The valkyrie is the slowest summon I’ve ever seen. She just strolls around, well behind the battle, often beyond the range of my minimap. Is there a way to make her faster? She seems to be somewhere around 60% slower than the act 2 Merc.
Is the Valkyrie even worth getting? Unless I run into an exceptionally tough enemy the battle is usually over well before she arrives.
Yes she’s slow, she’s also maybe the most powerful summon outside of maybe Grizzly (who is also rather slow). I think the proper way to use her is she will naturally follow you, if there’s a group of enemies coming towards you, you can fall back a bit, she will catch up and tank the group with your merc, then you fire away with arrows/javelins. I don’t think she’s meant to be some super aggressive summon that forges ahead of your character to tank, that would be pretty overpowered honestly, and make the game even dumber and easier for Zons, who already have so much at their disposal (like Decoy as well). Anyways, I think Valk is worth the investment, she is seriously one of the best summons in the game, no matter how slow she is to engage, when you use a bit of tactics and she’s on the front line taking no damage and dishing out a good bit herself, you’ll wonder why you even questioned having her.
A Valkarye paladin is the way to go if you want a valk to do actual dmg.
Get harmony for Valk and Vigor = Solves your speed problem
Use Peace for critical strike to your Valk
Run fant
Run merc with Might/Concentration.
Valk and decoy are both worth a point for distracting mobs - especially on HC Hell, when you get cornered and need to fight your way out, or simply want to run past immunes.
If the Valk is too far behind, just resummon a new one where she should be… I wouldn’t sink points in hoping for damage- if you want to build a summoner, play Necro.
I was thinking she was super slow the other day. Could be nice if she benefitted even from a portion of your faster run walk stat.
Its like the Vallyrie is constantly out of stamina and just walks everywhere. The act 2 merc, which is tremendously powerful when geared properly, moves almost 60% faster than her base.
I’m not asking for a massive damage buff, hp buff, char removal or anything. I just wish the Valk moved fast enough to actually keep up with my character. I suppose she does eventually teleport to you
Summons follow a character, thats been well established since the classic game was released, but she’s the only follower character I’ve seen that can’t keep up with the player at all.
If she gets too far ahead she will tele to your spot . I usually just recast when it becomes an issue.
Doesn’t that seem like she needs a bit of an increase in speed then, if she needs to be constantly recast to be in a usable position?