Lord of Pain Valak

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Reckless Fist
Full Name
Lord of Pain Valak
Class
Reckless Fist
"I will make you feel pain! You are only worthy to say my name when you have defeated me."

Lord of Pain Valak

Background

Valak roamed around Velder in his heavy armor. In fact, we don't think he takes it off when he showers. He believed everyone was jealous of his powers and keeps it on in order to protect himself if he's ever ambushed. The demon that bonded into the armor has taken over his true personality. His armor can be damaged but his claw can still tear enemies apart. One day, he encountered Edan in the forest and they fought day and night. No one dared enter the forest until the clashing sound of swords stopped. Now... there is a search party looking for Colonel Edan.

Combo Modifications

Valak has access to all of the Reckless Fist combos with the following modifications:

  1. Over Taker's xxvx is converted to a flurry of X-Crash-like claw hits before launching with two Nasod Claw spikes.


Statistics

Class: Reckless Fist

Rank: SS

Difficulty: ★★★★★

Title

Icon Title How to Discover How to Unlock Stats
PAINKILLER
Defeat Valak once.
Defeat Valak 40 Times
10% Damage Reduction (+980 at level 60)

1.5x Damage on Knocked down Mobs (Dungeon Only)
5% Chance of Gaining 7 MP when hit


Skills

Icon Skill Type Cooldown Description Special Effects
Increased Mana Regeneration
Passive
N/A
Like all NPCs, Valak benefits from a heightened mana regeneration rate. All NPCs will have an extremely fast passive mana regeneration rate, and will also receive bonus MP when either hitting or being hit by players. Because of this passive, NPC skills are bound only by cooldown and not by their MP cost. Furthermore, NPCs can mana break combos at virtually any time.
Awakening
Passive
N/A
Valak can activate Awakening under 50% HP. Valak's awakening will significantly improve the damage of Wild Charge.
Roar
Special Active
N/A
Valak unleashes a mighty roar that manifests itself as a blue aura that rapidly travels across the entire map. This skill will instantly take away 33% of your HP and 400 MP upon contact. Will hit the entire map, but can be dodged with a well-timed special active. Valak will only use this skill if you have been outside of his vision for a long time (prevents charging MP off-screen).
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Scar of Pain
Passive
N/A
Valak's basic attacks and actives ignore 100% of the target's defense. This passive essentially gives Valak the strongest combos of any Epic NPC; for this reason, it is essential for players to mana break immediately when they are caught in Valak's combo.
Counter Chance
Passive
N/A
When Valak falls down, he can tap X to sweep his sword in a broad sweeping motion that does not knock down. Valak will use this skill while you are close by after every knock down; be careful, because he was extremely high attack speed and can activate his counter chance very quickly.
Spiritualised Fury
Passive
N/A
Valak can activate awakening repeatedly. This skill gives Valak the unique ability to awaken more than once, unlike any other NPCs, as NPC awakenings tend to be permanent. However, Valak's AI does not use this ability very frequently; nor do NPCs tend to use awakening offensively in general.
Weapon Break
Active
10 Seconds
Valak crushes his opponent's weapon with his claw, reducing their damage by 70%. Valak retains the original Weapon Break, making his damage reduction much stronger than Over Taker's. Valak will only use this active as part of his combo.
Shadow Piercing
Active
N/A
Valak lunges forward with a Shadow Step, dealing heavy damage to anyone he pierces. Valak has a 100% chance of not knocking down with Shadow Pierce.
Ground Break
Active
N/A
Valak smashes the ground with his claw, creating a small quake that launches opponents into the air. Valak will only use this active as part of his combo.
Charged Bolt
Special Active
5 Seconds
Valak surrounds himself with a black sphere that sends out piercing black needles all around him. Slightly larger than Over Taker's Charged Bolt.
Valkyrie's Javelin
Special Active
10 Seconds
Valak jumps into the air, summoning a number of black javelins that crash onto the ground and explode. A direct clone of Over Taker's Valkyrie's Javelin. Valak does not have as much delay executing this skill, permitting him to combo immediately after while you are thrown into the air.
Wild Charge
Special Active
10 Seconds
Valak unleashes a devastatingly strong punch. Valak charges Wild Charge immediately, unleashing full damage without any delay. For this reason, he never needs to charge Wild Charge. The range is shorter than the original.
Nuclear
Special Active
30 Seconds
Valak summons a Nuclear Missile in front of him, creating a giant mushroom cloud that obliterates everything caught in it. Much weaker than the Over Taker equivalent of Nuclear.


Strategy

Arguably the strongest of the Monster Trio (Edan, Valak, and Code Q-Proto 00), Valak's passive "Scar of Pain" makes him pose a threat to even overgeared players: even with +11 armor, there's no avoiding that he will be able to whittle down your HP from full to none in just a few short combos should he catch you, thanks to his ability to ignore all defense. To add insult to injury, Valak is capable of a full-strength Weapon Break, meaning that not only do his combos soak up all of your HP, but they also cripple your ability to damage him as well. His skills aren't bad at all either, as he has access to Wild Charge and Nuclear. While they aren't as strong as the ones that Reckless Fist can whip out, Valak compensates with his near unlimited mana pool, which permits him to repeatedly whip out these still extremely damaging skills on you with reckless abandon (pardon the pun). Finally, Valak can Roar like Q-PROTO_00 and Edan, which forces you to actively stay in the game with no reprieve from his constant barrage of attacks.

You must keep at least 75 MP at all times to break any combo Valak manages to get you into. The Scar of Pain passive that Valak sports makes his combos into the strongest in the entire game - even one loop from him will do comparable damage to a full combo loop from the average player character. Furthermore, Valak's AI tends to chain his Actives into his combos - and this means plenty of weapon breaks, which makes you useless damage-wise for a full 20 seconds. Thus, it is crucial that you mana break very often - and this strategy hinges upon you not getting into many combos in the first place.

Generally speaking, Valak has similar catches to Edan, relying on his extreme speed to catch. As with Edan, do not clash with him head on - trying to clash his ^z, for instance, is a futile task considering his 30% attack speed bestowing a far greater recovery pace than whatever you can dish out. Rather, focus on intercepting his Shadow Strafes, and catching him on a horizontal basis. Zone him to avoid his superior melee range, and attack in between intervals - Valak is highly aggressive and will move forward to close distances, providing you with an opportunity to intercept. Valak has a particular weakness from attacks that come from above, as well, so make full use of platforms to drop down on him.

In terms of skills, while they are painful, they do not pose as much as a threat as Valak's combos. Charged Bolt knocks down very easily; and for Valak's other skills, he tends to use them as catches when you are running away from him. Wild Charge is the major threat damage-wise here; it can deal some fairly severe damage to you if he manages to hit with it, and comes out of virtually nowhere. However, keep close at hand to Valak, and you should be seeing very few skills at all.

Gameplay


Trivia

  • Valak was once the Royal Knight of Velder, under Noah's team.
  • When fighting Spriggan, Valak was able to obtain Spriggan's armor. However, the armor was cursed, controlling Valak and leaving him in a state of extreme eternal pain.
  • The cursed armor caused him to develop a hatred of the world, believing that everyone should ought to feel the same pain as him.
  • His attacks, which can pierce all defenses, are called the "Scar of Pain". With this power, he became the Lord of Pain.
  • Valak has a deep desire for a rematch with Edan, who were rivals prior to the two of them becoming cursed. Edan and Valak had agreed to fight, but Edan disappeared due to the curse of his sword. Valak has a desire to find his old friend to continue the battle.
    • He joins the arena to fight Edan, who agrees to meet him there.
  • The Evil Tracer Ice burner set (Raven), is the outfit Valak wears, though the weapon is modified, along with recolored Arch Devil wings that are in their "open" state.


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