Valkyrie • Lost Ark Nexus

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The two specs are not directly comparable, one is a DPS and one is a Support.

Shining Knight

Liberator

Summary

DPS Spec

Focuses on cycling low cooldown filler skills with higher cooldown main damage skills to fill Light Meter, which allows you to cast Final Splendor for big damage.

Support Spec

Focuses on buffing party damage while simultaneously protecting teammates from damage.

Pros

Does good damage
Easy
Lots of push immunity

Easiest support to play at a base level
Extremely condensed Identity Buff generation cycle, allowing for more focus on party protection
Party healing with no opportunity cost

Cons

Extremely punishing if you miss Final Splendor
Half of your skills are relatively inconsequential, could be considered "boring" skills.

Low stagger
Slightly lower ceiling on Identity buffing compared to certain meter generation focused Artist / Bard builds

Shining Knight

Summary

DPS Spec

Focuses on cycling low cooldown filler skills with higher cooldown main damage skills to fill Light Meter, which allows you to cast Final Splendor for big damage.

Pros

Does good damage
Easy
Lots of push immunity

Cons

Extremely punishing if you miss Final Splendor
Half of your skills are relatively inconsequential, could be considered "boring" skills.

Liberator

Summary

Support Spec

Focuses on buffing party damage while simultaneously protecting teammates from damage.

Pros

Easiest support to play at a base level
Extremely condensed Identity Buff generation cycle, allowing for more focus on party protection
Party healing with no opportunity cost

Cons

Low stagger
Slightly lower ceiling on Identity buffing compared to certain meter generation focused Artist / Bard builds

Chaos Dungeon

Crushing Condemnation

Level 14

Galewind

Requiem Storm

Level 14

Galewind

Awakening

Engravings

Brundia's Ritual

How does my identity work?

Piety Meter is replaced by Light Meter, which allows you to use Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor (X) once full.

You also gain access to Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight (Z), which will buff the damage of your next Holy Blade skill by 35%. This effect gains 3 stacks per cast with the Trinity ark passive enlightenment node.

Note that Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight has its "cooldown" reset by casting Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor, so you generally want to begin the fight casting Z -> X, not the other way around, leaving the option for you to cast Shining Knight on demand with no repercussions as a free push immunity skill.

Each skill cast recovers the Light Meter by 6.7%, capping out at 15 casts. Because of this, we fill our skill bar with a mix of high cooldown/damage Holy Blade skills and low cooldown/damage filler Justice skills.

Without Ark Grid enabled, Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight does not count towards these 15 casts. Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor never counts towards these 15 casts.

TLDR: Spam skills until Z+X is up.

Ark Passives

Evolution

Enlightenment

Leap

Evolution

Crit

30/30

Swift

10/30

Keen Sense

2/2

Limit Break

1/3

Unlimited Magick

1/2

Zealous Smite

1/2

Critical

1/1

Pulverize

1/1

Standing Striker

2/2

Enlightenment

Shining Knight

3/3

Sword Training

3/3

Holy Sword Unleashed

3/3

Trinity

3/3

Last Light

2/5

Leap

Unleashed Power

5/5

Release Potential

4/5

Instant Spell

2/3

Celestial Blade

3/3

Notes

Evolution:

Valkyrie requires 100% Crit Rate to be most efficient, coming from:

1844 Crit (66%) + Legendary Adrenaline (14%) + Ark Passive Evolution 29 Keen Sense 2 (8%) + Ark Passive Evolution 27 Zealous Smite 1 (12%)

If you have enough extra sources of Crit from Relic Adrenaline, bracelet lines, or ring lines, drop Ark Passive Evolution 29 Keen Sense and replace with Ark Passive Evolution 34 Limit Break when applicable. Crit synergies do apply to this total, however be wary as if you hit the boss while the crit synergy is not applied you will lose a noticeable amount of damage.

Boundless MP is a DPS side-grade at best over Ark Passive Evolution 34 Limit Break, and ends up being a DPS loss if you cannot properly maintain the increased uptime requirements that come with more Cooldown Reduction. Can be helpful in fights that require more utility such as counters, stagger, or weak point.

Alternatively, if you have enough Crit from bracelet or Relic Adrenaline, you can try the following setup for theoretically higher DPS, but lower damage per cycle, which may result in a DPS loss on lower uptime fights. If you are not consistently hitting high CPMs on Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor, you should stay on the standard build, as it is not a huge DPS increase even played well.

Ark Passive Evolution 29 Keen Sense 1 / Ark Passive Evolution 34 Limit Break 2 / Ark Passive Evolution 14 Unlimited Magick 2 / Ark Passive Evolution 40 Critical 1 / Ark Passive Evolution 41 Master 1

Leap:

Transcendent Power can be taken over Ark Passive 01 10 Release Potential on shorter fights (less than ~10 minutes).

Sword of Faith can be taken over Ark Passive Hkf 14 Celestial Blade as a faster, simpler (no Perfect Combo) option, resulting in roughly a 1% DPS loss, though this is balanced out by the faster animation leading to possibly faster rotations + lower likelihood of missing. Generally recommended, as missing even a single Hkf Skill 01 25 Cataclysm due to the longer animation time instantly makes the Perfect Combo version worse.

Engravings

Core Engravings

Pick One

Core Engravings

Pick One

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Notes

Mass Increase not recommended unless you are comparing Relic Mass Increase to Legendary Cursed Doll, as the -10% AS is extremely detrimental to your DPS cycle.

Ark Grid Cores

Sun

Moon

Star

Order

Final Words

Knight of Finality

True End

Chaos

Flashy Attack

Smoldering Strike|Absorbing Strike

Attack|Weapon

Notes

Plays identical to standard pre-ark grid build, with higher damage focus on Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor.

Also referred to as 111 build.

Prioritize Moon > Sun > Star

Main Skills

Shining Knight

Level

Push Immune

Z Skill, gives 3 stacks of Light Sword which buffs your next 3 Holy Blade skills (Only 1, if you do not have Trinity ark passive node unlocked). Used at the beginning of the fight while stacking Adrenaline, and once every rotation to upkeep Light Sword on every Holy Blade skill.
Counts as 1 skill cast towards identity meter with the Final Splendor ark grid enabled.

Final Splendor

Level

Destruction Lv. 2, Push Immune

X skill, usable at 100% light meter
This is your biggest damage skill, make sure you hit this one.

Requiem Ash

Level 14

Galewind

Main Damage Skill, Holy Blade skill

Magick Control (1) heavily recommended if experiencing mana issues.
Divine Concentration (2) can be used for a minor amount more damage, but much longer / backloaded hit. Generally not recommended, as missing 1 single cast across a whole fight due to the backloaded animation makes this tripod not worth.
Make sure to have a Light Sword (Z) stack before casting.

Requiem Rain

Level 14

Galewind

Main Damage Skill, Destruction Lv. 1, Holy Blade skill

Magick Control (2) heavily recommended if experiencing mana issues.
Make sure to have a Light Sword (Z) stack before casting.

Sword of Revelation

Level 11

Poison

Counter, Move Speed Self Buff, Stacking Skill

As long as it does not impede your meter generation, it is generally good to not spam this skill off cooldown to ensure you can upkeep move speed self buff, as well as to have a counter up at all times. You do not lose cooldown efficiency in doing this, as it is a stacking skill.
Remove CD gem if playing Justice build.

Whisper of Judgement

Level 14

Focus

Galewind

Secondary Damage Skill, Destruction Lv. 2, Possible Push Immunity

122 Tripods makes this skill much faster and gives push immunity. Recommended on Splendor build.
131 Tripods forgoes push immunity for higher damage. Not recommended on Splendor build, but MANDATORY for Justice build, as Whisper of Judgement becomes your strongest normal skill.
132 Tripods is usable if you would like to keep the push immunity, but use this skill as part of your Conviction Judgement setup.

Judgement Stigmata

Level 14

Focus

Secondary Damage Skill, Destruction Lv. 1

Least important filler skill for Splendor build, but essential part of Justice build, as it lowers the cooldown of Whisper of Judgement.
Add DMG gem if playing Justice build.

Lunging Stab

Level 10

Quick Recharge

Synergy, Move Speed Self Buff

Make sure the MS buff and Synergy are always applied when dealing DPS.

Foresight Slash

Level 7

Bleed

Counter, Synergy, Paralysis Immunity

Use off cooldown, as Sword of Revelation is a better counter to hold if needed.

Pick one flex skill

Meteor Strike

Level 10

Quick Recharge

Recommended flex skill, as this has 2 stacks (can hold one stack for whenever quick recharge is most valuable). You can cancel the long animation of this skill with spacebar immediately after casting (especially on opening rotation while adrenaline stacking) assuming you have other skills want to cast afterwards, unless it is a dangerous time to waste spacebar.

Crushing Condemnation

Level 10

Quick Recharge

Less recommended, slightly lower cooldown but more clunky than Meteor Strike (cannot spacebar cancel as the cooldown reduction tripod requires the skill to hit. Also not a stacking skill.

Execution of Revelation

Level 14

Galewind

Worst filler skill, consumes an identity buff which means you might have to hold this skill on T skill rotations, only upside is minor amount more stagger + has paralysis immune over the other fillers. Not recommended.

T Skill and Awakening

Cataclysm

Destruction Lv. 1, Holy Blade skill

Celestial Blade (Leap) converts this skill into “Perfect Combo”, a new type of skill. You press the button once, it starts a casting bar and you must press it again once it’s inside the “Perfect Zone”
You can take Sword of Faith (Leap) instead, for a minor DPS loss but much faster animation.
Make sure to have a Light Sword (Z) stack before casting.

Brundia's Epiphany

Brundia's Incarnation

Destruction Lv. 1, Push Immune, Status Immune

Just does damage, does not fill meter.

Gem Priority

Gems are listed in order of most to least important from left to right. Grayed out icons are optional.

DMG

CDR

Notes

If you can, prioritize upgrading Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor DMG gem over any other gems.

T3 Lvl. 10 gem > T4 Lvl. 8 for Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor only on 111 or pre ark grid build.

Rotation

Notes

Always start by stacking Adrenaline, this can be done while the boss is invulnerable as long as you hit the boss at least once to apply synergy with either Hkf Skill 01 5 Lunging Stab, Hkf Skill 01 3 Foresight Slash, or Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight. Hkf Skill 01 4 Meteor Strike should always be spacebar animation cancelled here, as Shining Knight will reset the cooldown of your spacebar instantly.

Every time your identity meter is full, you want to use Hkf Skill 01 24 Final Splendor, as well as cast Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight at some point beforehand. Note that with 111 ark grid cores, the Shining Knight activation will count as one skill cast towards building your identity meter.

After this, you just spam skills off cooldown until identity meter is full again, prioritizing Holy Blade skills, then filler Justice skills (generally from lower cooldown to higher cooldown). Hkf Skill 01 23 Shining Knight can be used at any point during this part of the rotation for on-demand push immunity, though it is almost always recommended to do so AFTER Holy Blade skills are finished casting (as to not waste Light Sword stacks).

DPS Distribution

FAQ

I am so lazy I can't read and don't want to manually make my build can you give me a skill code?

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What is the best stone to cut?

Keen Blunt Weapon > Cursed Doll > Hit Master > Raidcaptain Raid Captain > Grudge Grudge > Adrenaline

What build is the best build?

If you have to ask this question, just play 111 (Final Splendor). It plays exactly like non ark grid Valkyrie.

What do I do if I am running out of MP?

MP food, Magick Control Tripods on Requiem Ash and Requiem Rain, focus runes (Judgement Stigmata + Whisper of Judgement), play with a better support. In that order.

Is this class good?

Yes and easy.