Valkyr Talons | Explaining Every Exalted

[@CoolKid369]

Just wanted to say that I totally forgot about Wrathful Advance, but it's also a very good Helminth option on Valkyr. Considering that it was in the Excalibur video you'd think I'd have included it in this one, but my own stupidity continues to surprise me.

[@ExperimentalProfessor]

I personally use Breach Surge for that CC and damage bonus

[@crumpster]

i like using opharim eyes for some armor strip! it also makes you look like an angry blender with a flashlight

[@CephalonLux]

shpeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen valkyr is one of the easiest lvlcap cascade builds ive used, permanently staying invulnerable excluding briefly using a primer on thrax before CTRL+E deleting them (no corrosive shards, too busy used 5 tau purple for le funny numbers). don't think I ever got downed or ran out of energy. which makes me happy since I am a spin2win adict from the telos boltace days

[@MarioManiac999]

I was just about to comment that Wrathful Advance is probably the best on Valkyr, given it makes use of her heavy attack and massively boosts her crit chance. Mine has 4 reds for power and duration plus a purple for energy and she clears almost any content and I've seen her tennokai heavies hit for upwards of 25m.

[@ramen_is_based]

The summersault is cool because if you do it a bunch of times in a row it screws up your audio for a bit and that's pretty funny

[@oichemarbh9802]

Another fun fact is that if you spam the Pounce from her 4 augment, you will be stuck with extremely low FOV for a bit, which is also funny.

[@chaosgyro]

As you read through Hysteria's wiki entry, you can literally feel Steve and Scott sneering at you across time.

[@holonholon1141]

If you have any source of overguard, it's actually invincible during Hysteria, so any amount of overguard will cause you to fully gate the Hysteria backlash if it falls off for any reason.

[@noahboddie3482]

This is a peak strategy

[@redpixel22]

“We do not live in a perfect world, as is evident with my continued existence” Holy shit why does that go so hard?

[@ShadowEclipse777]

"God has let me live another day and I'm about to make it everybody's problem"

[@monkaeyes]

It's a reference to "in a perfect world" by the same man who made the "potion seller" video

[@Itharl]

Valkyr conceptually is one of my favorite frames, and I've always loved the fact that she's basically the only frame with a "voice". It's pretty cool. I really hope she gets a rework some day, but damn that list is getting looong.

[@AlostTenno]

Honestly learned more about Valkyr from this than ive been able to osmose in years, another banger, and looking forward to the next!

[@derpykidd7439]

I LOVE NICHE WARFRAME INFORMATION THANK YOU COOLKID

[@Nilon241]

0:48 Not *all* knockdowns. You can still be grabbed and thrown by kuva liches while in hysteria.

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

That’s really funny to imagine a lich throwing you but she gets backs up and pimp slaps the lich.

[@livingalife8879]

@@Nilon241 believe the (very rare) grenieer tp ability would also effect her then (forgot it existed tbh)

[@DragonxFlutter]

The augment that gives Valkitty the leap attack should be part of her base moveset. Maybe as a bullet-jump attack.

[@cwj2733]

voruna gets to do it but not valk. make it make sense DE

[@CNC-ih8cc]

@@cwj2733 Garuda too, we have 2 whole frames around the concept of 'what if valkyr but not ancient'

[@cwj2733]

@CNC-ih8cc wym? her 1?

[@Cie_Kite]

Here is a tip about Tennokai that totally made me throw away slide attacks (unless i need a slight gap closer): Tennokai mods stacks + Tennokai mods on the statstick work on the Talons. Yep! You can double stack Dreamer's Wrath for very frequent tennokai windows, or double stack Opportunity's Reach for a wopping 8 seconds tennokai window (sadly, the range buff don't work and stay at 7m). Personally, i have Dreamer's Wrath/Opportunity's Reach/Master's Edge on my Praedos statstick and Dreamer's Wrath on the Talons itself. It allows me to spam Tennokai like no tomorrow (however, Discipline's Merit make the whole thing stop working completely, so don't use it). And since Talons heavy attack have a slam component, you can use Seismic Wave. With so much damages, i can slot both Prime Reach and Spring-Loaded Blade on the Talons and still slap like a truck :D

[@sketch2002]

I've never been a fan of tennokai, but I'm going to copy this down and look at it sometime and see if that can refresh my valkyr gameplay. I've been spinning to win in Netracells for a while now and it gets boring.

[@samuelemmert5136]

A mod I include on my Talons build is, believe it or not, Proton Snap. The status chance you get from Snap is flat, which means you can bring that measly 10% status up to a workable if not scaleable 60%. Needing to wall-latch to activate it is clunky, don’t get me wrong, but if clunk scares you, you’re probably not interested in Valkyr in the first place. Besides, it’s a good excuse to run Arcane Arachne.

[@_pyza_]

Thanks for reminding me this mod even exists It's kinda funny that there are some mods that most people overlook, that are actually viable in some cases

[@nebulastar3087]

I literally just finished testing this out with archon vitality. Definitely a noticeable damage boost, but you have to make sure your melee is equipped or else you'll get immediately slapped off the wall when you pull out your Tigris lol.

[@baines803]

2:02 well yeah but we love being in boykissing range

[@sutora9309]

Amon brother, boys are good

[@GewelReal]

huh?

[@livingalife8879]

Sort of obscure fact: rare crates can spawn in the underwater section of uranus missions

[@SmoothTurtle840]

I wonder, can rare crates spawn in regular Archwing missions as well? Like, could you find a rare crate in a Corpus Archwing mission?

[@livingalife8879]

@ thought the same thing! Based on how many aiatan stars you find id think so

[@ryukrocks8843]

I have heard about the damage that gets stored so many times but in all the times I’ve played Valkyr I have never once actually noticed it, So actually seeing it in action here is mind blowing

[@thorveim1174]

pretty much only matters in insanely hight level content, if you didnt invest in Valkyr's durability, if you keep Hysteria up for ages in a single cast, or a combination of the above. The number of times it killed me in my years long valkyr main carreer can probably be counted on a single hand

[@archeangelsen]

13:27 proton snap's status chance buff is actually flat like avenger so you can use it to get a good status chance on claws and you won't have to worry about dying while wall latching

[@darkumineru1681]

2:33 it did help a bit when her 4 got the augment where it was on CD and duration based for a gun based valk before the shield recharge mods became mainstay for survivability in reason time (and still really helpful for base SP when building a bit of hp tanking) has you can swap take damage then use melee again (1 hit full heals 99.99% of time)

[@GunterBunterWarframe]

1:03 avenger procs on getting hit, despite the description saying "on damaged", it also happens with harrow, nyx, loki, Excalibur, qorvex, wisp, and any other frame with invinsibility when they get damaged

[@GunterBunterWarframe]

1:40 acteally, Prisma skana incarnon had the highest crit chance of any melee, the wiki doesn't count incarnons in the comparison list though so it's easy to miss

[@SHVLAegis]

Something funny I feel like pointing out with Enraged, it also scales with negative duration, if you want to just have an uppercut moment.

[@vaarden5720]

Valkyr is definitely in need of the next Pablo Refresh. Her abilities don't really need full reworks (although rip line would benefit from new physics), she really just needs ancient number mechanics adjusted/removed.

[@SmoothTurtle840]

If she does receive a refresh, I hope it’s more like Nova’s and less like Frost’s. I’m still confused and annoyed that he didn’t receive the changes he’s needed for so long. His 1 and 2 are still effectively the same ability (and can be entirely replaced by any other method of cold priming), his 3 is still only useful in non-operative Defense, Excavation, Mobile Defense, and Void Armageddon, leaving Avalanche as his only ability you’ll end up using. He has poor innate survivability despite his design leaning towards being a tank, with high base shields, above average base armor (+ the considerable amount from his passive), but a small amount of base health for that armor to be applied onto. You’re expected to use at least 2 different augments to make him useful for anything beyond soft crowd control and full stripping in Steel Path content, with one of them being pretty antithetical to his high armor, Icy Avalanche. What is the point of armor when you have high shields and are spamming an ability that gives you overguard? I really don’t know why they didn’t just make Biting Frost his new passive and turn the augment into something else altogether. And since you need to spam his 4 to stay alive in any capacity, you’d need a lot of energy to deal with its base 100 energy cost. Unfortunately, both regular and prime versions of Frost have a measly 100 base energy, which even Primed Flow can’t do much to help with. The clear intent was to have players use Arcane Battery, but that arcane becomes very awkward to use with fluctuating armor values, which his new passive causes. Every other frame who has access to overguard has a better way to manage their energy economy. Styanax’s source of overguard is rather expensive, but Rally Point + Nourish provide way more than enough to sustain it. The base amount provided by Dante’s Triumph is so high that-in tandem with its manageable 50 energy cost-energy isn’t too much of an issue. Kullervo has a relatively cheap casting cost, and also immediately deletes any enemy that is in front of him, making him not take much damage to begin with. Rhino’s overguard values actually scale with enemy level via their damage, making it easier to sustain. Lastly, Ember has a bit of difficulty maintaining overguard, but she also creates loads of energy orbs via Exothermic and has some DR to bolster her shields and health when the overguard runs out. I just really wish Frost would get a proper rework, but that’s likely never going to happen. It’s sad to see the first frame I ever built be left in such an incomplete state.

[@2dozen22s]

@@SmoothTurtle840 Maybe if his 2 was a movement ability with an I-frame, and using his 1 to collapse his bubble around you gave you an 'ice shield' that provided some % chance for damage reflection that worked with overguard (and shields/hp), that would be nice. Basically giving him extra layers of survivability on the move so you cast avalanche less often. Tho idk if they'll ever rework him like that since they already indirectly buffed him a bunch, even if his abilities are a bit inflexible and survivability is expensive. (eg: Shivering contagion procing on primaries while on sentinels, cold status changes, and the 1st augment buff are large buffs to biting frost. A magnetic the tenet galaxion absolutely slaps with him.)

[@ClawQuake]

If Pablo reworks Valkyr, I'll cry. I do not enjoy Pablo's reworks.

[@GewelReal]

buff the stance!

[@lucasfraczek4320]

​@@ClawQuake So you hate shit tier Frames becoming better, got it.

[@Theguyoverthere603]

Press 4 to hear Megan blow out her vocal cords.

[@blakebrady9002]

The Valkyr Prime trailer is still one of my favorites to this day, I just want the frame to play like it lol

[@blepomorph419]

"Hysteria drain? Don't worry, I have a suggestion." - This message was brought to you by the Nourish Party.

[@pao_lumu]

15:40: fun fact: if you have ability name banners enabled, activating teshin's grapple in the New War displays "Ripline" as the ability name. Or at least it did when i played it a month or so after launch. God knows i haven't gone back and played it again

[@laiir2958]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Hysteria used to drain your health while you were in it, which was why it had lifesteal on the claws

[@starstreakalex7372]

still not 100% sure but I believe it's when you don't hit enemies for a while you start draining health (while using hysteria) Edit: Yeah I got no idea.

[@goshdarnchicken]

That would make a cool augment, similar to despoil.

[@thahrdworkingingo]

It never did. The only actual mechanical changes beyond the stance it got was going from pure duration to channeled ability, and the damage dealt range slowly growing instead of being static.

[@sylokthedefiled3936]

One of her abilities drain shield but that’s it

[@Darthmufin]

All they really have to do to make her talons updated to the current meta without using weird tactics to buff them is give all her attacks except heavy attacks 100% slash chance. They have low range and they are supposed to be sharp energy claws yet have pitifully low status chance. If they still intend on keeping the low status for balance fine, but make the attacks always proc slash to make her feel more impactful. Also, i remember DE in the past said they would not give valkyr's hysteria combos and ruin her unique moveset when DE were announcing they would add stance mods to the game. They uh, they did give her a stance, and people disliked it. Shocker. 14:34 you also sadly didn't mention that casting prolonged paralysis again on enemies already effected REMOVES the effect from enemies, making using it like a cheap built in pull more annoying.

[@SmoothTurtle840]

The main issue I see with that is she’d become even more similar to Garuda, and would still be worse in comparison. Valkyr needs to stand on her own, with her own identity and niche. Otherwise she’ll always be in the shadow of other, better frames.

[@Darthmufin]

@@SmoothTurtle840 I don't think that is fair at all, garuda procs slash from using her 4 which also works on guns. With valkyr it would only be her short ranged claws. Plus, valkyr was first anyway

[@Mastrmyrtr9]

Why does she need slash status? What are you building on the talons so that you don't instantly kill every enemy you touch? And no I really don't think we need more frames that are dumbed down to "applies slash and slash is good"

[@Darthmufin]

@@Mastrmyrtr9 sigh

[@Mastrmyrtr9]

@@Darthmufin I meant that seriously: What enemy are you hitting with talons that aren't dying immediately? Other than the ones that physically can't die fast (Necramechs, Dedicant, Babou etc). Slash is only good for that purpose

[@merptin200]

With Nyx and Trinity touched up, I pray that Valkyr is in line for some touch ups given how old the kitty is, but then again Oberon and Loki exist.

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

I miss playing Oberon. It’s nice to have the full strip and status immunity but there are so many ways to do that now that are much easier or more efficient. Not to mention that energy drain on Renewal…

[@GewelReal]

I wouldn't say Loki. Sure, in 99% cases he is worse Ivara but in that niche 1% he is godly

[@LumiNexus]

Same, I just hope they don't mess up her 4 in some way.

[@cwj2733]

oberon and loki need it BAD. oberon needs it the worst

[@JAzure-hk1sx]

I just had a hunch that from the inception of Oberon here, everytime he got a touch up was somehow getting done wrong or missing something big, for some reason

[@Zlotac]

Few key additions: 1. while you cant equip weeping wounds and such, the base bonus will carry over from your melee. 2. wall latching with trigger you out of hysteria, so its a quick way to proc proton snap for ex. 3. the EN regen is managable with high enemy density, horrible with low. 4. There is a build with wrathfull advance and diriga that lets you keep 4 up all the time and demolish pretty much everything ingame. 5. what carries over from equiped melee and what not is horribly wierd, just try in practice :)

[@LumiNexus]

Her talons can build up blood rush and weeping wounds but won't actually benefit from them, they do benefit from the gladiator set and tennokai though

[@erathymc.8765]

fun ripline fact: triggers a full 3 stacks of odomedic so. aerial jupiter mods with valkyr are crazy viable, I got some build somewhere for it it's really fun

[@erathymc.8765]

admittedly! it's a bit inconsistent but I know it does work

[@SmoothTurtle840]

Ok but why do you need all that health regen if you’re constantly invincible from using Hysteria? Honestly I feel like Valkyr would be better off without the invincibility, and was simply a health tank like her base stats clearly want her to be. Then all those caveats for Hysteria would be removed. You could still weave in some shieldgating if you want to use her in level cap anyway.

[@erathymc.8765]

@@SmoothTurtle840 consider: it's more engaging and fun to try and make a weird build that doesn't rely on the easy option, such as a parkour shotgun build that has a back pocket Hysteria, rather than just outright playing Valkyr the way she's supposed to. If i wanted to be bored out of my mind then absolutely your idea tracks, but my build works for me because it keeps me on my toes

[@Movel0]

What mods are those? I feel like I'm hearing this for the first time

[@erathymc.8765]

@Movel0 Motus, Aero, Proton. all obtained from kinda any farm from Jupiter Some of the Archon mods from Boreal and I think Nira's Sets?, Aerial Ace which gives extra jumps on headshot, and Odomedic and Anti-Grav Array. basically you can slap them on to any frame that has a decent built in air ability and things that would synergize with height; Zephyr is the Queen and then Valkyr, Wisp, and Nezha are all phenomenal with it. There's also arcanes like Arachne and Double back as well as general parkour speed boosts from Archon Shards and other Arcanes. Verticality isn't always the play, but it's a good set of tools to help you master almost any gameplay, and maneuver through levels faster than a Titania, Gauss or Volt might be able to for it.

[@Ethonra]

"As such, DE decided that instead of removing the mechanic outright, they were just going to make Valkyr suffer as much as possible in exchange for its continued existence." *sigh* And here I thought Alad V did the worst torture to her...

[@WolfBearHybrid]

As someone who uses the "bad augment" oh hysteria , I just use it for the fun of it, the fact that it is an exilus helps that decision. Also, For some reason, I never died after deactivating Hysteria, before this video I actually didn't know it was a mechanic. I may swap her 3rd after watching this video for a damage buff, I didn't know it could be placed there instead of her 2nd.

[@diytrashpunks]

Bravo. What an amazing video. Valkyr is my absolute favorite frame.

[@connoc5078]

I've seriously never had the stored damage bypass shield gating since shield gating was introduced. Even when 1Ms of damage is stored and there are enemies right next to me, the shield still takes all the damage. Just got to the augment section and seen that you mention it happens this way when using enrage, but I want to make clear that I never use this augment so that's not why it never bypasses shield gating.

[@littletroble_07]

10/10 video makes me excited for the next entry in the exalted weapon cinematic universe (i’m in class rn and haven’t watched the video yet)

[@__8120]

6:03 God this is the atterax all over again

[@TakeMyLunch]

As a Valkyr player I have never thought about that circle once in the almost 10+ years I've played. I honestly did not know what it did. I knew that the number under the % was related to damage somehow but I never knew anything beyond the % being the ramp up. I am either forever in Hysteria or everything is dead lmao. I could never use Enraged due to my setup using Valkyr's steady drain to fuel my Vulpaphyla's duplex to have four cats out at all times just... Absolutely destroying the energy economy in my favor. (They also all do like a bascrillion damage as they should.) I usually subsume over her 3 cause I literally never use it. I use ripline to zip forward more though. Dunno what you're talking about with it not carrying momentum as it feels like it does so for me. Maybe I just use it weird or have an odd sense of momentum??

[@dmnc_cmnd]

9:30 Nourish, Equilibrium, and Narrow Minded for duration is the best for energy on Valkyr, you can have negative efficiency from Blind Rage and still won't have energy trouble as long as you're killing enemies. Companions can help with dropping additional health orbs for Equilibrium

[@kenamefin]

Never forgetti the nerfs and stance changes she recieved

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Awesome video dude 🎩

[@esterdell2310]

Ooh yay may fav is #2 in the series! I'm so hyped!

[@NEWGHOST9]

2:23 cant tell you how many times that life steal has saved my butt in steelpath, especially disruption where her exalted ability keeps getting shut off so it’s not reliably useful for demolitionists, let’s you pop it hit a few times turn it off be maxed health 3:14 if you also use her 1 in while the 4 is in that summersault becomes rlly makes yr momentum launch you If you have enough energy you never have to worry about ever leaving hysteria, if only there was an arcane that gave you more energy with more armor, oh wait, 1k+ energy valkyr is just silly 11:52 honestly ripline is just a better gap closer than the augment Honestly ripline is soo underrated but yet so good in reality

[@blockomaniac]

Same I love the life steal

[@ARandomDragon56]

Thank you so much for these videos. I am looking forward to when Titania pop up into my sub feed!

[@CoolKid369]

Razorwing is probably going to be the longest episode in the entire series because it's so complex, but I am excited to do it. Current plan is to knock out Iron Staff, Desert Wind and Exalted Shadow first so that Titania can serve as a transition from melees to guns (as she has both).

[@ARandomDragon56]

@CoolKid369 I wait impatiently for when that time comes. So many interactions with Titania that are silly and strange. Like for example, did you know using a kit gun in your primary loadout slot procs Pax Arcanes? Also, need to test it again but if you give a teammates razorwing butterflys to much attack speed the hosts game has a really bad time~

[@Necromediancer]

People try to tell me Valkyr doesn't need a rework but I still absolutely think she does

[@lua8501]

she needs the trinity treatment, slight but meaningful adjustments that make her feel better to play

[@damearstor2120]

She needs both a rework and a general pass for exalted weapons in general. It's stupid that exalted weapons still have modding restrictions, especially for melees getting hit the hardest

[@LumiNexus]

​@@damearstor2120 I don't get why melee exalteds don't get to benefit from melee arcanes. They already have a bunch of restrictions and meanwhile pistol exalted's get to benefit from certain pistol arcanes.

[@cwj2733]

her and oberon.

[@Bubbadevlin]

As someone who has put way too much time messing with valk you missed a couple things 1 - Prolonged Paralysis's pull speed is inversely proportional to your power strength. High power strength means a slower pull but longer finisher window - Just a weird interaction on a forgotten augment 2 - Valkyr heavy slam attacks can hit like a truck. While the range isnt insane, the great raw base damage (with power strength) and amazing base crit means that the damage is more than enough for base / mid level steel path. Hysteria also has full access to galvanized reflex / seismic wave / nira set bonus compared to the acolyte mod limits. (no blood rush feels real bad on a slide build). Its an option I find far more engaging than slide attack spam A Baruuk heavy slam build is also really insane, (same strengths with good status chance) when built for blast me and my friends call it the thermo-nuke

[@Geckur0]

the way to use hysteria is to not rely on it. you dip into hysteria for a slide attack, refilling your heatlhbar and deleting a strong enemy, and immediately dip back out before you can accumulate much damage.

[@Hyperiumon]

As someone who runs face tank valkyr, yes. I use her hysteria to quickly delete exmius/overguard and heal before swapping to my gun to finnish them off.

[@thatpixelpainter8082]

While that may be DE's vision/intention for Valkyr's 4th, idk about you but I love running around like an insane asylum escapist slashing everything to death instantly after they get tickled by my dirga, it makes me feel complete inside

[@connoc5078]

3:40 This is a problem I have with so many forward combos in this game, especially after they did that huge combo pass a while ago where they completely fucked tempo royale by switching it's amazing forward combo to it's neutral combo and the forwrd combo now is so slow and cumbersome, destroying what was one of the best and most fun stances in the game.

[@ClawQuake]

I do believe it was melee 3.0 that ruined all stance combos forever.

[@Tito-qh7qy]

That it, it's became that type of video serie that when a new ep come out i'm hype about what i gonna learn ❤

[@Dan-xp5hi]

I've been really loving the series. Keep up the great work

[@giulianomarques]

That Lifesteal is a relic from the past. Back when energy was a problem, Valkyr's gameplay loop was building up energy with Rage then recovering life with Hysteria.

[@GewelReal]

6:08 I mean, she is a bad kitty afterall ;)

[@lua8501]

back when i started wf, valkyr was the first frame i actively went after. loved the sleek cat look, rip line was like the coolest ability ever in my mind, and having invincibility was cool too. still play her occasionally, more so for the fashion because she’s got some nice cosmetics but apart from that she’s pretty one trick. pablo please give her the nyx/trinity treatment.

[@ViceFielder]

Edit: it was a video from MHBlacky Some youtuber had a Valkyr, Talons, melee wealon, sentinel and sentinel weapon build that's been working real good for in steelpath hollvania bounties Diriga would equip the mod for dropping health orbs and one that made him apply every status on its weapon to all targets affected by his area skill, and a mod that refuces his cds (can't recall names) Diriga's weapon is any with the 3 physical types of damage and modded with every elemental status possible including the new ones that give radiation and magnetic Valkyr would use equilibrium, the mod that extends warcry duration, blind rage, and whatever else (could run only equilibrium if you wanted to) Valkyr melee would have every gladiator mod but one Talons would have that gladiator mod, and then would be built for crit and max damage (eg 90% elemental damage appropriate to what you are fighting) AND condition overload (diriga does great applying everything to a large group of enemies)

[@A.I.rchist]

Ok so I built Valkyr without any knowledge of the meta, and I have to say, wow do I despise the meta. Firstly in steel path with just equilibrium, I don't find the energy drain all that bad? No energize or anything. Secondly, may I recommend Heavy slam initial combo setup? With wrathful advance I can just regularly hit 10m three exclamation mark red crits. Like, nothing survives that either.

[@Plethy]

Valkyr is one of the reasons I kept playing Warframe, back when we didn't have operator abilities or your early in the game for that matter, I would use Hysteria to revive teammates. MOAs are great with her since you can use robotic mods and pack leader so you and your turkey friend can continue to frolic without having to revive them constantly.

[@pengindoramu]

If you don't want to use slide attack and hate macros: There are more sources of power for talons. 2 primary/secondary dexterity arcanes for longer combo count (7.5 sec each, so 15 seconds total for convenience) disciple's merit: Tennokai procs every 4 hits melee exposure +60% corrosive until 240% cap Xata's whisper over paralysis, not really needed but it's nice on tanky stuff and to force melee exposure procs casual build that works: valk: arcane energize (even r0 is fine, on wf market r0 is 35-40p) molt augmented steel charge hysterical assault (change to power drift if u want) precision intensify streamline r4 (with 8 drain) fleeting expertise r4 (with 10 drain) energy conversion primed continuity (negative duration for channeled abilities means u drain more) primed flow gladiator resolve gladiator aegis (gladiator set is 4/6 bonus) 5 purple shards for melee critical damage (not even tauforged) talons: discipline's merit in exilus condition overload (sentinel is primer) primed reach (combo count gets MUCH higher way faster with more range, if you want even more damage or like managing combo counter replace this) galvanized steel organ shatter primed fever strike shocking touch gladiator might primed pressure point Valkyr heavy atk from tennokai casually hits 1.5mil+ and at high combo count (8-12 combo) hits 8-10mil, not insane but pretty good when nobody stays for more than 20 min in endless anyways. The real problem is that we're back (or we never left) the roomclear meta and aoe weapons will just kill stuff before you get there. Back in the day it was maiming strike telos bolace volts, now it's aoe incarnons. With eximi dropping energy orbs u can get away with 175% efficiency 105% duration and arcane energize. Even an r0 arcane energize is nuts and would make it. Did u test 175% efficiency with 50% duration?

[@MysteriousGir]

After testing a lot of helminths my favorite is Jade’s eyes. It helps her talons scale a lot and doesn’t require a cast to strip, it’ll passively strip for you.

[@LN_P]

3:11 I get it now

[@AnymMusic]

15:08 why not use Wrathful Advance? Still has the big mobility aspect of Valkyr, closes gaps, and increases her crit chance even more

[@wailfulcrab]

Pretty ironic that Conclave version of Hysteria is better mechanically - 40% damage reduction with 17% lifesteal, flat 7.5 energy/s cost with no deactivation debuff nonsense. The only drawback is that Valkyr need to be on full energy there. This could easily transfer to PvE: 90% dmg reduction, 10% lifesteal, 5 e/s cost, no debuff or ramping cost, or even give her some buff when taking damage (berserker theme and all). Stance need some work, but that also true for many other stances like Wise Razor.

[@SinbadNaiver]

God i LOVE how you added Metroid music on this video :D

[@balbalofficial8212]

I'm honestly not sure why no content creator I've seen so far puts weathful advance on her. Like come on. It's such an obvious choice for insane red numbers and its basically the enraged augment without the cooldown.

[@tarakolindo]

Because it's like slapping a bandaid on a slit throat. Valkyr just doesn't have a cohesive kit, and for most people she's very boring, no matter how strong you make Hysteria. I would love to see DE rework her, but as of right now, you're just better off playing Voruna, Garuda, or Kullervo, if you like the power fantasy of her kit

[@noahboddie3482]

​@@tarakolindo personally i like wyrd scythes over her one with prolonged paralysis for a finisher ish build

[@balbalofficial8212]

@@tarakolindo sure. I don't disagree with you, but that's not my point. Putting nourish, lycath's hunt, xata's whisper, or any helminth ability on her is practically the same analogy. My point is that red number funny and I don't know why people seem to be just ignoring that ability for some reason

[@lylehepworth901]

100% agree, i hit damages into the tens of millions with kullervos helmith ability. 1 shots literally everything. put on equilibrium and some other energy economy mods/arcanes and youll be invincible the whole game while 1 shotting everything. However whats even worse is putting warcry with eternal war on kullervo. then you have insane attack speed and red crits and 1 shot everything on every melee in the game

[@LumiNexus]

Not only do you get massive red crits but you can also replace ripline and have a mobility tool that's actually worth using between your parkour spam

[@LN_P]

Thanks kool karkal, gonna run Enraged and act like it's Kaioken now

[@thediabolicalraisin8953]

Kaio what?

[@pengindoramu]

@@thediabolicalraisin8953 dragonballz kaioken

[@CandyFlossEnjoyer]

Love this series, informative and fun😄

[@fungoose2195]

aight i know this is a warframe video but when the carriers update comes out you should totally talk about it. Nebulous fleet command music playing at the start for context.

[@slipinoy]

I miss her old air melee. The animation combined with her jump made you look like a flurry of claws

[@LumiNexus]

Might have been mentioned in another video but tennokai carries over from your normal melee so you can use one as a sort of stat stick by putting on all the gladiator and tennokai mods. The only one that doesn't work is the one that makes tennokai active every 4 hits because it used to allow you to use it every 2 hits if also put on her talons. Another thing is a Panzer with martyr symbiosis and tek assault is super useful for keeping her from dying between hysterias.

[@Skalbo_of_the_Evernight]

From a quick check i did simulacrum, rolling guard works with hysteria self dmg. So that's a possibility if you want to entirely remove the chance of dying from it and you're ready to waste a mod slot for it. I'll probably add it to my builds, if I find a space just to prevent those random deaths. It might also help remove some risk, if you want to use your guns to proc statuses, tho i have no idea how useful it'd actually end up being

[@GabrielSemicolon]

I swear, most of the community is comatose on Heavy Slam Talons. I just got off of EDA and it one-shots *everything* there except for Necramechs, Gruzzlings and the Whisper minibosses. Here's my setup: - Lycath's Hunt over Ripline or Paralysis for energy. - Arcane Battery (+210 max energy at base) so you never have to look at your energy bar. Second Arcane can be anything. - Equilibrium + 7 other mods, primarily duration and strength. -- Streamline makes mission start more comfortable. -- If you don't have Armor mods, Warcry pushes you over the 917 Armor Arcane Battery needs to give Valkyr 500+ max energy for Violet Shards, so Eternal War works there. -- Triple Umbral is hilarious but not necessary. - Talons: Primed/Sacrificial Pressure Point, Galvanized/Sacrificial Steel, Galvanized Reflex, Seismic Wave, Organ Shatter, +3 mod slots for elements and whatnot. - Focus can be anything. - Red Duration/Strength Shards and Purple Melee Crit Shards are advised but not mandatory (Tauforged or not, doesn't matter that much). - Seismic Bond companion for comfort. This build generates enough energy to sustain Hysteria for as long as there are enemies, and you don't have to deal with the Stance or slide attacking, so you're just left with full invincibility and the ability to kill mostly everything in a 7m radius of your location because Seismic Wave is _multiplicative_ to Pressure Point.

[@myztec]

While I agree Paralysis is a not good ability, I'd argue its better than Rip Line and has more use in Valkyr's kit than rip line does. Therefore when putting helminth abilities on her I'd suggest putting them over her 1 rather than her 3. (Side not, if DE was to rework ripline, it should work similar to wrathful when targeting an enemy it should drag them to you and do an attack, rather them just launching them behind you with a ragdoll)

[@noahedenborg4221]

theres also the augment for S U C C

[@NHDanny]

Can't wait for the video with my glorious king Baruuk

[@tlakutlaku1377]

It might be a bug, but gladiator set seems to stack, with okina prime keeping the combo count while holstered, hysteria can red! Crit without much effort

[@belliebun4529]

6:04 If that’s the sole reason someone is playing Valkyr, then they’re missing out on the fashion opportunities that being a flayed lunatic can provide.

[@joesackmann5589]

As an FYI for everyone, Wrathful Advance is also stupid good as it will add flat crit chance to her claws.

[@UltimRoGuE]

i've tested Valk like a month ago, and did notice few things u're mentioned, but somehow missed a slide attack thing xd Thank u for this series, my excal feels much better now

[@nebulastar3087]

Always impressed by the effort that goes into these videos. Valkyr is one of my most used frames and there's still stuff here that I didn't know about. Also sidenote, does anyone remember when hysteria use to levitate you with each attack until you floated away from all the enemies?

[@mikedunlock]

Thanks for making this video to confirm why Valkyr is my least played warframe. I got her to level 30 and never looked at her again.

[@Hyperiumon]

As a vallyr main with a few thousand hours under my belt, this video is rather informative and a good watch. There are some things i like to bring up. 1. Hysteria with a decent build can easily scale up to steal path with only 177 power strentgh and nothing more. They deal great damage. 2 hysteria damage inflicted upon exiting imo, doesn't matter. I've never noticed or seen myself dying from this even when the damage taken overshadows even my total ehp. Barely even tickles me 3. I find hysteria mostly useless, but since the eximus change, i mostly use it to mop up annoying units building for prolonged hysteria use. imo is limiting, also carpal tunnel.

[@Hyperiumon]

You also dont need range, works fine without, more of a personal preference.

[@chaka8636]

Personally, I use diriga with it's augment and that one mod that makes them drop health orbs to prime enemies and cause them to drop health orbs, which using equilibrium makes it so you can go from 25 energy to the max in one or two slide attacks She's really fun, and I think that if not for the funny meme build I would've never been able to clear high level content like I usually do

[@Monarth]

Thank you for the lesson. I recently finally made a Valkyr build to try out her kit more properly, but I found Hysteria frustratingly janky, being not aware of the slide attack, which I suppose is good to know about now. Still, the way I prefer to play her now is to just use Warcry and Okina Prime incarnon. She just becomes a running blender with seeking ice daggers. I occasionally use Paralysis to pull in enemies with the augment, but the point about using Pull is valid. Overall, it's somewhat evident that she could use a moderate rework to match her 'flow' with Warframe's current gameplay.

[@suhleap]

If they ever visit valkyrs protoframe, they really need to model her after DEmegan.

[@sebastiankirchner9670]

This might be an unusual compliment, but your videos are the only ones I watch at 1.0x speed. And you're probably one of the few who can appreciate that.

[@valeon7303]

I'm never getting rid of my base valkyr. Not because I'm a huge fan or anything, but when I was new I got super unlucky. It took me 97 runs of AladV over the course of 3 months to get the systems part to drop.

[@thorveim1174]

I find that hysteria performs best in short bursts that migtigates both the drain and backlash damage, and on top thanks to the lifesteal and insane damage this tactic can allow you to go from the brink of death to fill health in an instandt, with the invincibility making sure you cant be finished off while trying to recover. And in that regard, enrage can actually be a nerf with it blocking you from recasting even if you have the ressources for it (which with mods like hunter adrenaline and rage plus the built-in healing is easy to get). And overall that tactic meshes very well with an Eternal War valkyr also on another Valkyr topic thats unrelated to Hysteria: RIP shotgun Valk, back when gunblades (most notably the redeemer prime) could essentially spam a shot attack without interrupting movement (all you had to do was a basic attack folowed by a split-second pause to reset the combo, bonus attack speed making that break even shorter)), which still counted as a melee kill to feed eternal war and meant Valk was essentially a tank with a bottomless shotgun magazine with all the perks that melee offer over guns (namely the combo multiplier). Sadly was killed by the combo rework making spamming shot attacks only with gunblades very restricted, and flat out impossible while preserving normal movement. Valcannon didnt last for too long, but man it was glorious while it lasted.

[@mirkoarioli8046]

I can't wait to see hildryn bakefire to expand my knowledge of it and see if I can improve it. But all exalted weapons are worth knowing

[@_Aiecho_]

I use a slam build for her. I've actually never tried the slide build. The slam build just has so much mobility with good damage I've never felt like swapping.

[@BuildingDwarf]

You can also get some really funny numbers if you make a heavy slam attack build on her.

[@blepomorph419]

In my experience Gladiator set bonuses feel very inconsistent with when they work and when they don't work. Exalted moment.

[@jackfoxe5948]

You know...ive never once taken the hit from hysteria dispelling. So much so that i didnt even know they made that change until looooong after it happened. I dont just mean "i took the hit and got shield gated" I mean it just...doesnt hit me. Even with damage stored. Im not sure if im bugged or what, but i swear its almost like that nerf never happened.

[@boisq97]

man, i remember when valkyr was my main wf, back when the energy drain was a fixed 0.63

[@re.liable]

yo i look forward to these videos

[@oriondezagrats4228]

For my money, I've always found infinite Hysteria kind of unfun and default to using Hysteria as popping in and out while on a health tank build with Rage on it. Health gets too low? Turn Hysteria on, get the health back. It lets me use more interesting melee weapons, not be locked to a slide attack build, have an answer for priority enemies (spin attack the acolyte), use melee arcanes like Melee Vortex and in general just have a more pleasant melee experience than Hysteria. As the former #1 highest-armoured warframe in the game, Warcry and Mecha Pulse's armour boosts are a massive boost to her vitality on top of what the Umbral Mod Set already gives her, and all I've got to do is give her health, which I do via blue shards and Arcane Blessing. Honestly I might consider swapping to orange shards at some point if I do some blast shenanigans. I struggle to die with her even after an hour or two of steel path survival, she's just that beefy, so using Hysteria only occasionally rather as her primary means of survival just feels that much better for me in terms of gamefeel. I use Valkyr when I want to bust a weapon's attack speed wide open while having a less maintenance-based playstyle than Gauss, and a more general survivability experience given that Gauss is only resistant to IPS and the Blast Trio. Then again I'm also someone who puts Hideous Resistance on Valkyr, so mine is doubly off-meta.

[@Ozorosochi]

Oh, this one actually benefits of me playing with righthand on keyboard. Big thumbie is very easy to position on Ctrl button.

[@prestohn]

12:47 forgive my listening comprehension, but this means gladiator mods on both the exalted and your equipped melee weapon for the set to work? 😅

[@CoolKid369]

I was under the impression as much when making this video, but I learned right after uploading it that you do not need any Gladiator mods on the Talons, you only need them on your normal melee. This allows you to just use the Talon's combo count for the bonus, but it can be a bit tricky to maintain as the only combo duration mod you can put on them is Drifting Contact. If you use Naramon's Power Spike it isn't too bad though.

[@prestohn]

@CoolKid369 thank you!

[@thesoftone]

Hot take: replace ripline with the pounce from augment or smth, give ripline as a separate thing to parazon for everyone (cmon, we use the parazon like a ripline in the Jackal fight...)

[@starstreakalex7372]

commenting before watching: Slide attacks comment after watching: real.

[@wulfrum7627]

Your stalker glyph is slightly off centre

[@julianacaton9199]

This was a fascinating video as always, it's a shame I hate playing Valkyr though. Anyway you should put the series name in the thumbnail. Warframe isn't exactly the most eyecatching game so I'll probably not notice it's you if you don't. Ily btw you're great.😊

[@julianacaton9199]

Okay I just have to kms. I hate emojis and I accidentally tapped that in the reply it's so over for me.

[@kevinthefox]

Valkyr and Hildryn are my favorite frames ♡

[@flurf_uwu]

i've always gone with spamming jump attacks instead of slides. they provide enough damage to kill most enemies before they leave range (with primed reach, at least), and doesn't shatter my hand.