Valla Talents

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Puncturing Arrow is an interesting choice for single-target burst builds. It is excellent when combined with other Hungering Arrow Talents. It can be a good choice on Battlefield of Eternity, as a Hungering Arrow Build can quickly defeat Immortals due to Monster Hunter's extra PvE damage.

Fire At Will is the standard choice on this tier. The extra stacks of Hatred per enemy hit by Multishot help Valla to achieve Hatred peak. Since this an unending Quest it is important to try to maximize your stacks during the early to mid game, as it will make a great difference at the end of the game.

Creed of the Hunter is an excellent Talent for a Basic Attack Build. The 20% extra Attack Speed from the Loan will not only increase your DPS, but will also make it much easier to stack the quest. However, it is important to be extremely cautious, as each death will come with big drawbacks.

Arsenal improves Valla's damage, safety, and Mana control during fights. With this Talent, Fire At Will will trigger much more often in teamfights, consequently increasing the rate in which Valla obtains Hatred and quest stacks.

Death Dealer provides a meaningful burst damage, as long as you have several Hatred stacks. It can be used to execute low-Health Minions to provide another vault, that can be used to escape or to kill an enemy. The cooldown reduction greatly reduces the window in which you are vulnerable in teamfights, being a great pick against skillshot-reliant compositions. However, we only recommend this Talent in a Basic Attacks Build.

Repeating Arrow is excellent in a Hungering Arrow Build. The extra Arrow provided by it will significantly increase your burst potential. This Talent has outstanding synergy with Acrobat at Level 20.

Although Monster Hunter makes no difference in teamfights, it makes Valla one of the most efficient Mercenary Camp killer in the game, especially when combined with the Repeating Arrow Talent. Monster Hunter is particularly effective on Battlefield of Eternity, where it can be used to take down the Immortal with ease.

Frost Shot is an excellent and versatile Talent. It is a great choice in a Hungering Arrow Build, but can also be useful in a Multishot Build too. The other options are excellent in their specific niches, and this Talent should only be picked if you do not need the extra Movement Speed from Hot Pursuit or the PvE damage from Monster Hunter.

Hot Pursuit's Movement Speed increase allows you to keep up with (or kite) most targets with ease, greatly improving your Basic Attack uptime. Overall, the extra movespeed will be useful in every game, and will be even better if you can get several of Hatred stacks from Fire At Will at the start of a fight.

In this section we discuss when and why to pick a given Heroic Ability. If you want to read how they work in detail and/or you are looking for some tips on how to use them, check them out on the Abilities and Strategy page.

As Strafe and Rain of Vengeance are both situationally powerful, the choice of one or the other is based on personal preference and team compositions.

Strafe has the potential of dealing more damage over a larger area than Rain of Vengeance. However, its channeled nature and long duration make it prone to being interrupted, unlike Rain of Vengeance, which is instantaneous. Rain of Vengeance also provides you with a reliable Stun to protect yourself and your allies, to interrupt other channeled Abilites, or to keep enemy Heroes in place for longer while they get focused down by your team.

Siphoning Arrows provides less survivability than its counterparts, but does so in a burst fashion with Abilities, being useful if the opposing team can easily blind or punish Valla when she tries to deliver Basic attacks. It is excellent with Repeating Arrow and Acrobat. However, this Talent does not add any protection against burst damage. Against enemies that can easily kill you in a combo, it might be better to pick Gloom instead, as it will greatly increase your effective Health at those moments.

Tempered by Discipline is a great Talent if you can easily deliver Basic Attacks in fights, being a great addition in games against a tough frontline, as Valla will be able to damage them constantly, while also sustaining herself. Still, like Siphoning Arrows, this Talent does not add any protection to burst damage, which is one of Valla's main weaknesses, so pick it cautiously.

Gloom provides a huge amount of permanent survivability, on top of having an outstanding activated effect that will let you survive any Ability-based burst. Remember that although powerful, the activated effect of this Talent reduces your overall damage. This Talent is particularly powerful with Fire At Will at Level 1, because you can quickly reacquire the Hatred stacks lost by using it.

Punishment is not as effective as it sounds. In perfect conditions, it will reduce Multishot's cooldown from 13 seconds to 8.7 seconds, which cannot compare to Manticore's extra damage. However, Punishment can be a good choice in games where Valla cannot consistently deliver several Basic Attacks in a row (like against several blinds, or extremely high burst damage).

Seething Hatred slightly increases all damage dealt by Valla. Mostly, this Talent will be overshadowed by Manticore, but it can be useful with Repeating Arrow and Acrobat, because most of the damage will come from Hungering Arrow, instead of from Basic Attacks.

Manticore is an excellent choice in most games, as it adds between 20% (attacking Hanzo) to 40% (attacking Blaze) extra damage to your Basic Attacks. Just be sure to focus your attacks against your intended target. Manticore has notable synergy with Creed of the Hunter and Farflight Quiver.

Death Siphon is an excellent Talent, it enhances everything in Strafe, turning it into a teamfight-deciding Heroic. If enemies do not cancel it with a Stun or Silence, you will probably win the fight due to how oppressive it is. After getting this Talent, it is important to maintain 2 targets in your range during Strafe, as it is necessary for the duration to not reduce quickly.

Storm of Vengeance signficantly increases your single-target damage output, but does little to keep you safe as Farflight Quiver or Acrobat would. This Talent is useful while under a limited amount of pressure, and synergises particularly well with Manticore to obliterate Healthier Heroes.

Acrobat is an excellent Talent when combined with Repeating Arrow. It enables 4 consecutives casts of Hungering Arrow, dealing enough damage to burst down a healthy Tank or multiple squishy Heroes.

Farflight Quiver significantly improves the reliability of your Basic Attacks while simultaneously keeping you at a safer distance. The range also indirectly improves your Hatred generation as it makes Basic Attacks easier to deliver safely. At 10 Hatred stacks Valla can attack Keeps, Towers or Core from outside its ranges.