Vaphroy

Valkyrie Expert

Succession

Vaphroy

2025 Valkyrie Masterclass winner and Rank 1 Valkyrie EU in Arena of Solare

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Valkyrie Succession

PvE Combo Guide

Valkyrie Succession

Damage Combo

  1. W+C
    Prime: Purificatione
  2. S+E
    Prime: Celestial Spear
  3. S+Q
    Prime: Shield Throw
  4. Shift+W/A/S/D
    Shield ChaseReposition behind the target
  5. F
    Gladius Gloriae
  6. S+RMB+LMB
    Prime: Glaring Slash
  7. S+RMB
    Prime: Sword of Judgment
  8. Shift+F
    Prime: Divine Power
  9. Shift+W/A/S/D
    Shield ChaseReposition again
  10. Shift+C
    Prime: Judgment of Light I
  11. Shift+C
    Prime: Judgment of Light II
  12. Shift+C
    Prime: Judgment of Light III

This combo works in Aphrodon and Magaia. Watch the Magaia example clip on Twitch.

Fillers

  1. LMB > RMB
    Prime: Severing Light
  2. Shift+Z
    Divine Slam
  3. S+C
    Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar
  4. Shift+X
    Celestial Smite
  5. LMB after Shift+X
    Divine Judgment of Light
  6. S+Q
    Prime: Shield Throw

With lower AP, you may need to repeat Prime: Purificatione, Prime: Celestial Spear, Prime: Shield Throw, Prime: Glaring Slash and Prime: Sword of Judgment.

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. W/A/S/D + Shift
    Shield Chase
  2. W+F
    Righteous Charge
  3. Skill + Space
    Shining Dash
  4. A/D+RMB
    Side Step

Repositioning in Packs

  1. A/D+RMB
    Side Step
  2. Shift+Direction
    Shield ChaseDuring the combo

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Absolute: Charging Slash
  2. Absolute: Fury of Kicks
  3. Absolute: Double Flying Kick
  4. Absolute: Shield Strike
  5. Shield Counter
  6. Shield Push
  7. Absolute: Skyward Strike
  8. Vow of Trust
  9. Evasion

PvE Crit Rate

  1. Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar
    100%
  2. Prime: Judgment of Light I
    100%
  3. Prime: Judgment of Light II
    100%
  4. Prime: Judgment of Light III
    100%
  5. Prime: Shining Dash
    100%
  6. Prime: Celestial Spear
    100%
  7. Prime: Divine Power
    100%
  8. Prime: Shield Throw
    50%
  9. Prime: Just Counter
    50%
  10. Prime: Glaring Slash
    50%
  11. Divine Slam
    50%
  12. Divine Judgment of Light
    50%
  13. Gladius Gloriae
    30%
  14. Prime: Sword of Judgment
    0%
  15. Prime: Severing Light
    0%
  16. Prime: Purificatione
    0%

Skill Enhancements

  1. Celestial Cry
    Lv. 56
  2. Divine Slam
    Lv. 57
  3. Divine Judgement of Light
    Lv. 58

Optional: in PvE you can run Celestial Smite instead of Celestial Cry for extra damage and crit rate, but it isn't required.

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Sword of Judgment I

Punish your foes with your longsword skills imbued with the ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec

Glaring Slash I

Imbue your longsword with the Sacred Power of Elion, then slash ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Celestial Spear I

Damage your foes by channeling the Sacred Power of Elion into a spear...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Shield Throw I

Toss your shield filled with SP to attack faraway enemies.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target
  • Instantly recover 20 MP/WP/SP per target

Gladius Gloriae

Prerequisite: Use the [Secret Book] Abyssal Legacy ([The Magnus] ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec

Prime: Purificatione

Preceding Skill: [Valkyrie's Vow] Release your sacred power to ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Change Log

October 22, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes

October 8, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Unified the level-based base stats (Max HP, HP Recovery, All AP, All Damage Reduction and All Evasion) for every class. Class-specific stat differences now come from a new passive skill learned automatically at Lv. 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.All classes

  • All

    Added the common skill Godslayer: Force Palm (Lv. 60+). Its Secret Book is obtained at A Freesword's Hearth in Voidekaia after finishing the Inner Edania main quests.All classes

September 17, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Heaven's Echo: "Taunt surrounding foes" now applies as a Taunt attack instead of raising aggro, so monsters can switch targets when another Adventurer attacks them.Both specs

  • PvE

    Succession: Heaven's Echo: "Taunt surrounding foes" now applies as a Taunt attack instead of raising aggro.

September 10, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Absolute: Heaven's Echo: Removed the removal of All Damage Reduction debuffs on use and the 20 sec immunity to them.

August 27, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Punishment: After a successful grapple the character now moves slightly toward the target with the attack animation.Both specs

July 9, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Sword of Judgment: Skill Add-on tier 1 → 2; cooldown 4 → 6 sec.

  • All

    Gladius Gloriae, Celestial Smite: Cooldown 10 → 8 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Ultimate: Celestial Spear: Now triggers when using Celestial Smite with Prime: Celestial Spear learned.

May 14, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Succession: Ultimate: Severing Light: Mitigated attack 2 sometimes failing to trigger while being hit.

April 9, 2026

10 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shield Chase: Stamina no longer recovers during the skill.Both specs

  • PvP

    Just Counter, Judgment of Light: Just Counter Stiffness now PvE only; Judgment of Light lost its PvP-only Stun.Both specs

  • All

    Divine Slam, Celestial Smite: Cooldowns: Divine Slam 10 → 7 sec, Celestial Smite 15 → 10 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Guard: You can now sprint while on Guard in Succession (250 Stamina).

  • All

    Prime: Shield Throw, Succession: Flow: Spinning Shield: Shield Throw can no longer be used on cooldown; faster on its own and faster shield return; attack area focused to the front; damage 4,414% (max 4 hits) → 5,385% (max 3 hits), PvP 33.41% → 27%. Spinning Shield is faster.

  • All

    Prime: Noble Will: Now Succession-only: hits with Prime: Divine Power, Prime: Judgment of Light, Prime: Purificatione and Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar heal allies in the area for 850 HP. Its Max HP bonus moved to Prime: Holy Prayer (+500 HP at V).

  • All

    Prime: Purificatione: Hit healing no longer applies to allies (except through Noble Will); self healing 160 → 650 per hit.

  • All

    Prime: Judgment of Light, Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar: Judgment of Light III is faster. Sanctitas de Enslar lost its taunt and Melee AP Increase.

  • All

    Shield Chase, Prime: Severing Light: Succession AP: Shield Chase All AP +16 → Melee AP +36; Prime: Severing Light Melee AP +20 → +36.

  • All

    Flying Kick: Fixed not comboing smoothly into other skills.Both specs

February 12, 2026

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Breath of Elion: Movement Speed & Critical Hit Rate +20% (30 sec) and Super Armor (3 sec) for self and allies now also apply in Succession (previously lancia only).

  • All

    Guard: All Damage Reduction while on Guard: +20 → +30 (main weapon and lancia).Both specs

  • All

    Succession: Absolute: Heaven's Echo: Removed self All Damage Reduction +30 for 60 sec; added 20 sec immunity to DP Decrease (nullified on cooldown); All Accuracy to self and allies +20 → +40.

  • All

    Absolute: Heaven's Echo: The 60 sec All Accuracy Increase now applies to self only.Both specs

  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

December 18, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar: Fixed Bound on last attack hits not applying in PvP.

December 11, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Sword of Judgment: Added Super Armor during attack 3; Bound now PvE only.

  • All

    Prime: Purificatione: Heal on ally and self hits: 600 → 850.

October 30, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shield Chase: Fixed Evasion coming out first in some directions when used on Guard with the longsword.Both specs

September 25, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shining Dash: Now W + RMB (combo input too); Skyward Strike is Space only. Cooldown 40/35 → 15/10 sec (Skill Add-on tier 2).Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Shining Dash: Can be used on its own. Larger Stiffness detection: the dash stops at once and applies Stiffness when an enemy enters it, with a shorter slide so Knockdown follows. Smoother combos into Glaring Slash, Sword of Judgment and Severing Light, faster turning, longer max dash. Cooldown 14 → 8 sec (Skill Add-on tier 2).

September 18, 2025

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Judgment of Light: I-II combo faster into Honorblade; I has a reduced slowdown.

  • All

    Prime: Divine Power: Now instant from the key command (Quick Slot still plays the opening motion).

  • All

    Succession: Ultimate Righteous Charge: New skill (grants immunity to CC from the rear).

  • All

    Righteous Charge: Faster combos into Punishment, Just Counter, Prime: Judgment of Light or Prime: Purificatione after hits.Both specs

September 4, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Celestial Cry: Fixed its All DP Increase stacking with other DP Increase effects.Both specs

August 7, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Guard, Divine Descent, Vow of Trust, Promptness: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Divine Descent: All DP +20 → +40.Both specs

July 24, 2025

8 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Combat system overhaul: Resistance and Ignore Resistance reworked, AP, DP reduction and Special Attack damage gaps between classes narrowed, and Special Attack damage effects of the same type no longer stack.All classes

  • All

    Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes

  • All

    Elion's Blessing: Removed All Debuff Resistance +100%.Both specs

  • All

    Divine Descent: All Special Attack damage +5% → +2%.Both specs

  • All

    Heaven's Echo, Celestial Cry: All Accuracy +24 → +12/20.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Noble Will: All Resistance +10% → Max HP +500.

  • All

    Prime: Glory of Enslar: All Resistance +50% → Max HP +1,500.

  • All

    Prime: Glory of Enslar: All DP +20 → +50.

June 26, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Celestial Spear: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

June 12, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shield Chase: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 13, 2025

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Emergency Escape: Invincibility now also applies when you reappear; movement speed and Stamina recovery during the skill reduced; SPACE now jumps to higher terrain.All classes

  • PvE

    Combat Assistance can now only be used while total Family Level is 200 or lower; some skills deal less damage or lose effects when spammed during cooldown, while main PvE skills deal more damage.All classes

  • PvE

    Prime: Sword of Judgment: Added a 4 sec cooldown; reduced damage when used during cooldown.

  • PvE

    Prime: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Judgment of Light, Prime: Divine Power, Gladius Gloriae, Celestial Smite, Divine Slam: Damage adjusted.

December 12, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 28, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Purificatione, Prime: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Shield Throw: Damage adjusted.

November 14, 2024

9 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Righteous Charge, Prime: Shining Dash, Prime: Counter: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Righteous Charge: Added Forward Guard.

  • All

    Prime: Shining Dash: Cooldown 18 → 14 sec.

  • All

    Ultimate: Sword of Judgment: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Shield Throw: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Prime: Judgment of Light: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Prime: Counter: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Prime: Judgment of Light, Divine Slam, Divine Judgment of Light: Damage adjusted.

October 24, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Shining Dash: Fixed a skill issue.

October 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

August 1, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Celestial Spear, Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae, Celestial Smite, Black Spirit: Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae, Divine Power, Vindicta, Divine Judgment of Light: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Just Counter, Prime: Celestial Spear, Prime: Divine Power: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Shield Chase, Purificatione: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 18, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Heaven's Echo, Flow: Divina Vult, Divine Descent, Divina Inpulsa, Gladius Gloriae: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Wave of Light: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Righteous Charge: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Valkyrie Slash: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Judgment of Light: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

November 29, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Purificatione: Skill behavior improved.

November 15, 2023

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Glaring Slash, Prime: Divine Power, Prime: Judgment of Light, Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar, Prime: Purificatione, Prime: Severing Light, Prime: Celestial Spear: Damage adjusted.

  • PvP

    Sacrum Ferit: Cooldown 7 → 6 sec.Both specs

  • PvP

    Flow: Lucem Fluxum: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • PvP

    Castigatio, Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae, Flow: Divina Vult, Blitz Stab, Ultimate: Blitz Stab: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Sanctitas de Enslar: Damage adjusted.Both specs

September 20, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

September 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

August 9, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 26, 2023

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Severing Light, Ultimate: Severing Light: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Severing Light, Prime: Severing Light, Succession: Ultimate: Severing Light: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Prime: Sword of Judgment, Ultimate: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Judgment of Light: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Divine Judgment of Light: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvP

    Prime: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Shield Throw: Damage adjusted.

July 19, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 5, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

May 3, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Glaring Slash, Prime: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Judgment of Light: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Prime: Divine Power: Smoother combos and controls.

April 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

November 23, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Prime: Judgment of Light: Fixed a skill issue.

November 16, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purificatione, Prime: Purificatione: Fixed a skill issue.

October 19, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Gladius Gloriae: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Judgment of Light: Skill behavior improved.

October 12, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ultimate: Righteous Charge: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Shield Push: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Prime: Divine Power, Ultimate: Divine Power: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvE

    Prime: Judgment of Light: Damage adjusted.

August 23, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Prime: Judgment of Light: PvP damage reduced.

  • PvE

    Prime: Celestial Spear: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Ultimate: Sword of Judgment, Prime: Divine Power, Ultimate: Divine Power: Skill behavior improved.

August 17, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shield Throw: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 22, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Blitz Stab: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 15, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Divine Judgment of Light: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • PvP

    Shining Judgment of Light: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

May 31, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Vow of Trust: Skill behavior improved.

February 9, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purificatione: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Judgment of Light, Black Spirit: Prime: Judgment of Light, Black Spirit: Sanctitas de Enslar: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Judgment of Light: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

January 12, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Sacrum Ferit: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

January 5, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Shining Dash: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Shining Dash: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Blitz Stab: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Shining Dash, Black Spirit: Prime: Shining Dash: Damage adjusted.Both specs

December 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Blitz Stab, Ultimate: Blitz Stab, Sacrum Ferit: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

June 29, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

June 23, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Just Counter, Absolute: Just Counter, Prime: Just Counter, Sideways Cut, Absolute: Sideways Cut: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 16, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Just Counter: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Sharp Light, Absolute: Sharp Light: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

May 26, 2021

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Spinning Shield, Heaven's Echo: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Heaven's Echo: Cooldown 25 → 40 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Heaven's Echo: Cooldown 25 → 40 sec.

  • All

    Succession: Absolute: Heaven's Echo: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Prime: Sanctitas de Enslar: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Prime: Glaring Slash: Damage adjusted.

May 4, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Purificatione: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Prime: Purificatione: Fixed a skill issue.

April 28, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Sanctitas de Enslar: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 17, 2021

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Divina Inpulsa: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Sanctitas de Enslar: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

March 3, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Sanctitas de Enslar: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

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