Fact: Valkyrie was overbuffed. | Forums

[TheRevanchist27]

So the title pretty much explains the context of this post.

Upon release, the Valkyrie was (too) quickly deemed by the community to be "too weak to function" as a hero. She had endured a nerf or two since the Beta at the time of release.

Within a patch or two, she was buffed, in five different areas iirc. Mostly affecting attack speed, recovery, and ability to utilize knockdowns. What these in the end created was a new "Queen of spam". Who not only had lightning fast, nearly indefensible light attacks, but also several knock down and crowd control options.

Some may say that she is quite able to be countered (probably from experience on PC, as opposed to consoles).



My main argument is this. To those who would say that the Peacekeeper was "rightfully" nerfed, because she was too speedy, or too spammy, yet say nothing in regards to the Valkyrie as the new Queen of Spam, I say you are hypocritical and biased in your approach to the idea of "balance" in this game.

This comes as even more frustrating, seeing as Patch Notes 1.07 read that the PK is getting ANOTHER damage nerf on her main bleed attack. That makes what, 7 or 8 nerfs since Closed Beta?



Conclusion: The Valkyrie has become too strong and too spammy, she must be brought in line with the other heroes.

[My.Insanity]

and another useless "nerf this" bullsh!t thread...

go play her in duel.. do it.. you will get your *** whiped for sure!

okay she got good speed and a good 50/50 mixup.. but it depends only on mindgames. BUT !!! her dmg is a joke in every way.. you need like 4 - 5 combos to Kill someone not like Nobushi or Berserker who can take half your HP with 1 Top Heavy and "best" of it you can punish her ALL THE F**KING TIME for nearly everything.. expl?

She jumps at you with her overhead light... block it and you get a free GB

She uses her side dash... block it you get a free GB

She uses her sweep.. doge it you get a free GB

She uses her shieldbash.. doge it.. guess what.. YES free GB


you little sh!t should l2p and stop with your "im a total noob in this game but i dont wanna get better i just wanna all other heros getting nerfed so i cry over the forum" sh!t...

[Ezcendant]

She's in a good place now imo. She has some solid tools but can still be punished. Leave her as is.

[Maxime_Qc-]

and another useless "nerf this" bullsh!t thread...

go play her in duel.. do it.. you will get your *** whiped for sure!

okay she got good speed and a good 50/50 mixup.. but it depends only on mindgames. BUT !!! her dmg is a joke in every way.. you need like 4 - 5 combos to Kill someone not like Nobushi or Berserker who can take half your HP with 1 Top Heavy and "best" of it you can punish her ALL THE F**KING TIME for nearly everything.. expl?

She jumps at you with her overhead light... block it and you get a free GB

She uses her side dash... block it you get a free GB

She uses her sweep.. doge it you get a free GB

She uses her shieldbash.. doge it.. guess what.. YES free GB


you little sh!t should l2p and stop with your "im a total noob in this game but i dont wanna get better i just wanna all other heros getting nerfed so i cry over the forum" sh!t...

i guess you play valk ! xD

ANYWAY I'M with you Rodhri331 , i saying it since the super speed buffed has been done .. and i was saying it even before the buff that they should have buffed her DAMAGE ...not the speed !

and yeah ANOTHER nerfs for the pk'S really ubisoft ... keep killing her .. i dont give a **** anymore ... you win im never gonna touch pk again after the patch .. gonna main shinobi anyway !!

[Antonioj26]

Her first light is as fast as pks but if you block the second one which is 18 frames then you've stopped her from doing her "50/50". She's got really low damage and she's probably one of the more punishable heroes. Her dash attacks give a free gb on block and same with her sweep if you dodge it. She doesn't get any real safe free damage. Shes kind of a high risk high reward character. She's good but still much lower than warden, warlord, and pk.

[TheRevanchist27]

Her first light is as fast as pks but if you block the second one which is 18 frames then you've stopped her from doing her "50/50". She's got really low damage and she's probably one of the more punishable heroes. Her dash attacks give a free gb on block and same with her sweep if you dodge it. She doesn't get any real safe free damage. Shes kind of a high risk high reward character. She's good but still much lower than warden, warlord, and pk.

On Console, it's exceedingly difficult to get the timing down right to block her attacks. Think that statement over again.

[Antonioj26]

Funny I was literally going to write a follow up about this. I do understand that she's much tougher to deal with on consoles. I play on console too but I think most people don't have their setup to be optimal for this game. If you have a wired internet connection, wired controller, set your PS4 to 720p, change your tv display settings to game then you will have a much easier time. The difference is astonishing honestly. I struggled a bit with her before but after doing this I see exactly why PC players have a far easier time with her. If you can defend against her attacks even a little then she becomes absolutely helpless.

[cragar212]

You play a pk and feel outmatched by valk?

[TheRevanchist27]

Funny I was literally going to write a follow up about this. I do understand that she's much tougher to deal with on consoles. I play on console too but I think most people don't have their setup to be optimal for this game. If you have a wired internet connection, wired controller, set your PS4 to 720p, change your tv display settings to game then you will have a much easier time. The difference is astonishing honestly. I struggled a bit with her before but after doing this I see exactly why PC players have a far easier time with her. If you can defend against her attacks even a little then she becomes absolutely helpless.

So you need to have everything set perfectly hardware wise to compensate for bad software. Right. Makes perfect sense. Totally Reasonable. 10/6 would totally hate life again. (That's rude, but whatever).

[UrWaifuAintReal]

So you need to have everything set perfectly hardware wise to compensate for bad software. Right. Makes perfect sense. .

You mean like US PC gamers? It is a cmmon thing on PC gaming, you want optimal performance, you have to set up optimally.

Stop.whining.