Valiant Saintess
Hero Skill
Hero transforms into a valkyrie. Disarms nearby enemy targets (they are unable to perform normal attacks, but can trigger their skills) and reduces their CRIT Rate by 60% for 4s. Valkyrie Form: Deals 120% ATK DMG to current target 16 consecutive times (Cooldown: 3s), increases own ATK SPD by 100%, and ignores DMG limits of targets (except for DMG limits of bosses and Reflected DMG limits of Heroes). (Valkyrie Form lasts 10s, with a cooldown of 14s. This Hero is immune to Stun, Silence, Energy Reduction effects, and conditions from Calamity, receives 70% less DMG, and recovers HP equal to 10% of her Max HP every 1s.)
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Valiant Saintess build analysis
Valiant Saintess is a legendary offensive hero. Compared with the other 28 legendary offensive heroes in the database, Valiant Saintess leans durable, with base HP near the top of its class while ATK sits lower. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 44.1%) and the least settled is pet (Bloody Vengeance (M), only 4.0%), so the pet slot is where you have the most freedom to adapt.
How settled is each slot?
The pick rate of the most popular option shows how much top players agree. Valiant Saintess's top talent, Flame Guard, is picked 34.8% of the time, which is 10.3 points more settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Flame Guard (34.8%) | Sacred Light (10.1%) | clear favourite |
| Insignia | Sacred Light Insignia (19.5%) | Wicked Armor Insignia (15.6%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Inspire Insignia (18.1%) | Tyranny Insignia (12.4%) | contested |
| Equipment | Holy Conviction (22.3%) | Healing Ritual (8.0%) | contested |
| Trait | Accuracy (44.1%) | Dodge (27.9%) | clear favourite |
| Pet | Bloody Vengeance (M) (4.0%) | Impeding Circle (M) (3.4%) | no consensus |
Near-universal is 50% or more, clear favourite 30–50%, contested 15–30%, no consensus under 15%. When a slot is contested, the runner-up is usually a reasonable substitute if you don't own the top pick.
Stats compared with other legendary offensive heroes
| Stat | Valiant Saintess | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 226 | 226 | 15 / 29 | 136 / 208 |
| Base HP | 4,400 | 2,700 | 2 / 29 | 110 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 13 | 13 | 15 / 29 | 134 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 190 | 150 | 10 / 29 | 130 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,200 ms | 1,000 | 24 / 29 | 72 / 208 |
| Move speed | 285 | 255 | 8 / 29 | 116 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 136th of 208 and base HP ranks 110th of 208. Its skill has a 3s cooldown.
Where Valiant Saintess is a top user
These are options where Valiant Saintess is one of the five heroes most likely to run them. If you're deciding which hero should get a scarce item, these are strong candidates for Valiant Saintess.
- Flame Guard (Talent): #2 of 96 heroes that use it, picked on 34.8% of Valiant Saintess builds
Heroes with similar builds
6 other heroes share Valiant Saintess's core pairing of Flame Guard + Sacred Light Insignia: Paladin, Marauder, Landwalker, Jumbear, Alphamech, Queen Wasp. If you're rebuilding one of them, the same talent and insignia usually carry over.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Valiant Saintess's:
- Rune Master (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 233, same top talent (Flame Guard)
- Zephyrica (legendary, multiclass): overlap score 222
- Lavanica (legendary, multiclass): overlap score 213
- Alphamech (legendary, defensive): overlap score 208, same top talent (Flame Guard)
Overlap score adds up the shared pick rate across all six slots. 0 means nothing in common, and 600 would mean identical builds.
Data source: base stats, skill text and pick rates come from IGG's official Castle Clash hero data, which reports what top players equip. The rankings, consensus ratings and similarity scores above are calculated by CastleClash Builds. See the methodology for details.