Every Melee Ability Ranked | Assassin's Creed Valhalla Survival Guide

It's time to talk about melee abilities in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. There are a lot of options when it comes to striking down enemies, but with a little help you'll be well on your way to taking over England. Codiak is back with a new video and today he's ranking melee abilities and talking about the best ways to dispatch the armies of England.
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[@DavidBrown-wf1cq]

I watch yall videos all the time they help me out alot thx for everything

[@LordPenguin-qx8td]

Have you used the poison clouds (maybe with miasma) and just pull a torch out to kamakazi a battle field?

[@walkforgiven]

Both syllables in Valhalla ryhme with Hall or Wall, not Pal or Foul...

[@joshuacrooks7309]

Thx so much bro. Keep it going. U gonna hit 1 million one day bro

[@joshuacrooks7309]

This guy 2021 gonna blow up on youtube. The content is soooo helpful.

[@st5372]

I use blinding rush to get flying tattoos easily, you can just walk over to them without having to chase them

[@yokiw9265]

@@Supadrumma441 dude, there easy as frick

[@gravyd316]

These ones don't float away at the end and they're not nearly as complicated to keep up with as they were in black flag. In ACV they sit there and wait for you to catch them. I can't stand how glitch players act like they're giving good tips....... especially after the tip had a video made about it about a week ago.

[@sanantonioheat]

@@gravyd316They definitely do float away in AC Valhalla I know this because my pakour skills are lacking

[@qarcon3247]

you can do this? thx man

[@ntutino1980]

I sub it in just for that use. It gets frustrating chasing after the papers and I swear there’s at least a couple that are bugged out

[@sethrp5]

I used rage of helheim against all three daughters of lerion at 58 and below. My weapons obviously did little to no damage against Cordelia, her being 340. But ROH did consistent good damage that could not be blocked or evaded.

[@lukaotis7701]

if you bait their unblock able attacks you can easily use rage of helhiem to take away a 4th of your health if you can efficiently use both triggers. if you have 4 adrenaline slots, you can kill EVERY human boss in the game, but you will need the upgraded version

[@Death-fw6co]

I use rage of Helheim on my meat when I’m lonely

[@lukaotis7701]

@@Death-fw6co i use dive of the valkaries to hop on yo meat 😩

[@franfalamic9630]

Blinding rush is actually very useful in stealth gameplay because when you assassinate you get your adrenaline back, it's just a really good skill

[@mijo29]

Rage of helheim, should of got a higher ranking, omg that ability fucks people up and kills and takes 75%-100% of the health. Your literally just tapping both top triggers and that’s it.

[@kadenlopez1051]

Best ability for bosses when there’s no walls around

[@slynical4433]

I agree, Rage of Helheim is a way better ability then he rated it here. Every time I use that move I feel like I'm killing someone. Does tons of damage and looks cool. You can also use it to single out certain enemies from a distance like the rush and bash ability. Way better than what he listed

[@ironman82tr]

life saver for the 3 sisters

[@liamaumareva6278]

makes killing zealots more fun and satisfying. When they die to that ability I can feel all my rage go after the finisher

[@jaynino6656]

Best way to kill high power people

[@AzureExia]

The kick of tyr is s tier for me. Does little damage but completely negates rune attacks has a fast start up and has invulnerability during the whole animation. Also kicking guys off of cliffs for insta deaths no matter how high level they are is fun af.

[@RHETO4052]

You can also cheese order bosses by stomping their head when they fall lmaoo

[@kuruptzZz]

yeah I just leveled that up, and I just stomp them out while they're lying there after the kick. It's beast

[@goutbreak]

But you can do literally all of this with harpoon impalement, if harpoon didn’t exist, it’d definitely be higher, but there’s no reason to use kick of tyr over harpoon

[@kuruptzZz]

@@goutbreak Like I mentioned above, when you level up the kick, enemies lay there stunned, and you can stomp them and get in a bunch of good shots before they recover. Very useful for more powerful enemies. Harpoon is one of my favorites too

[@lilhand47]

This one of my favorite i kill sum of the hardest enemies of cliff

[@wuslayer6849]

tyr kick should be a tier it can kills legendary beast instantly

[@xander.pierce]

I loved Sparta-kicking the double shield drengr in Norway to instakill him, and just slamming people like Zealots or Maegesters into a wall or off a cliff as you said is so satisfying

[@coryholbert7692]

Ikr

[@cachenoble7528]

I love how you are releasing these ranking videos so fast and they are so good!

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Glad you like them!

[@ZohairAhmedR]

Moral of the video: *Adrenalines are precious* 😂

[@zmoney1001]

Just what the people ordered Codiak! You rock dude! Like you didn’t think you’d become a tier lister, I didn’t think I’d like this sort of thing. But here we are and you keep killing it. I’ll watch every video you put out on this game, you just murder it every time dude! Best sub I’ve made

[@benanderson9551]

Kick of tyr has a lot more usability. Enemies stay down so you can then stomp and hit them on the ground. It locks on as soon as you’re close to a target. Plus it just looks cool and powerful

[@roblinehan5751]

The vengeance of Thor is insane. You don’t even have to charge it up if you just let go instantly it still melts the health of bosses/zealots and it kills normal enemies with one use of Vengeance of Thor.

[@whoevencares5562]

Feign Death is a massive exp farmer, and gives you a free kill on any enemy that can be assassinated. Like Thorn of Slumber, it’s pretty OP when you aren’t max level. Free assassination is pretty nice :x Also, Rage of Helheim is a walking cheat code against the sisters and any human-shape boss for all that matters. Parry, Rage, repeat, and then you won.

[@dsweet5859]

Just go to settings and turn on instant-kill assassination. Ez.

[@kevinjschuster]

Loving the videos - really helpful as I prioritize where to go on the map!

[@TheGrin69]

Man your videos I've watched hit it right on the head almost have the same game style. Love the content keep it up bro.

[@Hairyhippy5]

Nice one I’m re-evaluating how I use my abilities. Going to start using some I haven’t really tried. Thanks

[@jukebox1899]

Hit blind rush, then pull out your bow...you can line up a head shot with a charged shot. Works great on bosses

[@jukebox1899]

@Joseph Dainty Right but you can't make a charged shot with it. You can one shot a goliath with blind rush and take half a zealot's health with a charged headshot.

[@stefanotvp9782]

Completely agree with this ranking! Great video!

[@dimosthenis_ac]

the blinding rush has one use getting the flying tattoos that ability makes it easy to get them

[@jshazgaming5953]

The funny thing is, I have the harpoon impalement ability and it is my favourite but I rarely use it lol. I think I use the dive of the valkyries ability the most though so that’s a plus.

[@matthewryan2060]

Rank two has me using it all the time.

[@brianchernick396]

By far the best farming location guide out there!

[@winterkell713]

I do not agree with the Rage of helheim placement that is at least A tear

[@capitalist5744]

My melee abilities are : axe throw for group fights, rage of helheim because its badass, kick of tyr because... I used harpoon but wanted to try the kick and final the charge because it works well as a chain finisher like after an assassination in a group of people who become aware of you or when surrounded and needing to get to some food or a enemy avaliable to finish. The charge is probably what I use the most next to axe throw.

[@doubtfuldrawing]

Main reason I like blinding rush is because you use 1 adrenaline for it, but it replenishs it right after you assassinate someone then if you have the chain you can earn another adrenaline. Also when collecting tattoos you can slow the time down or even when racing or having the retreat or get a break for a second while you back stab them! I find it it's very versatile.

[@fortyebestlover9123]

no wonder my guy put helhiem so low he is absolutely miserable at the bumbper spamming game

[@aranhahumana6545]

yeah

[@RyhoLV]

My eyes hurt now, it literally chops 20-30% of every bosses health on normal difficulty

[@cradle781]

@@RyhoLV lol what im on the highest didficulty and i can easily take off 60-70% of health on elite enemies

[@RyhoLV]

@@cradle781 bosses not elites, I meant drengr and zealots not elites....

[@stephentighe7918]

I love it

[@LordPenguin-qx8td]

I feel like the smoke bomb skill is just as good if not better than feigning death

[@aminm7714]

Flight of the valkyries is by far the best ability. It’s easy to use and it deals a lot of damage

[@shadefallenking3455]

from personal experience, I would put fire strike in s tier above poison strike the burn effect has a lot of cc and damage to it which helps with fighting enemies way above your own level. Also if your using it with fast-hitting weapons like dual daggers you can keep enemies stuck in chain cc and burn damage with the only task being to reapplying the effect to the weapon

[@nickolasscott4323]

You're video's r very helpful to me keep up the good work bro

[@Dracolu74]

Great video man..thank u

[@Bbydaleraney]

im so glad i got dotv really early it helped through almost everything lol.

[@o0TraceuR0o]

I cant describe how many times kick of tyr saved me or helped me get out of overwhelming situation, its interruptive towards enemies, breaks any defense or red rune attacks etc etc you're totally of the mark with that one imo but good overall list

[@GoAway3729]

As someone who has played like 10 hours of Valhalla because I was doing other thibns, I found harpoon thing in the starting area because I saw loot and I was like “BOOK GIVE LOOT YES” and I do not regret being a loot goblin

[@user-co3ux8ej8f]

If your in combat where an enemy is just swinging at you nonstop with light attacks you can spam parry and it will do tons of damage, and you can also parry arrows

[@afraidofsalad5551]

Rush & bash + dive of valkerie is my ultimate move. Animation is so good and I still use them anytime anywherr

[@brandon6199]

Thank you. Any way you can label the abilities as you do with weapons and armor on the other videos?

[@akinamegu9896]

this ranking is from a practical point of view

[@colinl2813]

Should’ve figured you could throw off enemies off cliffs, discovered it during a fortress raid in story. Was hysterical Felt like Spartacus but with a rope. Awesome video helped a lot

[@pepepistacho5140]

Yes bro. With Rush and bash ability. Hold the left hand button when you run to cliff and jump over the enemy and jump too looks like surfing table. With the sprint Rush for fat brutos you can use too. If you run to bruto you stop his attack and apear quickdraw button Game.

[@dougheclipse1717]

Everybody I read talking about loves feign death level 2. Early game that with advanced assassination is a huge help

[@Showtimevin__]

Throwing axe fury should be at the top of the list because number one it's been with you since day one and it has a awesome upgrade which does more damage.

[@crayolaSimpz8940]

Blinding Rush is really good against the giant wolf in the Asgard Ark do to him you know jumping away from you constantly

[@MJCcraft9]

Blinding rush is great for getting behind the harder enemies and taking out their weak points with a bow and arrow. Especially if the weak point is on there back like some zealots.

[@SillyPunkD]

Still running Kick of Tyr in my slot if I am fighting on a mountain, kicking down elites or bosses with it results in an instakill. You just have to slot it when it becomes useful. Just like I slot Blinding rush when I'm going stealthy as a safety net when I miss a guard and they spot me, I can trigger it and assassinate them before they alert the entire crew.

[@tylerdoerrer3576]

Kick of Tyr works well if there is a big drop to kick enemies off of.

[@bobsnart8]

Blinding rush can be useful for many other things, like sneaking up on fish, animals, and catching papers

[@MaydayAggro]

Blinding rush can also be used to get behind enemies with a back weak spot or do a head shot from behind.

[@Alcatraz-zn4zp]

That axe throw ability got me through trials of the morrigan

[@bruellbart2380]

I know I'm late, but 2 level-Rage of Helheim with a Dualshock Controller on the PS4 lets me dish out insane amounts of damage to human(like) enemies (against animals it's rather useless) to the point it makes Dive of the Valkyries look like stroking. I just hold my index fingers straight on top of L1/R1 and wobble my arms alternating up and down to get that Neo vs. Mr. Smith Matrix fist fight effect. Doing this move may not look that elegant in real life, but lets me get rid of Goliaths and such in no time.

[@soapywater4626]

Blinding rush very situational but in the right situation it's priceless. When your in a heavily guarded base and you have 1 target. You can skip everyone. You don't have to kill everyone. Just escape, mission accomplished! less exp but much more effective.

[@Awkwardstefan007]

The kick comes in very handy against the one lost warrior up in the mountains

[@anthonyc4340]

Harpoon can basically do the same thing I think

[@liamaumareva6278]

I'm tempted now to just fight him normally than a easy way. Wanna see how my set can handle that

[@sicklygem]

The kick can be a lot more accurate if you know where you want them to go, I use it clear enemies by kicking them off drops, killing them

[@CulturedPotato]

All of my first abilities were the S tier and B tier. So useful

[@jomama2858]

I love Rage of Helheim so much. My abilities rn are, the axe throwing, rush and bash, rage of Helheim, and Viking Salute(wrath of the druids DLC) Viking salute just give u a higher change to stun enemies but it also deals damage.

[@thels5217]

I find alot of the abilities to be just awkward to use. My favorites so far are Dive, Poison Strike and Harpoon.

[@ProxxRoxx]

Another great Video. Unfortunately the Game itself is quite unclear about a lot of Stuff. So it's great you clarify some Things here and share your Thoughts 👍

[@LupercalRising]

I love the wolf and the harpoon

[@Pal6283]

I understand why the fake death one is bad but it’s pretty funny to use

[@jamesoliver4498]

You can also use the upgraded version of dive of the valkyries to open barred doors

[@jamesseeker1538]

Kick of tyr should be higher for it's utility rather than damage output. When you kick enemies off a wall or building they often die. You can also kick shielded enemies and then stomp. It's really not hard to get exactly what you want out of it. It's my top used melee ability.

[@StreetComp]

The rank2 Rush and Bash is really useful against elites on higher difficulty lvls and use it all the time - esp when cliff or ledge nearby as elites can be one shotted. Haven’t gotten rank2 Throwing Axe Fury yet but rank1 does very little on higher difficulty. Thought Feign Death was useless until saw what you did with rank 2 :) though that’s pretty dumb that enemies right near you would be fooled repeatedly lol. Watched all your ranking videos and been helpful so thanks.

[@pepepistacho5140]

Try to trow an enemy in a cliff with this ability. But hold the left hand button. You can jump over the enemy and fall over his body looks like surfing. The fall instakill enemy but you dont have any damage. This is my BEST ability in the Game. You can use this to stop rushing brutos against you too. And i dont know if this works with other enemies rushing to you.. Fucking awesome ability.

[@umangmalhotra978]

Waiting for the sheilds

[@pudin8301]

I just used throwing axe fury coz that’s the 1st one I got and it was very good

[@hilaryhamilton240]

I’ve obviously missed the harpoon - argh, gotta go and find it.

[@matthewryan2060]

Vengeance of Thor is my #1. Great when paired with the Brigandine set. Dual short swords. Unstoppable.

[@charliet5457]

I'd put rage of hellheim higher because when you fighting aginst bosses or just 1v1 its op

[@otispeak]

Ya its very good for taking alot of damage off of bosses and that head smash at the end is rlly good

[@moonfjb512]

Kick of tyr is the best move in the game. Rank 2 where they stay on the ground you can can 2 lights and heavy and a stomp to usually finish.

[@skmk88]

I would rank throwing axes higher than the Vdive. Simply because when enemies are staggered, you just spam r3 and stomp them for massive combined damage. You can take out 4 enemies within seconds very often. But yea I agree with pretty much the whole list, I’ve been using axes, dive, harpoon and fire since the beginning. It was a very obvious choice imo

[@fatalrainbow1495]

sekiro players looking at how ez this game is

[@sinful2k]

alright and?

[@X3GreenTea]

Wow. A soulslike is hard. Who would've thought?

[@egordon7543]

Kick of tier is a tier, on level 2 enemies don’t get up for long, It can keep enemies down over and over and low u too just wait at theme while their on the floor, definitely best ability for taking on zealots

[@georgeggsboys7393]

We like it

[@kevinlawin2810]

Kick of Tyr is good, paired it with double daggers, and you go stabby stab on the downed enemy. It's satisfying, especially against enemy that wield dagger and constantly dodging your attack.

[@VampireDragon86]

Nice he did it!!!

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Just for you GradiusGaming

[@VampireDragon86]

@@LegacyGamingUS You are awesome my guy

[@inception8915]

Dive of the valkery (sorry if I misspelled) is so good that I was able to beat a lvl 280 enemy when I was a lvl 55 and it was only a lvl 1 ability

[@jackmcgrath4780]

Cap

[@135Jaeger531]

Blinding rush with the assassination adrenaline perk seems like it might be op tbh

[@alexandersjoberg7110]

Assasinations give a full adrenaline slot wich means that if you manage to pull of at least one assasination with blinding rush the ability is essensially free

[@adamthefish9602]

Really like these lists and you make some good arguments for your rankings! Ofc there's always going to be some subjectivity with these things but I definitely think you're probably not using rage of Helheim correctly. You're also not the only KZbinr I've seen massively underrating this ability. Rage of Helheim is so overpowered, that it kind of ruins the game. I was able to kill every boss in the game almost singlehandedly with the RoH ability and 4 adrenaline segments. Doesn't take long to master how to use the ability but once you do, you will kill everything - it should probably be in a tier all by itself above everything else! 😂

[@georgegkagka1773]

Harpoon impalement has the nostalgic factor of the rope dart.

[@kor_sham]

if you use kick of tyr then the harpoon you can do lots of damage then use the stun finisher on bigger enemies

[@WhatupdoeTV313]

I'd say blinding rush is at least C when you use the adrenaline you get your it right back after the first assassination and you gain adrenaline with every assassination after.

[@ChloePricesNumberOneSimp]

Rush and bash and kick of tyr can both send an enemy flying over a cliff. But I still use the kick because it reminds of kick of sparta.

[@mr.mapusarus6357]

Dive of Valkyries level 1: Guud Level 2: YES

[@cococrispy1337]

Blinding rush is so OP; you can literally take out an in entire camp by spamming the ability running at the enemy and doing stealth assassinations

[@guessmyname6396]

My first melee abilites was dive of valkyries then rush and bash those are the only melee ones i have so far and my ranged ones are mark of death and incendiary powder trap

[@trullu]

definitely agree

[@jessycruz2465]

Kick of tyr is such a broken skill. Sometimes it can 1 hit those elites and sometimes it can only do like a small fraction of damage to them. But still pretty useful since once it hits it puts them down for a stomp.

[@TMBales]

I think the rush and bash and wolf are my favorite abilities to use

[@IronsideGeorge]

Harpoon ability for me - SKAL my fellow Vikings ⚔️

[@DekkarJr]

I like the wolf :3

[@twothree3636]

He said rage of helheim was pretty meh but it got me through 95% of boss fights honestly

[@hyphenjeff]

What kept happening in your videos is why I don't like Fire Strike and Poison Strike - "Civilian Casualties..."

[@UNITEDSTATES8238]

I love them all

[@rawcontent5166]

Honestly, I kind of agree on the whole Kick of Tyr bit, but it is also fun to use to kick targets off of ledges or cliffs, haha. For one example, the Drangr (hopefully I spelled that right) that was shown in the video? I got right up on the edge, waited for him to rush/charge me, dodged out of the way right at the right time to where the slowed effect would kick in and slow everything down, dodged again to get right up behind him, and then used the Kick of Tyr to send him flying right off the cliff to his death. It was honestly hilarious. But I do have question about two of the abilities shown in this video. The abilities that allow you ignite your weapon with poison or fire (depending on which one you use)? Can you stack those two together to do even more damage to a target? Like, can you ignite your weapon with both the poison and the fire ability at the same time for even more damage, or would one ability override the other? It would be kind of if they do stack, just to watch your target simmer and burn with flames and poison misting off of them.

[@murruelaflaga]

I want to be good with Rush and Bash but I used it and ran right off a ledge. You'd thinking running straight would be easy but it isn't. Harpoon Impalement is the greatest though. Took out one boss in two hits using it. So easy.

[@judecunningham]

Use fire attack before entering fight and then dive of valkyries. You’ll kill 10+ enemy’s and it stuns everyone. So OP

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Awesome technique, thanks for sharing!

[@cham1763]

Kick of tyr and Rage of helhiem should be at the minimum an A tier. Kick of tyr allows you to throw an enemy on to ground and spam stomps and light attacks, it’s especially useful on high level enemies with shields like zealots or any boss. Similarly, Rage of Helhiem can easily take chunks out of high level enemies so long as you can spam the attack buttons. Both are pretty fucking strong especially on the highest difficulties.

[@liamaumareva6278]

Forgot harpoon impalement was like the rope dart. That old weapon was my favourite in ac 3

[@appleproductions1855]

Idk what u mean rage of helheim is c tier u gotta like mash the buttons as fast as u can to do actual damage it’s atleast at the top in my opinion

[@havocgear8143]

The kick does so much dmg, just beat all 3 witch sisters at only 180power just using kick and harpoon over and over again. The kick instant stops any heavy attack then when they jump away harpoon them

[@pepepistacho5140]

Rush and bash is the BEST. You can jump to very high cliff with this. Hold the left hand button when you throw enemy and eivor jumps over and fall whith him looks like surfing table. Doesnt Matter are high cliffs. You dont have any damage.

[@Ri_Shin_Marco]

The funniest thing I witnessed yesterday was you can throw back shields, spears etc. (if you got that skill) but what I didn't know was that you can send back arrows too :D I just tried it and all it does is grabbing the arrow, then take your bow and send it back to the enemy as a headshot :D Note i tested it after 230+ hours :D