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1.Introduction
2.Awakening VS Succession
3.Skill Builds
4.Protected Skills
5.Locked Skills
6.Hotbar Skills
7.Core Skills
8.Skill Enhancement (Rabam) Skills
9.Skill Add-ons
10.Weapons
11.Armor
12.Accessories
13.Crystals
14.Artifacts and Lightstones
15.Useful Links/Credits
Introduction
Class guides are a rough explanation of the class, designed to give you an idea of the class and what you should be aiming for. You should really adapt the guide and follow your own instincts to match your play style!
I highly recommend looking at as many different sources as possible. The class discords are a great place to start, most have their own guides and resources as well as plenty of skilled players willing to help with questions.
The Valkyrie class is typical “sword and board” class that also has some support skills, used to heal allies or buff them. She is able to perform brilliant skills with her spiritual powers as she wields the Longsword instilled with Enslar’s resolve. At level 56, Valkyrie unlocks their awakening weapon which is the enormous lancia. Her seemingly inhuman defensive capabilities allow her to maintain a defensive stance in the toughest of situations. Additionally, her thrusting skills with her lancia are so powerful they can pierce through every enemy in front of her.. Valkyrie can also seemingly ascend to the heavens then crash down to deal damage, as if she truly is a knight of god.
Awakening VS Succession
Valkyrie Succession and Awakening can be unlocked after level 56 after speaking to the Black Spirit and completing the Awakening and Succession quests under the suggestions tab.
- The Awakening will unlock a completely new skill tree, which will be your primary skills from now on. The skills in the pre-awakening are mostly utility skills, and your main damage dealers will be your Awakening skills.
- The Succession skill kit enhances your longsword skills instead and only has a few awakening skills.
Your awakening weapon still affects your succession damage and vice versa. For example, if you are using the Succession kit, then 30% of your Awakening AP is still applied to the damage of Succession skills, as well as the additional item stats on the awakening weapon, such as Human/Species Damage and Accuracy.
For Valkyrie, Awakening currently tends to outperform at most grind spots and is considered easier to play. Succession can do well in certain spots that require less movement, but is much more effort for the same results at most end game grind spots.
For PVP, Awakening is also the more prefered choice in largescale and is quite desirable and versatile. She has a lot of useful buffing skills and heals for her teammates, the “PA” skill (Elion’s Blessing) is a huge defenses buff, and her Vacuum skill is useful for large scale PVP. In addition to all of that, she also has good damage.
For small scale PVP and 1v1 duels, Succession Valkyrie tends to be the better choice though, because she has more protected movement, a 10% all resistance passive, and higher DP due to her passive. She also has better protected CC catches, such as Prime: Shield Throw.
Skill Builds
Since the skill point update in late 2022, you can obtain all skills for approximately 1,000 skill points. Focus on your main skills first, then level the passives. The Weight Training skill should be leveled last since it only gives you weight limit increase.
[Click to Show/Hide] Valkyrie Awakening Build - 1005 Skill Points
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Protected Skills
It is important to read through your skills to understand which skills have protection and crowd control effects. Read through your skills carefully to get familiar with what each skill does. You can also filter the different effects in the Skill Window (K).
- Super armor (SA)
- This means you cannot be crowd controlled while this effect is active (except grab/grapple), but you will still take damage from any attacks
- Forward guard (FG)
- This means you will block damage and crowd control effects coming from the front direction of your character. The block can be broken if you take enough damage and you will see a blue shield with a number, indicating the % left of the block.
- Some classes have an “S block”. This means you will automatically use Forward Guard when moving backward with “S”.
- Invincible (I-frame)
- This means that you will not take damage and cannot be crowd controlled from any direction for the duration of the effect
PVE Iframe
Evasion, Shield Chase, and Death Line Chase are also “PVE Iframes”, which means these skills have a 1-second invincibility effect against monsters only, even if you spam the skill repeatedly.
Locked Skills
To lock a skill, press the lock icon on the top of each skill icon in the skill window (K).
These are the Awakening skills I recommend locking to help prevent messing up combos during PVP.
- Evasion
- Charging Slash
- Shield Strike
- Flurry of Kicks (optional)
- Skyward Strike (optional)
These are the Succession skills I recommend locking to help prevent messing up combos during PVP.
- Evasion
- Charging Slash
- Severing Light
- Flurry of Kicks
- Shield Strike
- Vow of Trust
Hotbar Skills
These are the minimum skills I recommend putting on your hotbar.
You may also want to put more skills on your hotbar and cooldown slots to keep track of them. For more information about how to do this, check out our Edit UI and Settings Guide.
Awakening:
Flow: Lucem Fluxum, Elion’s Blessing, Noble Spirit, Just Counter, Shining Dash, Verdict: Lancia Iustilae, Sancitas de Enslar, Judgment of Light, Skyward Strike, Divine/Shining Judgment of Light
Succession:
Flurry of Kicks, Just Counter, Elions Blessing, Sanctitas de Enslar, Shining Dash, Shining Judgment of Light
Core Skills
Core skills are a way of upgrading 1 skill from your awakening skill kit.
Core skills are usually down to preference but most players choose between Sanctitas de Enslar or Castigatio. Selecting core on Sanctitas de Enslar adds a knockdown CC which makes the skill a protected CC. The knockdown is useful for an extra catch in PVP and it has a large AOE that can also go through blocks. It also has good damage when paired with Flow: Divina Vult, because of the air attack modifiers. While Core: Castigatio adds Super Amor to the unprotected skill. Castigatio is useful against classes with higher mobility, since it has a low cooldown and a bound CC on the 1st and 3rd hit, meaning you can spam it quite often to try and get catches. It is also a good option for PVE.
- Core: Sacrum Ferit: Forward Guard while using skill (nullified durin cooldown).
- Core: Purificatione: Stun on hits (nullified durin cooldown).
- Core: Castigatio: Super Armor during the skill.
- Core: Hastiludium: Knockdown on last attack hits.
- Core: Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae: Floating on hits.
- Core: Sanctitas de Enslar: Knockdown on last attack hits.
Skill Enhancement (Rabam) Skills
Skill Enhancement skills can be obtained in the Skill Window (K) under the “Skill Enhancement” tab at the top. At levels 56, 57, and 58, you will have 2 different options to choose between. These skills have no skill points cost, but you have to have other skills leveled up to be able to take them.
Level 56 – [SHIFT + X]
- Celestrial Cry – Requires [Heaven’s Echo III] and [Breath of Elion III]
- (Preferred Choice)
- Celestrial Smite – Requires [Heaven’s Echo III] and [Celestrial Spear IV]
Most players usually pick the Celestrial Cry rabam skill. It is a Super Armor healing skill that gives movement speed for 10 seconds, and an accuracy rate buff + DP buffs for 60 seconds that also buffs your allies. The accuracy rate buff makes the skill very useful for a prebuff since the cooldown is only 40 seconds, and you can keep it up all the time in PVE. In PVP the heal can also end up saving you and is pretty quick (almost instant to cast).
Level 57 – [SHIFT + Z]
- Divine Slam – Requires [Divine Power IV] and [Sword of Judgment IV]
- (Preferred Choice for Succession)
- Divine Descent – Requires [Divine Poer IV] and [Elion’s Blessing]
- (Preferred Choice for Awakening)
Divine Slam is usually the preferred choice for succession and mostly used for the Accuracy Rate buff so that you can save the cooldown of Celestrial Cry for a heal instead. You can also cancel it nicely with Purificatione (W+C), Sanctitas de Enslar (S+C), Flying Kick (S+F), and (LMB+RMB+A/D). It can be useful as a quick downsmash CC that you can use at the end of a combo in PVP, or Forward Guard if you need a bit of extra protection.
Divine Descent is a more viable option for awakening since you don’t rely on the accuracy buff as much as succession does. For Awakening, you can use Heaven’s Echo instead to buff (you can use Heaven’s Echo from Awakening by blocking with Q, then pressing Space). You can also use Divine Descent in PVP for a DP and Special Attack Damge buff that is also applied to allies.
Level 58 – [Quickslot Only]
- Divine Judgment of Light – Requires [Judgment of Light III] and [Divine Power IV]
- Shining Judgment of Light – Requires [Judgment of Light III] and [Shining Dash]
Divine Judgment of Light is unprotected but has decent damage in PVP if used with a crit buff. You can use it as an end filler skill since it also has a chance to downsmash. You can use it directly after Celestial Smite and Celestial Spear by pressing LMB, or you can use the skill from quickslot. It’s also worth noting that you can cancel out of the skill by dashing to the side as soon as the light beams appear.
Shining Judgement of Light can be used in PVE for pulling mobs since it is a large AOE that pulls targets in. It also has super armor so can be useful for short distance protected movement or a protected down smash that you can use to try and extend combos. You can use the skill after Righteous Charge and Shining Dash by pressing SPACE, or you can use the skill from quickslot. However, you cannot cancel out of the skill and will be stuck in the entire animation, potentially leaving you vulnerable if your Downsmash CC doesn’t land in PVP.
Skill Add-ons
Below are some examples of PVE skill add-ons you can take.
If you would like example skill add-ons for other scenarios, please refer to the Class Discord and its resources.
I recommend experimenting with your add-ons and figuring out what is best for you because it really depends on your personal preference and how you play your class. If you’re simply not sure what to take then you can blindly follow the examples below and they will still be effective.
You can also check our Skill Add-on guide for a complete list of Skill Add-ons.
Awakening PVE Add-ons (Credit: Miner) | |
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Purificatione I | All DP -15 for 10 sec for target |
Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec | |
Castigatio I | Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec |
All DP +15 for 7 sec | |
Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae | All DP -15 for 10 sec for target |
Back Attack Damage +3% for 5 sec | |
Sanctitas de Enslar I | Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec |
Critical Hit Damage +3% for 5 sec | |
Flow: Divina Vult | All Accuracy Rate +4% for 7 sec |
All DP -15 for 10 sec for target | |
Terra Sancta | Extra AP Against Monsters +30 for 7 sec |
Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec |
Succession PVE Add-ons | |
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Sword of Jugment I | Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec |
Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec | |
Glaring Slash I | All Accuracy Rate +4% for 7 sec |
All Evasion Rate -4% for 10 sec for target | |
Celestrial Spear I | Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec |
Back Attack damage +3% for 5 sec | |
Shield Throw I | All Evasion Rate -4% for 10 sec for target |
Critical Hit Rate +20% for 7 sec | |
Prime: Purificatione | Critical Hit damage +3% for 5 sec |
All DP -15 for 10 sec for target | |
Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar | All Accuracy Rate +4% for 7 sec |
Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec |
Weapons
Mainhand Weapon | Details |
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Tuvala Longsword | Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character. |
Kzarka Longsword | Kzarka is a boss weapon that you will upgrade your Tuvala weapon into. It is a great weapon for PVX. |
Offin Tett Longsword | Offin Tett is a boss weapon alternative. Most players tend to pick Kzarka. The difference is that Offin has slightly more AP which can help you reach the higher AP brackets more easily, in return you lose accuracy, which can be fine on certain classes that don’t rely on accuracy too much. If you are unsure of which weapon to go for, just go with Kzarka. |
Blackstar Longsword | Blackstar is the best in slot PVE weapon. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. You can swap from a PEN Kzarka to a TET Blackstar and it will still perform better in PVE due to the additional monster damage. The monster damage applies to both your pre-awakening and awakening skills, even though it is a main-hand weapon. Unlike boss weapons, you cannot put caphras into this weapon, but it has a higher base AP. PEN Blackstars are also the hardest weapons to enhance. |
Awakening Weapon | Details |
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Tuvala Lancia | Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character. |
Dandelion Lancia | Dandelion is a boss weapon which you will upgrade your Tuvala weapon into. It is a great weapon for PVX. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon and unlock extra Crystal slots. |
Blackstar Lancia | Blackstar is the best in slot PVE weapon. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. Like the main-hand Blackstar weapon, the awakening Blackstar has additional monster damage. However, it has less monster damage than the main-hand, so usually players prioritize getting the main-hand one first, or may choose to only use the main-hand Blackstar weapon. |
Offhand Weapon | Details |
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Tuvala Shield | Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character. |
Kutum Shield | Kutum is the offhand weapon you should get first and should swap your Tuvala offhand for. The Kutum weapons have a mixture of AP and DP with additional monster damage. This makes them great for PVE and they are also good in PVP when running hybrid evasion builds on certain classes. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats. |
Nouver Shield | Nouver is your PVP offhand. It is considered the best in slot for PVP in most classes due to its high AP. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats. |
Blackstar Shield | Blackstar offhands are another choice for PVE. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. However, when you compare a PEN Blackstar offhand with a PEN Kutum (Caphras 20), there is very little difference between the two. Blackstars are known to be the hardest weapons in the game to enhance, and obtaining a PEN Kutum with caphras level 20 is much more obtainable, for this reason, it is not recommended to go with a Blackstar offhand at the moment and would be an endgame goal for very few players. |
Armor
For your armor, you will make a choice between Damage Reduction or Evasion gear. I recommend reading our guide about the two different DP stats if you want to learn what the two different stats do.
Generally, you are recommended to build Damage Reduction on Valkyrie.
Armor | Details |
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Tuvala Set
| Tuvala Armors are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting armors. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character. |
Boss Set (Damage Reduction)
| This boss set is the most popular boss set to go for after graduating from Season. This set is focuses on Damage Reduction, which is viable on all classes. Classes which should always pick damage reduction:
This is because these classes either have bad base evasion or have shields that scale well with Damage Reduction. ** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10. |
Boss Set (Evasion)
| This boss set is the evasion build boss set. If you are unsure of which to pick, the general answer is to just go with the Damage Reduction set. Evasion is only considered good on certain classes:
and can be considered viable on other classes in return for less damage:
** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10. |
Fallen God Armor | Fallen God Armor is the best in slot armor piece. It will eventually replace your Red Nose armor. To make the Fallen God Armor, you will need a Flame of Despair and a PEN Red Nose or Dim Tree Armor with level 10 caphras. This is why it is recommended to go with Red Nose, since it costs fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10. |
Labreska Helmet | Labreska Helmet is the best in slot helmet piece. It will eventually replace your Giath/Griffon helmet. To make the Labreska helmet you will need a Flame of Frost and a PEN Giath or Griffon Helmet with level 10 caphras. Both of these helmets require the same amount of caphras to get to level 10. |
Accessories
There are various different accessories in the game. At first, just focus on using the accessories that give you the highest AP in each slot.
There are also “free” accessories that all new players should get:
Accessory | How to obtain |
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Tuvala Accessories | Tuvala accessories are starter accessories obtained from the Season Server. Try to push up your accessories to PEN if possible, but if you don’t have much time to play Season, then focus on your Weapons and Armor first. |
PEN Capotia Necklace | You can obtain a FREE PEN Capotia Accessory from the Season Servers Special Reward. For your first season, it is recommended to get the PEN Capotia Necklace because it gives the most AP. You then want to create another Season character in the next season to get the PEN Capotia Belt, and finally the PEN Capotia Ring or Earring. |
PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian | You can obtain a PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian by completing Jetina’s PEN Accessory quests. These are daily quests that take a minimum of 45 days to complete. Every new and returning player should complete these as early as possible for a highly discounted PEN accessory. |
Common Starter PVE accessories:
- TET Black Distortion Earrings or TET Narc Ear Accessory (PEN Capotia Earring)
- TET Basilisk’s Belt (or PEN Capotia Belt)
- TET Ring of Crescent Guardian
- TET Ogre Ring/Laytenn’s Necklace (or PEN Capotia Necklace).
PEN Tuvala Necklace | ⇒ | PEN Capotia Necklace | ⇒ | PEN Tungrad Necklace PEN Ogre Ring PEN Laytenn’s Necklace |
PEN Tuvala Ring | ⇒ | PEN Capotia Ring | ⇒ | PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian PEN Tungrad Ring PEN Eye of the Ruins Ring |
PEN Tuvala Belt | ⇒ | PEN Capotia Belt | ⇒ | PEN Basilisk Belt PEN Valtarra Eclipsed Belt PEN Tungrad Belt |
PEN Tuvala Earring | ⇒ | PEN Capotia Earring | ⇒ | TET Black Distortion Earring PEN Narc Ear Accessory |
Crystals
Below is an example starter Crystal build for PVE. Some of the crystals are expensive. You can obtain the Rebellious Crystal by completing the main story questline. For more example crystal builds, including an end-game PVE crystal build, and PVP Crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide.
- Ah’krad Crystal x2
- Rebellious Spirit Crystal x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Adamantine x2
- Ancient Magic Crystal of Crimson Flame – Power x2
- Dark Red Fang Crystal – Valor x2
- Corrupted Magic Crystal x2
- Max HP +350
- All AP +34
- All Accuracy +6
- Extra Damage to Monsters +20
- Hidden Damage Reduction -4
- Knockdown/Bound Resistance +50%
- Stun/Stiffness/Freezing Resistance +10%
- Critical Hit Level +4
- Critical Hit Damage +22%
- Skill EXP +10%
This is an example PVP Build for Valkyries using Damage Reduction Armors and wanting a more balanced PVP setup, with a mixture of tankiness, resistances, and damage. For more example crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide or the Class Discord.
- HAN Magic Crystal – Hoom x4
- Rebellious Spirit Crystal x2
- Crystal of Elkarr x2
- JIN Glorious Crystal of Honor – Special Evasion x2
- JIN: Magic Crystal – Cobelinus x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Adamantine x1
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Sturdiness x1
- Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Swiftness x1
- All accuracy +40
- Ignore All Resistance +20%
- All Resistance +7%
- Grapple Resistance +25%
- Knockback/Floating Resistance +5%
- Knockdown/Bound Resistance +25%
- Stun/Stiffness/Freezing Resistance +5%
- Max HP +1170
- All AP +10
- Extra AP Against Monsters +10
- All Damage Reduction +20
- All Evasion +8
- Movement Speed +2
- Weight Limit +40LT
This is an example PVP Build for Valkyries using Damage Reduction Armors and going full Human Damage (glass cannon). For more example crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide or the Class Discord.
- Glorious Crystal of Gallantry – Olucas x2
- Red Spirit Crystal x2
- Crystal of Elkarr x2
- Corrupted Magic Crystal x2
- JIN: Magic Crystal – Viper x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Viper x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Carmae x2
- Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Swiftness x1
- All accuracy +70
- Ignore All Resistance +20%
- Max HP +200
- All AP +14
- Extra Damage to Humans +56
- All Damage Reduction -4
- Critical Hit Damage +22%
- Attack, Casting Speed +2%
- Attack Speed +6
- Casting Speed +4
- Critical Hit +2
- Movement Speed +2
Artifacts and Lightstones
There are a few different viable choices for both Artifacts and Lightstone combos. Valkyrie is the “Melee Damage” type so you want to go for Melee Accuracy and Melee Damage for offensive artifacts.
For PVE Lighstones there are a few different options to min-max. For certain spots, you may want to use Species damage combos (eg. The Wild: Demihumans, The Wild: Kamaslyvia, The Wild: Humans). Species damage combos perform better if you are reaching the monster AP caps at a certain zone.
A more generic PVE combo is listed below that is recommended for your class and will work at any spot.
You can also find more information about Artifacts and Lightstones, and how to obtain them, in our guide. We also have a list of Best in slot Artifacts and Lightstones.
Artifacts for PVE:
Marsh’s Artifact – Extra AP Against Monsters
- (Extra Damage to Monsters +6)
Lesha’s Artifact – Monster Damage Reduction
- (Monster Damage Reduction +9)
Artifacts for PVP:
Marsh’s Artifact – Melee AP
- (Melee AP +4)
Marsh’s Artifact – Melee Accuracy
- (Melee Accuracy +8)
Lesha’s Artifact – All Damage Reduction
- (All Damage Reduction +3)
Kehelle’s Artifact – Max HP
- (Max HP +75)
PVE Lightstone Combo | |
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[Vicious Shadows] Fire: Predation Fire: Predation Fire: Shadows Fire: Strike | Total Combo Effects: Monster AP +13 Back Attack Damage +6% Critical Damage +3% |
PVP Offensive Lightstone Combo | |
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[Target Openings] Fire: Rage Fire: Marked Wind: Lungs Fire: Strike | Total Combo Effects: All AP +10 All Accuracy +16 Maximum Stamina +100 Critical Damage +6% |
PVP Defensive #1 Lightstone Combo | |
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[Rigid Shield] Earth: Iron Wall Earth: Iron Wall Earth: Iron Wall Earth: Iron Wall | Total Combo Effects: All Damage Reduction +30 |
PVP Defensive #2 Lightstone Combo | |
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[Untouchable] Earth: Iron Wall Earth: Waves Wind: Heart Earth: Disrupt | Total Combo Effects: All DR +18 All Evasion +33 Max HP +200 Special Attack Evasion +3% |
Useful Links/Credits
I highly recommend checking out the Valkyrie Class Discord for resources about your class. The class discords always have the most up-to-date information and tons of experienced players that can help with questions or gearing advice. I would like to give a shoutout to the Mods and Experienced players in the Valkyrie discord for all their hard work gathering resources. You can find some of their own guides below. I honestly cannot recommend enough to join the discord.
Useful links to check out:
- Official Valkyrie Forums
- Succession Guide by Quendya
- Succession Guide by LarryFish
- Awakening Text Guide by Swidex
- Awakening Guide by Quendya
- Awakening Guide by Amouu
PVP Montage Videos:
- Awakening Valk PVP by iSIn
- Awakening Valk PVP by Legacina
- Awakening Valk PVP by SrGylla
- Awakening Valk PVP by Eldrerol
- Awakening Valk Arena of Solare PVP by iSin
- Awakening Valk PVP by Quendya
- Succession Valk PVP #1 by reeio
- Succession Valk PVP #2 by reeio
- Succession Valk PVP by LarryFish
- Succession Valk Arena of Solare PVP by LarryFish
- Succession Valk PVP by Nerv
Credits Disclaimer: Since there are now 26 BDO classes, it is impossible for me to keep class guides fully maintained. My main class is Ranger and I don’t claim to be the best in any class. Therefore, I use resources and recommendations from the Class discords since (as all other players would agree) this is the best source. I also ask for advice from friends who are more experienced in the class. Where possible, I credit specific players for information such as Add-ons, and combos. However, sometimes there is no player mentioned as the original sharer. If there are any issues with credit or you would like certain information removed/changed, please reach out to me!