Why do you think Valkyrie is a good addition to the game?
I have my own opinions, obviously, but why do you think she is a good addition to Apex?
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@Sand_spitter I would say Valk is a fun addition. Most people would say Octane is fun, but I hate his existence and alot of people would align this same hatred for Valk and others. Did the game need her ? No not exactly, same can be said for others tho. From devs perspective she's innovative "atleast during this time copy and paste was not an option" and pros use her as mainstay meta, but before season 9 you have to be crazy think a character who can jump their entire team across a map was a good idea. When season 9 happened, some of us accepted her, some us tolerated, and some others complain because she doesn't have the same limits most characters do. For the most part, I prefer characters who fill roles over copy and paste types and while Valk doesn't copy, it's a role nobody expected a character in apex to have and it ended up becoming a necessity for many.
@jaygates879 yesterday in Arenas, I went in and saw Valkyrie and Octane on the other team. "Oh no we lost already, good game guys!" is what I said in my mic. They asked me why. "I have never been in an arena match won with Valkyrie and Octane on the other team. Let's give them what they came here for and make them work for it.". After we lost the first round one player quit. Considering the odds we didn't do too bad, but it was still a slaughter.
I plan to unlock Valkyrie next when I reach level 103. Octane is fast and heals, assuming the two communicate well enough, Valkyrie can get the birds eye view and tell Octane where to go for kills. Meanwhile the 3rd team member can stand there an watch as she uses missile swarm to soften their shields. I am sure there is some combo that could mess with them, I just haven't seen it yet. All the characters seem to work as intended, out of the ones I have unlocked, I like Mirage for his ability to fake you out with his decoy, and Crypto for the surveillance drone than can EMP the shields.
In my opinion, it seems a little off to have characters that are able to reach ridiculous heights at any given moment to avoid a fight others are not capable of doing.
Like say, having one UFC fighter that is allowed to use steroids while the rest cannot. Or one Nhl goalie "cough cough" Garth Snow - that would say, be allowed to wear well over sized goalie pads to defend his net while every other goalie is forced to use the standard size Lol.
Don't get me started with Seer and his passive 24/7 free unlimited wallhack, that is a whole other level of national lamboonary.
All in all, she is a cool character, looks good, is fun to use, just for me she seems like she does not belong in Apex. Nobody should be able to abort an entire team to the other side of a map, while my lifeline has to run for the nearest cover and heal up - hoping Seer isn't looking at me from 250 meters away ping spamming his teammates. : )
@NickBeam27I agree. And this is the reason I don't play her nor will I play with a pre made that uses her. Her abilities feels like its a little bit of a "cheap" win for lack of a better word. Every time we corner a team on Storm Point with a Valk on their team they just end up flying away. Every time.
- @Sand_spitter Yeah the ult timer is too short. When I no fill trios I run valk or octane because I know I can typically get away with them if things get bad. The amount of times I've been low health low shield, got to a rock and ultd to the other end of the map is quite many. It would frustrate me if I was the one chasing.
