Why do you think Valkyrie is a good addition to the game?

@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. : )

I guess she's a good addition to the game for players who needed a bigger crutch than Gibby. 🤮

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@hayhor wrote:
@Sand_spitterShe was a good addition for SP since that maps lacks jump towers ans sucks to move about on. Though I don't think her release and then that maps release not having them was a coincidence. Almost like it was pre-planned to get more people using her 😉

I think they need to remove her ability to beacon and flight scan. Make her an attacker, not a recon legend.

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Exactly, and I think we have had this conversation elsewhere. She's got too much in the Kit. Remove the recon stuff so there is a risk with skyward dive of landing in the middle of a firefight and not knowing the ring rotation to jump too without working with a 2nd character who is recon, and she's suddenly a lot more balanced.

She'll still have a high pickrate because the only non-mobility's in the top is Gibby (clear reasons why) and Bloodhound (scan meta, and can be argued he also has movement enhance with his ult) but at least her kit would not be overloaded.

@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.