Valkanen is a Legendary Void Attack champion of the Undead Hordes, introduced to celebrate Call of the Arbiter Episode 9, chronicling a mage consumed by lust for power who ultimately became the infamous Bad-El-Kazar. His kit blends AoE damage and debuffs with a secret skill unlocked only by sacrificing an ally or feeding off his own dead teammates.
Core Strengths & Abilities
Hex-Amplified AoE: His A2, Hex of Blades, deals single-target damage to each enemy individually rather than splitting AoE damage, and carries an 80% base (100% booked) chance to place Hex first, with total damage scaling 10% per debuff on each target — a huge damage boost against a heavily-debuffed Hydra head.
Sacrifice-Powered Secret Skill: His A3, Death's Bargain, kills a targeted living ally to unlock the Malice Unleashed secret skill and place unresistible Weaken and True Fear on all enemies while refilling 75% of his own Turn Meter, or heals and shields himself off a dead ally's max HP if no living ally is chosen.
Unresistible Buff Steal and Conditional Piercing: Malice Unleashed steals all of a target's buffs unresistibly, gains a bonus damage multiplier against non-boss enemies with higher ATK than his own, or ignores 50% of the target's DEF if their ATK is lower, and ignores Block Damage, Unkillable, Shield, and Ally Protection outright.
Key Weaknesses
Requires Sacrificing a Teammate: His strongest tools only unlock by killing one of his own allies, which demands careful team building — often alongside a dedicated reviver — to avoid simply losing a body from the fight.
Valkanen performs best in Hydra, Dragon, Spider, and Arena content, where his Hex-fueled AoE damage and unresistible debuffs create serious pressure, provided his team can support the ally sacrifice his kit depends on.
Attacks 1 enemy. This attack ignores [Shield] buffs. Has a 60% chance of increasing the duration of all debuffs on the target by one turn. Also has an 80% chance of applying a [Debuff Spread] effect, taking 2 random debuffs from the target and placing them on all enemies under a [Hex] debuff. Level 2: Damage +10% Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10% Level 4: Damage +10% Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10% Level 6: Cooldown -1
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield | buff | ignore | |||||
| Debuff Spread | debuff | place | 80% | 100% | all enemies | ||
| Hex | debuff | place | 80% | 100% | all enemies |
Attacks all enemies. This attack deals single-target damage to each target individually, rather than AOE damage. Before attacking, has an 80% chance of placing a [Hex] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns. Will ignore 20% of each enemy’s RES for each dead ally. Damage of this skill increases by 10% for each debuff on each enemy. Level 2: Damage +10% Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10% Level 4: Damage +10% Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10% Level 6: Cooldown -1
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hex | debuff | place | 80% | 100% | 2 | all enemies |
Target an ally. If the ally is alive, kills them and unlocks a Secret Skill, [Malice Unleashed]. Also places a 25% [Weaken] debuff for 2 turns and [True Fear] debuff for 1 turn on all enemies. These debuffs cannot be resisted or blocked, fills this champion’s Turn meter by 75%. If the ally is dead, heals this champion by 50% of the dead ally’s MAX HP. If all allies are dead, also unlocks a secret skill, [Malice Unleashed]. Places a [Shield] buff on this champion for 2 turns. The value of the [Shield] is equal to any surplus heal. If this champion already has a [Shield] buff, the value of the [Shield] is increased by any surplus heal. Then, fills this champion’s Turn Meter by 75%. Level 2: Cooldown -1 Level 3: Cooldown -1
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malice Unleashed | other | condition | |||||
| Weaken | debuff | place | 25% | 100% | 100% | 2 | all enemies |
| True Fear | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | 1 | all enemies | |
| Malice Unleashed | other | condition | all allies | ||||
| Shield | buff | place | 100% | 100% | 2 | self | |
| Shield | buff | mention | |||||
| Shield | buff | condition | self | ||||
| Shield | buff | condition | self |
Attacks 1 enemy. Before attacking, steals all buffs from the target. This effect cannot be resisted. If the target has ATK equal or higher than this champion’s ATK, this attack gains a bonus damage multiplier, equal to the target’s ATK. Not applicable to Bosses. If the target’s ATK is less than this Champion’s ATK, this attack will ignore 50% of the target’s DEF. This attack will also ignore [Block Damage], [Unkillable], [Shield] and [Ally Protection] buffs. Places a [Block Revive] debuff if the target is killed.
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block Damage | buff | ignore | |||||
| Unkillable | buff | ignore | |||||
| Shield | buff | ignore | |||||
| Ally Protection | buff | ignore | |||||
| Block Revive | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | one enemy |
[Active Effect] Places a [Shield] buff on this champion each time an ally or enemy champion dies. The value of the [Shield] buff is equal to 50% of the dead champion MAX HP. This [Shield] buff cannot be removed, stolen or transferred. If this Champion is already under a [Shield] buff, the value of the [Shield] is increased by 50% of the dead champion’s MAX HP. Does not activate when a boss or minion dies. [Passive Effect] Whenever an enemy hits this champion while they are under a [Shield] buff, places a random debuff on the attacking enemy. [Fear], [True Fear], [Freeze], [Provoke], [Petrification], [Sleep] and [Stun] debuffs are placed for 1 turn. Any other debuffs are placed for 2 turns. Will ignore 20% of enemy RES for each dead ally. Cannot place Boss-exclusive debuffs, [Sheep] or [Smite] debuffs.
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield | buff | place | 100% | 100% | self | ||
| Shield | buff | mention | |||||
| Shield | buff | mention | |||||
| Shield | buff | condition | self | ||||
| Shield | buff | condition | self | ||||
| Shield | buff | condition | self | ||||
| Fear | debuff | mention | |||||
| True Fear | debuff | mention | |||||
| Freeze | debuff | mention | |||||
| Provoke | debuff | mention | |||||
| Petrification | debuff | mention | 1 | ||||
| Sleep | debuff | mention | 1 | ||||
| Stun | debuff | mention | 1 | ||||
| Sheep | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | boss | ||
| Smite | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | boss |