Valkyrie — what the skills grant
Totalled from Valkyrie's own skill descriptions. Squad buffs apply to the hero's own squad; legion buffs apply to the whole legion — they stack differently in game, so they are counted separately.
Skill damage. Damage these skills deal when they land — listed, not totalled, because each is a separate hit: skill 2 — +218%, skill 5 — +310%.
About Valkyrie
Valkyrie is a Footmen hero in Rise of Castles. On ROCMeta, Valkyrie appears in 1 ranked combo in Footmen lineups. Valkyrie's highest-ranked appearance is Hunk · Bleeding Steed · Valkyrie, which currently sits at Footmen #273.
Across Valkyrie's skills, the hero's own squad gains +45% Damage, +65% Resistance, +65% Might, and +30% Counter Effect. The wider legion gains +40% Might.
Valkyrie's strongest recorded skill hits for 310% damage.
Valkyrie is most often ranked alongside Hunk and Bleeding Steed — the heroes that share the most ranked combos with Valkyrie. The full list of partners is further down the page.
Why Valkyrie ranks where it does
Valkyrie has no single standout axis; the value is in filling gaps rather than leading a lineup.
Pairs best with Al-Hawra, Cyrus and El Cid. Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Valkyrie supplies the combat-skill casts; Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Adds little alongside Achilles, Alfred and Arslan. both are carrys — the second adds little the first does not
Read from Valkyrie's eight skills and compared against every other published hero — not an editorial opinion.
Most often ranked with Valkyrie
Counted from the published lists: the partners who appear beside Valkyrie in the most ranked lineups.
Proven synergies
A different question from the grid above: not who Valkyrie is listed with, but whose kit the skill text says Valkyrie actually feeds — or feeds on. Each claim names the effect and, wherever the card records one, the skill producing it, so you can check it against the cards further down. Some of these pairs share no ranked lineup at all; each one says why.
Al-Hawra
Not yet listedAl-Hawra's Desert Phantom supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Valkyrie supplies the combat-skill casts; Al-Hawra's Desert Phantom feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Cyrus
Not yet listedCyrus's Tolerance supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Valkyrie supplies the combat-skill casts; Cyrus's Strategy to Victory feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Roland
Not yet listedRoland's Song of Roland supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Valkyrie supplies the combat-skill casts; Roland's Paladins feeds on them. No lineup around this pair clears the era and composition gates.
Warden
Not yet listedWarden's Aspect of the Eagle supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Poison Master completing it) scores 75.36, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
War Lord
Not yet listedWar Lord's War God Descends supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Ashoka completing it) scores 74.62, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
El Cid
Not yet listedEl Cid's Song of El Cid supplies the trigger-rate boosts; Valkyrie's Apocalyptic Prayer feeds on them. Their strongest lineup together (Ashoka completing it) scores 72.75, below the last ranked seat in its tier (78.57).
Best Footmen combos with Valkyrie
Valkyrie appears in 1 ranked Footmen combo.
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B Hunk · Bleeding Steed · Valkyrie developer pick Mid progression Beats 1 of 8 reference lineups 61.42/100 out of 100 Hunk (X01), Bleeding Steed (S03) and Valkyrie (X03) score 61.42 out of 100 together, and each of the three has a job.
Hunk is the lock: every squad silenced or suppressed is a turn the enemy plan does not happen — Yeet! applies Confuse on a 30% roll, and takes the front on purpose: this kit feeds on being attacked, and the front is where the attacks are. Bleeding Steed is the multiplier, raising what the other two put out rather than adding a number of its own: carries 80% of damage amplification across its kit, and sits in the middle, where the support reaches both the front and the back. Valkyrie is the win condition, bringing 87% of the lineup's expected damage: Apocalyptic Prayer puts 310% into one enemy squad on a 45% roll, and stays in the back, out of the enemy's easy reach, and those range-5 skills lose nothing for it. The lineup works because Hunk’s Yeet! applies Confuse and takes a squad out of the fight, so Valkyrie swings into a line that cannot answer; Bleeding Steed raises Valkyrie’s output directly rather than adding a number of its own. What you give up: no hero here feeds another one's trigger; Hunk holds the front and Bleeding Steed keeps it standing. Budget note: every hero in this lineup can be completed without spending. This is one of the lineups recommended in-game by the developers -- the score above is what that classic core is still worth against the current roster.
Valkyrie — skills
All 8 recorded skills for Valkyrie, straight from the hero's game card.
1 Dictator
The soldier amount cap of the hero's squad is increased by 23,100.
2 Prayer of Forbearance
100% chance to make self-squad unable to launch normal attacks, 30% increased damage, for 2 turns and deal 218% damage to 1 random enemy squad within range.
3 Footmen Defensive Formation II
Footmen in the hero's squad has 50% more Resistance.
4 Footmen Offensive Formation II
Footmen in the hero's squad has 50% more Might.
5 Apocalyptic Prayer
1 turns prep, 45% chance to deal 310% damage to 3 enemy squads within range.
6 Awaken
For the hero's squad, Footmen's Might and Resistance increase by 15%, Footmen's Damage increases by 15%, 250% bonus effect for the "Dictator" skill.
7 Discipline - Footmen
Footmen's Might in the hero's legion is increased by 40%.
8 Supreme Will
Self-squad countering to Footmen and Cavalries is increased by 30%, 70% chance each turn to ignore 50% of enemy squad’s base resistance.
Which Valkyrie lineups can you field?
Select the heroes you own and the generator returns every ranked Valkyrie lineup you can field today, the ones you are one hero short of, and the single unlock that opens the most.
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