkyr forwards then launch her upwards into the air.
- Continuous use of Rip Line in a short period of time may cause Valkyr to be pulled out of the map on Grineer Asteroid tilesets.
- Casting Rip Line while going up Corpus Gas City elevators causes her to fall through them, leaving her trapped within the shaft.
- Despite Rip Line being fully silent, killing unalerted enemies will not trigger Stealth Kill Affinity and cancels the stealth kill counter.
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Warcry Valkyr lets out a rallying cry that bolsters her allies melee speed while slowing down nearby enemies. Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) |
25 / 35 / 45 / 50 % (armor buff) 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 % (slow) |
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Info
- Valkyr expends
75 energy to let out a rallying cry, affecting her allies and enemies within
15 / 20 / 22 / 25 meters. Affected allies will gain
15% / 20% / 25% / 50% Attack Speed and
25% / 35% / 45% / 50% Armor, while affected enemies are
Slowed
15% / 20% / 25% / 30%. The effects last for
7 / 10 / 12 / 15 seconds.
- Attack Speed bonus is additive to mods (e.g.,
Fury).
- The armor buff is based off of the affected Warframe's base armor value, and therefore stacks additively with other armor bonuses.
- For example, a Valkyr with a max rank
Steel Fiber, 130% Ability Strength, and while using Warcry increases her armor to:
Base Armor × (1 + Armor Mods + Warcry Modifier × (1 + Strength Mods)) =
600 × (1 + 1.1 + 0.5 × (1 + 0.3)) = 1,650
- For example, a Valkyr with a max rank
- Slow is capped at 75%.
- Warcry affects other Warframes, Companions, Hostages, Defense objectives, Shadows, and Specters.
- Attack Speed bonus is additive to mods (e.g.,
- Warcry cannot be recast while active.
- Allies affected by Warcry will not have its buffs dispelled upon entering the field of a Nullifier Crewman. However, if Valkyr herself enters a Nullifier field or falls out-of-bounds, Warcry will be dispelled from the entire squad.
- Subsuming Valkyr to the Helminth will offer Warcry and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
Augment
- Main article: Eternal War
Eternal War is a Warframe Augment Mod for
Valkyr that extends
Warcry's duration for each melee kill.
Tips & Tricks
- By combining a fully ranked Warcry with a Sentinel with
Coolant Leak, melee enemies (particularly the melee-focused Infested) will be severely slowed down. - Very useful in Defense missions, as enemies are slowed down and the Artifact's armor is greatly enhanced.
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Paralysis Valkyr unleashes her shields, stunning and damaging enemies around her. Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) |
400 / 600 / 800 / 1000 (knockback strength) |
Info
- Valkyr expends
5 energy and unleashes 33% of her shields,
Stunning enemies
5 / 7 / 8 / 10 meters while damaging them by her current shields multiplied by 200% / 250% / 300% / 350% as
Impact damage and
Knockback with a strength of
400 / 600 / 800 / 1000.
- Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and is increased by body-part multipliers.
- The shield percentage used in the damage calculation accounts for Valkyr's shields at the time Paralysis is cast, not after the shield drain has been applied.
- As an example, if Valkyr has 150 shields and a max ranked
Intensify at the time a rank-4 Paralysis is cast, Paralysis will deal:
Shields × 3.5 × (1 + Strength Mods) = 150 × 3.5 × 1.3 = 682.5 damage. - Valkyr's shields will be reduced to:
Shields × 0.67 = 150 × 0.67 = 100.5 shields.
- As an example, if Valkyr has 150 shields and a max ranked
- Stunned enemies are vulnerable to Finisher attacks. If the enemy cannot be attacked with a Finisher (either due to positioning or the enemy type), it will be susceptible to Stealth Damage Multipliers from melee attacks for the duration of the stun. As with other stealth attacks, coming into physical contact with the enemy while attacking will temporarily remove the damage bonus.
- Overshields contribute to Paralysis' damage.
Augment
- Main article: Prolonged Paralysis
Prolonged Paralysis is a Warframe Augment Mod for
Valkyr that causes
Paralysis to pull affected enemies towards her and inflict
Knockdown.
Tips & Tricks
- Shields drained this way will reset the shield recharge delay, as if Valkyr was hit.
- Installing a decent
Redirection and
Fast Deflection mod helps by greatly improving the damage output as they are being utilized by this ability.
- Redirection increases the damage dealt through greater total amount of shields lost.
- Fast Deflection helps recover lost shields quickly.
- Extended uses of this ability will recommend installations of
Vitality and
Steel Fiber mods in order to overcome damages after the Paralysis effects. - The way Paralysis is treated is similar to
Banshee's
Sonic Boom dealing a blast with tremendous knockbacks, but doing a full 360 angle of damage with half of the original range. - Paralysis can be used within the duration of
Hysteria allowing Valkyr to expend her shields with no trouble receiving damage. This will still drain her shields in spite of her invulnerability. - This ability can be spammed due to its very low energy cost, this will heavily divide shields down to 0 if expended drastically, but it will give potential stunlocks to lesser enemies effectively.
- This ability synergizes well with Squad Shield Restore, as burst of shield recharges allow Valkyr to spam full loads of shield damage at a group of enemies more effectively.
- In Sabotage Missions which you need to destroy several small cylinders after the reactor core has been exposed, a single Paralysis is sufficient to quickly destroy all the cylinders.
Bugs
- When used repeatably, Valkyr's scream may sometimes skip over itself and not play. This is merely audible however.
- Paralysis only does approximately half the damage it should.
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Hysteria Valkyr is imbued with energy and becomes a ball of vicious rage, capable of unleashing a torrent of deadly claw attacks on unsuspecting foes. Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) |
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1% / 2% / 4% / 5% (lifesteal) |
Info
- Overcome with rage, Valkyr unleashes a pair of energy talons, the
Valkyr Talons, as her melee Exalted Weapon. Normal attacks deal
100 / 125 / 200 / 250 damage within 2 meters and all of Valkyr's attacks heal her for 1% / 2% / 4% / 5% of the damage dealt.
- Damage is distributed evenly between
Impact,
Puncture, and
Slash. - Wall attacks and slide attacks inflict
300 / 375 / 600 / 750 damage for each strike. - Aerial attacks inflict
200 / 250 / 400 / 500 damage. - Slam attacks inflict
300 damage within 5 meters. - Attacks have a 2x critical multiplier, 50% critical chance, and 10% status chance.
- Damage is distributed evenly between
- Damage is affected by
Ability Strength and most mods.
- As an example, with a maxed
Pressure Point,
Shocking Touch and
Intensify, the normal attacks of a rank-3 Hysteria will deal
Base Damage × (1 + Damage Mods) × (1 + Elemental Mods) × (1 + Strength Mods) =
250 × (1 + 1.2) × (1 + 0.9) × (1 + 0.3) = 1,358.5 damage. - The mods that can be equipped on and affect
Valkyr Talons include:
- damage (e.g.,
Steel Charge) - physical damage (e.g.,
Jagged Edge) - elemental damage (e.g.,
Shocking Touch) - faction (e.g.,
Smite Corpus) - critical chance and damage (e.g.,
True Steel and
Organ Shatter) - Status chance (e.g.,
Melee Prowess and
Vicious Frost) - attack speed (e.g.,
Fury and
Berserker Fury) - range (e.g.,
Primed Reach) - Tennokai (e.g.,
Dreamer's Wrath)
Condition Overload
Healing Return
Relentless Combination
Shattering Impact
- While officially Set Mod bonuses do not affect Exalted Weapons (with the exception of the Sacrificial Mod Set), the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Melee and not on the Exalted Weapon itself.
- damage (e.g.,
- Valkyr Talons can not be equipped with Melee Combo Counter Mods (except
Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g.,
Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods (e.g.
Amalgam Organ Shatter). - Riven Mods are not generated for Valkyr Talons.
- The combo counter will reset when equipped with
Xoris. - Hysteria's combo counter decay is affected by
Naramon's
Power Spike - Hysteria's innate lifesteal is calculated from the total damage of Valkyr's melee attacks after resistances are applied. Hysteria's lifesteal is also additive when combined with other sources of lifesteal
- For example, a maxed
Life Strike and a rank-3 Hysteria will yield
Base Lifesteal + Lifesteal Mods = 5% + 20% = 25% lifesteal on heavy hits.
- For example, a maxed
- As an example, with a maxed
- While active, Valkyr becomes Invulnerable to damage and Status Effects.
- Certain attacks will still push Valkyr away, and shock waves will cause her to bounce into the air. However, these attacks will not force Valkyr to the ground.
- Statuses that were already active when Hysteria was cast will not be removed. However, Valkyr will be immune to their damage regardless.
- Valkyr is not immune to Commander teleportation, Regulator minimap disruption, Cryo Floors, Tar-Mutalist MOA slows, or Swarm-Mutalist MOA screen hazing.
- Valkyr emits an aura with a radius of 5 meters around her while Hysteria is active, and 30% of the total damage she ignores is stored. If any enemies within this aura have Line of Sight of Valkyr when Hysteria is deactivated, Valkyr will be dealt 25% of all stored damage as
Impact damage.
- The aura will continue to grow up to 20 meters and each kill reduces it by 1 meter. The aura cannot be decreased below 5 meters.
- Stored damage is calculated from the total damage Valkyr ignores before resistances are applied.
- The amount of stored damage can be monitored at the top right of the HUD under Hysteria's ability icon.
- Stored damage dealt bypasses shield gating and can kill instantly if too large.
- Stored damage is reset upon swapping weapons.
- Highlighted enemies become unmarked if Valkyr moves out of range, negating the damage taken when Hysteria expires.
- Since enemies need line-of-sight, invisibility prevents the damage.
- After activation, a percentage counter will appear on the ability icon. The percentage increases from 0% to 100% over the course of 40 seconds.
- Hysteria costs
25 energy to activate, then consumes 
2.5 energy per second at 0% while active. The cost will increase by an additional 
2.5 until it caps out at 
15 energy per second at 100%. Hysteria will remain active until either Valkyr's energy is depleted, or the ability is deactivated by casting it again (default 4 ). - Valkyr cannot replenish energy using
Energy Vampire,
Rally Point, Rift Plane's innate energy regeneration, Squad Energy Restores,
Energy Siphon,
Energy Nexus,
Dreamer's Bond, and/or
Wellspring while Hysteria is active. - Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb's energy restores,
Spellbound Harvest,
Arcane Energize, and
Emergence Dissipate's Energy Motes can still replenish Valkyr's energy during Hysteria.
- Hysteria's energy drain is not converted into shields by Augur Mods.
- Hysteria costs
- Hysteria is affected by and can trigger Warframe arcanes,
Exodia Might , and
Melee Crescendo (even though the benefit from exodia might is minimal and it does not share the same combo counter as the melee weapon thus not benefiting directly from Melee Crescendo). - While Hysteria is active, Valkyr can cast other abilities and use primary and secondary weapons. Switching weapons will disable Hysteria's effects, including making her vulnerable to damage again; it will also pause the energy cost increase but will continue to drain energy at the current rate.
- Hysteria comes installed with its own unique stance. Additional combos will be unlocked as Hysteria increases in rank.
- Cast time of 1 second is affected by Casting Speed.
- Hysteria's attacks can damage enemies across the Rift Plane.
- Some of the passives of the Incarnon melee weapons work on Hysteria.
Weapon
- Main article: Valkyr Talons
Valkyr Talons are
Valkyr and
Valkyr Prime's signature Exalted Weapon, summoned by activating the ability
Hysteria. The weapon exclusively uses the Hysteria stance.
- This weapon deals equal physical damage.
- Innate
and two
polarities.
- Negates the infinite combo extender of
Xoris, resetting combo count on activation.
Advantages:
- Tied with
Desert Wind for the highest critical chance of all melee weapons. - Innate 5% lifesteal.
- Very high attack speed.
Disadvantages:
- Low status chance.
- Short range.
- Requires energy to activate and keep active.
- As an Exalted Weapon, it cannot benefit from, nor contribute to the set bonus of any Set Mods (excluding the Sacrificial Mod Set; the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Warframe, Melee, or Robotic Weapons, and not on the Exalted Weapon itself).
- Cannot equip Melee Combo Counter Mods (except
Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g.,
Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods (e.g.,
Amalgam Organ Shatter). - Cannot equip Melee Arcane Enhancements.
Stance
- Main article: Hysteria (Stance)
Hysteria is a unique Stance exclusive to
Valkyr Talons that can only be acquired and used by activating
Valkyr's fourth ability,
Hysteria. This Stance overrides the Stance on any currently equipped melee weapon for as long as Hysteria remains active.
Combos
| Combo/Attack | Name | Attack Multipliers and Forced Procs | Avg Dmg Multi/s | Length @ 1.0 Attack Speed |
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Fervor | 315.8%/s | 2.9s |
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| Forward (While Moving) |
Rage | 235.3%/s | 1.7s |
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| Forward Block (While Blocking & Moving) |
Madness | 416.7%/s | 3.6s |
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| Block (While Blocking) |
Delirium | 416.7%/s | 2.4s |
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| Heavy (Heavy Attack) |
Rise From Ashes | 500.0%/s | 2.0s |
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| Slide (While Sliding) |
Launching Spring | 2250.0%/s | 0.8s |
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| Aerial (While In Air) |
One Point | 620.7%/s | 1.4s |
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| Wall (While Wall Latching) |
Through Strike | 176.5%/s | 1.7s |
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| Finisher (On Knocked Down Enemy) |
Roaring Drums | 4153.8%/s | 1.3s |
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| Slam (Looking At Ground While In Air) |
Slam Attack | 461.5%/s | 0.7s |
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Augment
- Main article: Enraged
Enraged is a Warframe Augment Mod for
Valkyr's
Hysteria that increases its damage and critical chance but fixes its duration to 15 seconds and adds a matching cooldown. The base Energy cost is also increased to 50, while the Energy drain over time is removed.
- Main article: Hysterical Assault
Hysterical Assault is a Warframe Augment/Exilus mod for
Valkyr that allows her to pounce onto enemies while in
Hysteria by meleeing while aiming, dealing damage on contact. It also provides brief Invulnerability when switching off her Valkyr Talons while in Hysteria.
Tips & Tricks
- There may be a dark red hue for the duration of Hysteria, making it difficult to see enemies. This is especially problematic if Infested Parasites are nearby.
- Turning 'Color Correction' off in Options > Display can alleviate this issue.
- Her invulnerability can be taken advantage of in reviving teammates in exchange for consuming energy and not attacking enemies with her powerful claws.
- This can also be used to escape powerful opponents at the middle point of this ability. Allowing greater hit and run tactics.
- It's preferable to use
Steel Charge over
Growing Power when modding for pure damage as the former adds more damage to Hysteria than the latter.
- Even with Steel Charge equipped, using
Power Drift will still add more damage than
Coaction Drift.
- Even with Steel Charge equipped, using
- It's recommended to activate Melee Auto-targeting System in the options as Valkyr's awkward attack animations may miss a lot.
- Players who suffer low FPS (Frames per second) may want to avoid attack speed boosts, such as Warcry, while using Hysteria. High attack speeds can result in a loss of DPS as melee attacks are "semi-automatic".
- Heavy Attacks in Hysteria open enemies to Finishers, allowing you to reliably use the damage boost without spending energy on her
Paralysis ability.
- This finisher also knocks enemies down, allowing for a successive ground finisher for a quick burst of high damage.
Bugs
- Using Hysteria the moment you are downed by enemies will cause you to bug. Sometimes, you will only be able to use your actual melee weapon, but it will swing as though it is your claws; Other times you will be able to use your other weapons, and all while being invincible. You must wait until the effect ends for the bug to clear.
- Attacks outside the vulnerability radius of Hysteria are still counted to the damage received in the Hysteria status, however these additional points do no effect at the end of the duration.
- If only a melee weapon is equipped in the player's loadout, casting Hysteria while holding either a Codex or Synthesis Scanner will cause Hysteria's attacks to instead use the equipped melee's quick-attacks, while also rendering both combos and blocking unusable.
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