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Unborn Val'kyr


Cageable:

No

Limit:

3

You can own up to three copies of this pet.

Default Rarity:

Rare

The default rarity is the minimum when a pet is learned. For wild pets this is usually "poor". Pets from other sources can be common, uncommon or rare by default.

Source:

Pet Battle

Expansion:

Mists of Pandaria


Owned by:

91.48%

Based on this many collections: 35516

Players who own this pet have it:

Once: 60.59%
Twice: 24.14%
Thrice: 15.27%

Strategies:

502

Popularity:

Very high

Pageviews:

35782


Breeds:

BB, HH

Undead
Undead pets return to life immortal for one round when killed.
50% vs. 33% vs.
33% vs. 50% vs.
Val'kyr are considered "unborn" until they vanquish a creature of high nobility.
Source
The Valk used to be very rare, but is easy to capture now. It also used to suicide in battle with Unholy Ascension often, but wild pets use that ability much less often now. It spawns in all zones of Northrend, and every zone has at least one up at all times; as soon as one is captured, another spawns. The Valk comes in two breeds, B/B and H/H, and both work equally well for most purposes. Why not pick up both?
Last Update: 2022-10-31 07:43:11 (Patch 10.0.0)
PvE
The Valk is most used as an amplifier for a Bleed and Stampede pet. Lay down Curse of Doom, then Haunt, and let your Bleed and Stampede pet increase the Haunt's DoT with Shattered Defenses. Then the Curse of Doom explodes while Shattered Defenses is still up, and your Valk resurrects on your back line. Just beautiful.

Most used with a simple Curse of Doom, then Haunt. Sometimes, you may delay a round or two to get the timing of Curse of Doom right.

Of the filler attacks, Shadow Shock does slightly more damage on average, with higher RNG, so the choice usually doesn't matter.

In some Tamer battles, Unholy Ascension is occasionally used instead of Haunt to amplify the damage of the other pets. For example, if using it with a Nuke pet like the Nexus Whelpling rather than a Bleed & Stampede pet like Ikky, Unholy Ascension may deliver more overall throughput than Haunt.

Discussion: Curse of Doom + Haunt is the Valk’s trademark. The Valk takes two rounds of damage applying these, and then does about 1200 while “dead” and invulnerable. Often even more powerful, its “death” offers you a free swap to another pet of your choice, with no time lost. After its Haunt is complete, the Valk comes back to life in the backline, ready to fight again.

Unholy Ascension gives you 25% damage over 9 rounds. Obviously, if you choose UA, you would ideally use it on the Valk’s Undead round,

The choice between Haunt and Unholy Ascension is interesting. You may expect to get at least one Haunt off during a battle, giving you 600 damage. If you use UA and do an average 280 damage in those 9 rounds, that adds 630 damage to to your total.

From that point of view, these two abilities are roughly balanced. However, it does raise opportunities for targeted strategies. If you have two other very high-damage pets, glass cannons, to follow the Valk, there is an opportunity for Unholy Ascension to be very powerful. Haunt is easier to work into a team, especially if it can be used twice, or with a Bleed & Stampede follow-up, but in some special cases, UA can be decisive.

In PvE, while the Valk’s Haunt is powerful on its own, it is often paired with a multiplier in a Bleed and Stampede strategy.
For example, with
Ikky: Curse of Doom + Haunt + Black Claw + Flock
Zandalari raptor: Curse of Doom + Haunt + Black Claw + Hunting Party
Blighted Squirrel: Curse of Doom + Haunt + Woodchipper + Stampede

The addition of the Shattered Defences debuff makes the later rounds of Haunt, and the Curse of Doom, hit for an extra 50%. This is one of the most common tactics in PvE.

After the Valk resurrects on the backline, it has a few rounds of waiting before it can Haunt again, but it still has a spammable attack if needed quickly.


Last Update: 2021-06-27 23:34:15 (Patch 9.0.5)
PvP
Other Info

Unlak

wrote on 2024-03-15 14:30:12

Unborn Val'kyr

Pet Battle: Borean Tundra, Crystalsong Forest, Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Howling Fjord, Icecrown, Sholazar Basin, The Storm Peaks and Zul'Drak

If you want to collect all Unborn Val'kyrs needed for all 501 strategies (as of today) you need both BB and HH breeds. For 24 pet battles you need a certain breed, 13 with HH and 11 with BB. In another 474 strategies any breeds will work and then there are another three fights where you need two Unborn Val'kyrs as follows.

There are three fights where you need two Unborn Val'kyrs to fight

vs. Taran Zhu - Strategy added by sistercoyote - Breeds BB/HH
vs. Failed Experiment - Strategy added by Hammerforge - Breeds Any/Any
vs. Tiny Madness - Strategy added by Neksta - Breeds Any/Any

Borean Tundra
/way #114 32.8 60.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #114 47.6 7.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #114 80.8 48.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Crystalsong Forest
/way #127 17.6 56.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #127 43.4 44.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #127 68.0 48.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Dragonblight
/way #115 26.8 54.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #115 65.5 35.5 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #115 82.2 66.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Grizzly Hills
/way #116 25.8 56.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #116 61.6 18.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #116 79.4 51.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Howling Fjord
/way #117 45.8 43.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #117 68.2 67.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #117 71.8 43.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Icecrown
/way #118 44.2 33.5 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #118 48.2 87.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #118 73.5 64.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Sholazar Basin
/way #119 36.8 19.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #119 44.5 69.3 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #119 58.4 22.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

The Storm Peaks
/way #120 29.0 51.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #120 41.8 78.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #120 65.2 41.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Zul'Drak
/way #121 24.2 63.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #121 75.2 23.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

All Zone Waypoints Combined
/way #114 32.8 60.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #114 47.6 7.80 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #114 80.8 48.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #127 17.6 56.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #127 43.4 44.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #127 68.0 48.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #115 26.8 54.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #115 65.5 35.5 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #115 82.2 66.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #116 25.8 56.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #116 61.6 18.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #116 79.4 51.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #117 45.8 43.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #117 68.2 67.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #117 71.8 43.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #118 44.2 33.5 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #118 48.2 87.0 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #118 73.5 64.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #119 36.8 19.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #119 44.5 69.3 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #119 58.4 22.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #120 29.0 51.4 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #120 41.8 78.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #120 65.2 41.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #121 24.2 63.8 Unborn Val'kyr
/way #121 75.2 23.2 Unborn Val'kyr
/cway

Unlak

wrote on 2024-03-15 14:31:28

General Strategies and Tips
When it comes to Unborn Val'kyr the following paragraphs might not apply but I leave it in this post to help with catching other battle pets.

My strategy is always to kill all other battle pets in the zone around the waypoints until I get hold of the pet I'm trying to catch. In this case Unborn Val'kyr. Before you kill it, just make sure the battle pet you are trying to catch can't be one of the two pets that can join the fight (ie 2:nd and 3:rd pet that joins the pet battle).

I usually initiate a pet battle and check what battle pets are present and just forfeit the battle if none of the pets are to my liking or I need to heal up before the real fight. Unless you kill or catch one of the pets, you can always forfeit the battle, heal up again and then rejoin the battle and the same pets will still be there. Doing it like this usually speeds up the search for the specific battle pets you want unless you just want to fight for the XP.

Personally I don't care about the quality of the battle pets since you can always use a Flawless Battle-Stone (or the family specific ones) to upgrade the battle pets to rare quality. Flawless Battle-Stones are easy to get doing World Quests or just by buying them with Polished Pet Charms.

Amafoot wrote on 2022-01-25 19:56:00

One just suicided on me as well, same spot. A rare. :(

Ryan wrote on 2021-08-15 22:33:59

On 15 Aug, 2021. Wild Unborn Valkyr DID use unholy ascension to suicide at the spawn point near dalaran.

Gráinne

wrote on 2021-08-15 23:20:06

I haven't heard of that happening in a long time. Guess it's still possible.

Gráinne

wrote on 2021-08-21 07:49:31

I just tried it, got a Valk with UA, reduced him to low health, and let him whack on an Emperor Crab for 40 rounds. He didn't use it. Dropped him to Undead and he still didn't use it, Must still be pretty uncommon.

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