Why is Valkyr so underappreciated??

[Jagwar]

Although I may have a bit of a bias as a Valkyr main, why is it that it's so rare for people to use Valkyr, or recommend her? For starters, her high armor comes in useful for survivability, and her War Cry is extremely useful when paired with the right melees. But where Valkyr really is useful is with Hysteria, which renders you invincible with quite a high damage output as well, as well as life steal on damage. I can't tell you how many times Hysteria has saved my hide when either going against incredibly hard enemies that I was unprepared for, or when running low on health, or when needing to clear out large crowds. It also scales quite well to high level enemies. Maybe I'm missing something here, but please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks Valkyr deserves a lot more usage and credit.

[Partycrasher]

Valkyr is one of my favorite frames - so much so that I got the Graxx skin for her (actually looks like armour which fits with her being the highest armour frame in the game). Also like Inaros and Nidus, but they play quite differently imo. Still use Rhino too (yes I like tanky frames).

[404_Gordon_Not_Found]

Good solo frame, only useful in kuva fortress defence sortie 3 with enchanced elemental buff (that's what I've experienced)

[robruckus65]

eternal war valkyr is one fo teh best tanky frames in teh game with some of the best melee capabilities as well. give her a good melee and she becomes a fearsome dps. if she had a longer range cc i am pretty sure she would be considered "top tier meta".

[landmass]

lost me at "Valkyr main"

lol.... wtf is a "main" in Warframe

[Archwraith]

Sooner or later, I'm bored at pressing E. Not really unappreciated, more of a mind-numbing. She's strong, yes, but her kit really bores me.

[robruckus65]

Messaggio originale di i ♥ kaceytron:

lost me at "Valkyr main"

lol.... wtf is a "main" in Warframe

People for some reason like to play mainly 1 frame and for soem reason take some sort of pride in it. Never understood it myself seems like a waste of the incredible diversity of frame playstyles.

[Grey Paint]

the problem with valkyr is that she is a mid-late game frame.
which means that she needs good max fused moods and support weapons.

if you aquire valkyr to early and don't have the mods to support her, she will be useless and boring.

[Hazuki-chan]

Speaking as someone who's played Valkyr more than any other frame in the thousand and something hours I've spent in-game since release, I find her to be excellent in melee -more so, as others have said, with Eternal War equipped- and very potent in melee. Additionally, her high armor value makes her extremely hardy against most forms of attack, and hysteria helps her survive radiation-heavy high-level corpus or corrupted crewmen or the like. Similarly, hysteria helps you revive squad members, recover capture targets and hack key objectives quickly and safely, with no need to clear the entire area of more dangerous enemies first or risking getting downed halfway through.

Then there's the fact that her battle shouts are badass; Paralysis (ability 3) can literally kill weak to mid-range enemies, and the ones it doesn't kill, are left open to a melee finisher and potential insta-kill. Then there's the fact that hysteria's axe kick (charged melee attack) leads into an extremely damaging finisher against pretty much any foe, handy for taking out mini-boss-ish enemies... what else? Well, she isn't bad with ranged weapons, either. No special bonuses with them, but that seems to go for most warframes...?

I'm confused at how few Valkyrs I see in squads, too... but I suppose not everyone can handle her. ;)

That, or Valkyr players just like to solo (or at least mostly use her for soloing). Hard to say.

[Hazuki-chan]

Messaggio originale di Foghidder:

the problem with valkyr is that she is a mid-late game frame.
which means that she needs good max fused moods and support weapons.

if you aquire valkyr to early and don't have the mods to support her, she will be useless and boring.

This -the last part, at least- is true of no warframe in the game. Not one of them "needs" max fused mods and support weapons; you play the game, you find the 'frames you enjoy, and you get better and better at using them as your gear improves gradually as well. Sure, it might not be ideal to jump into sorties and things with sub-max equipment, but that's kind of another matter. >.>;

[しまくん]

Well... for me she is just way to OP to be insteresting play with, I mean, invincible with one shot dmg? cmon man.

[Ishawi1996]

Messaggio originale di Hazukichan:

Then there's the fact that her battle shouts are badass; Paralysis (ability 3) can literally kill weak to mid-range enemies, and the ones it doesn't kill, are left open to a melee finisher and potential insta-kill. Then there's the fact that hysteria's axe kick (charged melee attack) leads into an extremely damaging finisher against pretty much any foe, handy for taking out mini-boss-ish enemies

You can use her 3 with her 4 to fill her health back to full with one enemy when her health is low. It's like Inaros with his 1 and kill combo. Don't work so well with Infested but they are easy enough to kill except for those Juggernauts.

[Jagwar]

Yeah, reasons like this are why I don't understand how anyone passes up Valkyr.

Messaggio originale di ☣ℑ𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔴ℑ1996☣:

Messaggio originale di Hazukichan:

Then there's the fact that her battle shouts are badass; Paralysis (ability 3) can literally kill weak to mid-range enemies, and the ones it doesn't kill, are left open to a melee finisher and potential insta-kill. Then there's the fact that hysteria's axe kick (charged melee attack) leads into an extremely damaging finisher against pretty much any foe, handy for taking out mini-boss-ish enemies

You can use her 3 with her 4 to fill her health back to full with one enemy when her health is low. It's like Inaros with his 1 and kill combo. Don't work so well with Infested but they are easy enough to kill except for those Juggernauts.

Messaggio originale di Hazukichan:

Speaking as someone who's played Valkyr more than any other frame in the thousand and something hours I've spent in-game since release, I find her to be excellent in melee -more so, as others have said, with Eternal War equipped- and very potent in melee. Additionally, her high armor value makes her extremely hardy against most forms of attack, and hysteria helps her survive radiation-heavy high-level corpus or corrupted crewmen or the like. Similarly, hysteria helps you revive squad members, recover capture targets and hack key objectives quickly and safely, with no need to clear the entire area of more dangerous enemies first or risking getting downed halfway through.

Then there's the fact that her battle shouts are badass; Paralysis (ability 3) can literally kill weak to mid-range enemies, and the ones it doesn't kill, are left open to a melee finisher and potential insta-kill. Then there's the fact that hysteria's axe kick (charged melee attack) leads into an extremely damaging finisher against pretty much any foe, handy for taking out mini-boss-ish enemies... what else? Well, she isn't bad with ranged weapons, either. No special bonuses with them, but that seems to go for most warframes...?

I'm confused at how few Valkyrs I see in squads, too... but I suppose not everyone can handle her. ;)

That, or Valkyr players just like to solo (or at least mostly use her for soloing). Hard to say.

[NoMercy]

I love using her on assassination, rescue and survival missions specially, theres not many things that come close to a valkyr + speed buff with scoliac with good riven, i dont even use meme strike and it still destroys everything. For people that love using meele shes great, yes you could argue chroma gives you more damage but then again a good meele dosnt really need the extra damage i think its better to have the attack speed buff and well having the o ♥♥♥♥ moment ability is not bad at all. More often than not i find myself in hard missions doing better, like kuva farm or just high level stuff.

[Hazuki-chan]

Messaggio originale di NoMercy:

I love using her on assassination, rescue and survival missions specially, theres not many things that come close to a valkyr + speed buff with scoliac with good riven, i dont even use meme strike and it still destroys everything. For people that love using meele shes great, yes you could argue chroma gives you more damage but then again a good meele dosnt really need the extra damage i think its better to have the attack speed buff and well having the o ♥♥♥♥ moment ability is not bad at all. More often than not i find myself in hard missions doing better, like kuva farm or just high level stuff.

I like to equip her with a fancy nikana, buffed with Berserker and a nice potent Fury... and Blind Justice for the stance. About as close to iai / battoujutsu as I've seen the game get, and feels pretty awesome, IMO. :3

[Jagwar]

Oh, my personal build for her (don't judge) is based on Hysterical Assault, paired with that nice Tempo Royale War with Berserker. Even without Eternal War, having Berserker and War Cry basically mows down any enemies in the vicinity. Any who survive are just eviscerated by Hysteria. And I mean, she's great for solo, can pull her weight in sorties even when using really crappy weapons, and scales well to basically any enemy. And range is rarely an issue, anyhow, especially with Hysterical Assault to help.