Valla — guide

In short

Valla is an Epic Defense champion of the Barbarians with Spirit affinity, and all of her damage scales off DEF. She is genuinely useful in Faction Wars and as a RES aura body in the Arena; everywhere else she is a middle-of-the-road Epic. Build priority: DEF, SPD and ACC — and only if she fills a hole in your Faction Wars team.

Strengths

• Tempered Body puts a Shield worth 20% of her MAX HP plus 60% Increase DEF on herself for 3 turns and fills her Turn Meter by 50% — she buffs and accelerates herself in one click.
• Solid Defense passive: 15% less damage taken while she has a Shield, and her own A3 keeps one up almost permanently.
• Wall Crush is an AoE hitting for 3.8×DEF, strips Shields from all enemies and has a 30% (50% with books) chance to place 60% Decrease DEF for 2 turns.
• A 45 RES Arena aura for all allies — a solid extra against debuff-heavy defence teams.
• A1 hits twice and deals +15% damage to shielded targets.

Weaknesses

• 99 base SPD and 1409 DEF: without real gear she threatens nobody.
• Decrease DEF is only a 30% base chance on a single hit — a coin flip without books and ACC.
• Selfish kit: the Shield and Increase DEF go only on her, so she brings nothing to the team besides the aura.
• Weak ratings in Hydra (2.0), Chimera (1.5), Dungeons and Doom Tower (2.0).

Where to use

Faction Wars (3.5) is her home — the Shield plus passive loop actually holds a lane there. Arena (3.0) and Clan Boss (3.0) are middling and gear-dependent; you need ACC for the A2 to do anything. Dungeons, Doom Tower, Hard mode, Hydra (2.0) and Chimera (1.5) are not her fight.

Stats and gear

DEF% gloves and chest, SPD boots. Targets: DEF 3000–3500+, SPD 180–220, ACC 200–250 if you want Wall Crush to land, C.RATE 70–100% on a damage build, HP as a secondary. Sets: Speed, Defense, Perception, optionally Shield to keep her passive live. Relics: Orb of Transfixion, Perched Shadow.

Masteries and blessings

The build lists two trees: PvE (Dungeons, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Faction Wars) and a PvP nuker setup for Arena 1v1 and 3v3. Key picks from the list: Invigorated, Targetfinder, Expeditious Exploitation, Gathering Momentum. Blessings are not specified in the build — if you commit to her, take an offensive one on a damage build or a defensive one that helps the Shield stay up in Faction Wars.

Tombs

If you do book her, start with Wall Crush: the last levels add +20% debuff chance and −1 cooldown, which is exactly what makes her Decrease DEF reliable. Tempered Body only needs its single cooldown level. Given the verdict, though, books are better spent elsewhere.

Verdict

A mid-tier Epic — keep her for Faction Wars and don't invest past that. Vault/fusion material, as the site author puts it.