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Hi, I posted this on the competitive subreddit and would like to share here as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitive...w_to_fix_valk/
Ideas to improve the character experience and make her more competitive/fun to play:
1) Light is guaranteed after shield crush: Shield crush can be easily connected in a fight, that is right. But so LBs shove or Wardens SB, Conq etc. This would give her more options to apply pressure and, more importantly, would reward her for being aggressive. No need to mention that this move can be heavily punished but given that it can be soft feinted I think that's OK. Edit: It was correctly pointed out in the comments that the lights damage need to be adjusted.
2) She no longer gets ****ed up by a unteachable gb after applying a raw heavy after a successful leg sweep or her oos punish. No need to elaborate here, right?
3) Make leg sweep a bit faster. Currently it scares no one. It's the move everyone wants her to do in order to be able to punish her. The problems that certain characters have with the sweep seem more a matter of guard switch delay than the sweep itself so I still keep my point
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4) Give her good spammable emotes. Her emotes are no satisfying at all. This is a game braker for her. Made me almost abandon the class.
5) A new Light + Heavy +Light chain. It would definitely increase a lot her mixup potential and make her oppentents always vigilant and force them to act because after every light can initiate a potential heavy mixup
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6) Improve her dodge recovery. If the other buffs are applied this one is minor imo, given she will be able to initiate aggression after any light (she will dodge + light + heavy mixup, etc).
7) Fix the issue with the shoulder pin deflect not being guaranteed sometimes.
I think that with these small changes she would be able to compete more with other characters and make them work harder for a win. Don't think she needs a full redesign like Conqueror, Kensei, Berserker and Orochi for instance.
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Rep 17 Valkyrie here. I can say that Valkyrie is hard. Just try and find a tournament won by Valkyrie on YouTube. You won't lol. She's hard to use, She's more of a mind character, but to a experienced player, they can tell if I'm going to do a guard break or a sweep. Its too easy to read. Anyone who plays Valkyrie knows that her guard break recovery is the worst in the game. So Damn slow. And yeah, her emotes have no satisfaction when you spam it. Whats annoying about her is, if you do light, light heavy feint into a light attack, you Have to do a side light to complete the combo. It won't work if you dont do the side lights.
The problem with that is, if they block it, they get a guard break. So its super risky doing it. But that's the only combo she has when it comes to attacks, if she misses her shield bash, free guard break. I would love to get a free light after connecting the shield bash.
