(this is a copy-paste from my previous post on the Viking forum, just put it here because it seems more appropriate on this thread)

Please read this to the end, as I am not saying the Valkyrie is OP in any way, which currently she isn't. So, I was wondering why the Valkyrie has more shield based hero specific abilities than the Warlord, who is a heavy and therefore a much more defensive hero. I understand that the Valkyrie is a hybrid between an assassin and heavy, yet she seems to benefit from each class a bit too much. The other hybrids do not benefit from both of their class types nearly as much as the Valkyrie does, with the Lawbringer focused on defense and cc, (or at least he should be according to his description) and the Nobushi having an emphasis on attacking. The Valkyrie has superior block light attack, all block stance and block on dodge, whilst also having the very fast dodge attacks and light chains of an assassin, which will be even faster in the upcoming patch.

Improvements:

I would suggest that in the next patch they remove the superior block light attack from her arsenal, and instead buff her shield block on dodge ability making it either easier to pull off or the shoulder pin unblockable and harder hitting, or a mix of both. As it is currently, it is not worth it to try and pull off the block on dodge ability as you will either get hit or miss it with the reward being mediocre, so they need to increase the time frame in which the ability can be activated on a dodge, which in turn would mean that people would use the ability far more often. She shouldn't have more defense based abilities than a heavy such as the Warlord, so I think buffing her shield dodge ability (which no-one currently uses due to it's high risk potential and the parrying meta) and removing the superior block light attack from her arsenal would benefit her more, and with the help of the upcoming patch will make her more balanced and viable. As it is now the superior block light attack just looks out of place in her moveset in my eyes, as if someone just added it there randomly in a spur of the moment kind of way, yet that's just me. If I'm wrong on this and someone would like to correct me please do so without insulting me, as I see that far too often on this forum lately.