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Dominion Ash Valkyrie

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Dominion Ash Valkyries are valkyries that only have fire based abilities.


Etymology and Anatomy

Ash Valkyrie gets the name from Ash (remains of anything burned by fire and from the fact that they have fire based abilities) and Valkyrie (the Valkyrie javelin developed by Dominion).

Ash Valkyrie looks like a standard Dominion Valkyrie: a javelin suit with seals on the right arm and a cape on its back. Ash Valkyrie also becomes engulfed in orange-colored kinetic shield when foes approach.

When not shielded, the javelin is colored black and orange with gold metallic plating on several of its parts.

Narrative Involvement

The Dominion Ash Valkyries are high-ranking foes that usually do not show up in the battlefield until several standard foes such as Dominion Shocktroopers, Dominion Frost Hounds, Thunder Fangs, Ice Stalkers, and even Dominion Storm Brutes or Dominion Frost Brutes are defeated.

Often the non-elite and non-legendary versions of Valkyries may show up in lower numbers (usually up to 3) before the stronger types gate in.

Encountered Expeditions

At least one Dominion Ash Valkyrie can show up in the below list.

Encounter Locations

The following places are all the locations where Dominion Ash Valkyrie can be found, either physically or in the lore. They may not be always found there, but have a high chance of being found in these locations.

Behavior and Abilities

Dominion Ash Valkyries have the following abilities:

  • Fire Projectiles: The Ash Valkyrie shoots slow moving projectiles that do fire damage. (This ability is defunct since update 1.3.0)
  • Fire Beam Projectiles: The Ash Valkyrie shoots rapid moving projectiles of fire that nearly resemble a beam of fire. (This ability has replaced Fire Projectiles since update 1.3.0)
  • Flame Explosion: The Ash Valkyrie creates a field of fire beneath an foe to create an explosion that does high fire blast damage.

Hidden Attributes

Dominion Ash Valkyrie has two hidden attributes:

  • Infinite Hovering: Dominion Ash Valkyries can hover indefinitely as long as they are shielded.
  • Fire Resistant Shields: Dominion Ash Valkyrie’s shields are fire resistant.

Strategy

  • Special Weakness to Shields: Shield Breaker Shield Breaker-icon, Lightning Electric-icon, Ice Ice-icon
  • Special Resistance to Shields: Armor Buster Armor Buster-icon, FireFire-icon

Dominion Ash Valkyries are excellent at flushing javelins taking cover. But they cannot do damage unless they are hovering.

Overview

Since they can technically hover indefinitely, they have the height advantage to spot foes and start shooting projectiles at the nearest foe within their line of sight. Their kinetic shield is resistant to fire, and sometimes even immune. Once unshielded, they become vulnerable to weak point damage when their head is targeted.

Doing damage to or defeating the Ash Valkyries can make them drop ammo and repair packs. If health or ammo is low, collect these resupplies.

Combat

When the Ash Valkyrie notices and foe, it starts shooting its Fire Projectiles are at a javelin. If the javelin is weak, then it is a cue to take cover.

If hiding behind walls for cover, care must be to not let the Ash Valkyrie to use its Flame Explosion. There is a short duration between the creation of the fire field on the surface beneath the javelin (where no damage will be done) and the actual explosion itself. If the field is seen, it is a cue to go to a different place. Since Ash Valkyries cannot continuously use Flame Explosion, they will follow up with Fire Beam Projectiles.

To tackle the flushing abilities of Ash Valkyries, it is best to focus on stripping the kinetic shields first—in this case, shield breaker, ice and lightning attacks work very well, but impact damage also helps.

When the shields are stripped away, the Valkyrie’s suit is exposed. The Ash Valkyrie may still attack, and it will take a few seconds before the shield regenerates, but this is the best time to take it down.

Note: Burning, freezing, or using force-based abilities will knock the unshielded Valkyries down to the ground, making them unable to attack.

Every Named Dominion Ash Valkyrie

Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)

  • At launch, the Valkyrie’s kinetic shields did not have any typing.
  • The number of pips in the health/armor bar do not represent the total value. This means, two types can have same number of pips, but the stronger type (legendary or elite) will have a significantly higher health than their weaker counterparts.
  • The ability names are taken from the Anthem Prima Guide and datamined files. They may have been slightly modified to avoid confusion with other in-game names.

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