Understand Valkyr Prime
Useful when…
- Use Warcry to bolster Armor and Attack Speed for allies within Affinity Range.
- Use Paralysis to slow victims and increase their Melee Damage vulnerability.
- Use Hysteria’s damaging claws, which heal Valkyr Prime and provide Status Effect immunity while she uses them.
Abilities and combat
Rip Line hooks and pulls Valkyr Prime toward what it hits; if it hits an enemy, nearby foes are pulled in as she performs a coordinated Melee attack. Warcry bolsters Armor and Attack Speed for allies within Affinity Range. Paralysis deals damage, slows victims and increases their Melee Damage vulnerability. Hysteria equips damaging claws that heal Valkyr Prime. The description states that she is immune to Status Effects while using the claws and that her Warcry Armor bonus is multiplied while using them.
Rage passive
Valkyr Prime accumulates Rage when hitting or killing enemies with melee weapons, increasing her Melee Damage. The passive also describes a save from fatal damage when Rage is above a threshold: the meter is consumed, death is prevented and invulnerability is granted. The unresolved values prevent quantifying the threshold, maximum damage increase or invulnerability duration.
Prime differences
Valkyr Prime lists 1000 Armor, 650 Health and 135 Shields; Valkyr lists 855 Armor, 650 Health and 135 Shields. Prime has three Madurai mod polarities, compared with two on standard Valkyr; both list a Madurai aura polarity. The supplied ability descriptions match.
Conditions and comparisons
Warcry’s ally effects specify Affinity Range. Hysteria’s description ties healing to its claws, states Status Effect immunity while using them, and says the Warcry Armor bonus is multiplied while they are active. Oberon Prime is described as an ally-supporting guardian, and Octavia Prime as a symphony-themed frame; neither supplied description establishes Valkyr Prime’s melee abilities.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Prime’s listed differences are higher Armor and an extra Madurai polarity; the supplied abilities match Valkyr’s.
- Warcry’s ally effects specify Affinity Range, and Hysteria describes benefits while using the claws.
- Rage save threshold and invulnerability duration are unresolved.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming Prime has a different supplied ability kit.
- Expecting Warcry’s ally effects outside Affinity Range.
- Relying on a precise Rage save threshold or invulnerability duration despite unresolved values.