Valkyrie is the cavalry of black desert mobile, posessing the ability to charge into battle in a split second and charge out just as quickly. With multiple long-distance charge skills she is arguably the fastest of the 5 starting classes. Combined with her numerous Super Armor & Forward Guard skills, she is able to tank a lot of damage + cc and still retreat safely. She isn’t lacking in CC skills herself either, posessing several stun, bound and knockdown skills in her arsenal. She is also able to deal massive amounts of damage with her fast sword attacks. However she does have a rather high skill cap and it may take some effort to completely master her talents.
Awakening Class: Lancer
Absolute Class: Paladin
Class Rating
Area
Rating ( 0 - 10 )
PvE farming
8.5
PvE boss
8.5
PvP
8
CC
9
Mobility
9
Survivability
9.5
Fun
10
Skill Priority
Skill Name
Level
Explanation
PvE
PvP
Boss
Flurry of Kicks
1
Rarely use this skills except for memes
13th
15th
14th
Severing Light
1
Very good early to mid-game but should be replaced after you un-lock the enhancement on the higher lvl skills
11th
14th
11th
Shield Throw
4
Amazing skill for farming. One of her two long-range skills
3rd
12th
7th
Sword of Judgement
7
Better version of severing light and very useful for cc in pvp in combination with shield chase
8th
2nd
8th
Shield Chase
10
The all-important skill that glues her kit together. This is valkyrie's main movement/charge skill
2nd
1st
4th
Sharp Light
14
High %damage skill with quick cast-speed. Great for farming and bossing
7th
6th
1st
Glaring Slash
18
Huge AoE sword skill with high %damage. Drawbacks are its' high cool-down and lack of cc
4th
9th
3rd
Punishment
22
Good for pvp and nothing else
15th
7th
15th
Celestial Spear
27
Valkyrie's 2nd long range skill. High %damage and short cast -time
6th
3rd
2nd
Radiant Charge
31
Her other charge skill that has higher %damage but longer cool-down and only has 1 charge
5th
4th
5th
Breath of Elion
36
Healing + move-speed buff, must have for farming!
1st
5th
6th
Elion's Blessing
40
Good buff skill for pvp but very hard to justify taking this over breath of elion
14th
11th
13th
Divine Wrath
45
CC skill that can be useful in pvp but valk just has too many other great skills to choose from
12th
10th
12th
Radiant Smite
50
High %damage AoE skill with cc. Again its a good skill but its really up to personal preference whether to include it in your skill cycle or not for different situations
10th
8th
9th
Judgement of Light
55
Ultimate skill, big AoE but has long cast-time and long cool-down. Similar situation as the 2 skills above
9th
13th
10th
Pros
-High combat mobility
-Able to tank damage / cc when using certain skills
-Fastest farmer amongst the melee classes
-High damage w/ quick sword skills
-Can dress up as asuna
Cons
-Charges tends to go further than you want it to and there is no option to stop mid-charge
-Melee characters are susceptible to kiting especially against rangers
-Kit feels kind of clunky
-High difficulty to master
Tips
-Max out attack-speed, it makes a big difference on a class like valkyrie
-Use your mobility to your advantage: you can rush in, cc the enemy, do damage and rush out before they can retaliate
-Turning off the “increase distance” perk on your charges makes it easier to control in exchange for shorter range
-Against rangers you should pay attention to which direction they’re kiting towards and use your charge predictively
Final Thoughts
My greatest regret in soft launch was that I did not spend enough time on valkyrie and thus never truly mastered her complicated skill kit. With classes like ranger and witch I was able to perform fairly well on them even with minimal practice. But with valkyrie I always felt that I could have done something better. Even when I was absolutely decimating my opponents I felt inadequate. After every match I go into the next match thinking of ways to improve. There is just so much potential in this class, so many mind games that you can play.
