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Welcome to this v6.5 Beta Guide where I'll talk about the newly added Battlesuit [Valkyrie Quicksand]

Index

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SKILLS

3. RANK UP

4. PLAYSTYLE & LINEUP

5. EQUIPMENT

6. TEST RUNS

7. GAMEPLAY

8. CONCLUSION

Let's dive in~

★ INTRODUCTION ★

Today we will be looking at the mechanics of the newly added SP Battlesuit [Valkyrie Quicksand].

She is a QUA-type Physical Valkyrie who's role is that of the main DPS.

She is a chakram user and has a special ability, which turns all her Physical ATK's into Bleed DMG.

This makes her the very first Bleed DPS and it comes with special properties.

She is unable to land critical hits and her DMG is neither counted as Meele nor Ranged.

★ SKILLS ★

The skills mentioned below are all based on level 80 SSS-rank [Valkyrie Quicksand].

✦ General Information

✧ Any DMG dealt is counted as Bleed DMG

• Bleed DMG is neither Ranged nor Melee and cannot Crit

✧ When self-inflicting Bleed:

• Deal 2 DMG to Fixed DMG-only shields

(This skill is useful for the newly added Boss Pishacha because it has a 99x Bleed hit shield)

✧ QTE, Combo ATK & Ultimate activate High Morale state for the Team:

• Enable to inflict 4 more Bleeding stacks

• Each Stack makes Bleeding deal extra 15% Physical DMG per 0.5s for 15s

• Can be refreshed

✦ Leader Skill - Inextinguishable Passion

✧ +22% Team Physical DMG

✧ +24% Team Total DMG against bleeding enemies

✦ Passive Skill - Mystical Nights

✧ Weapon Active tosses the chakram to form a drum, bυtton prompts appear:

• Perfect Judgement: 500% ATK of Physical DMG

• Good Judgement: 450% ATK of Physical DMG

✧ Good or Perfect Judgement Bonuses:

✧ 500% extra Physical DMG + 500% extra Bleed DMG if enemies are bleeding

✧ Perfect Judgement Bonuses:

• +6 SP

• +55% Physical DMG for 15s

✧ Casting Weapon Active Bonuses:

• +40% Total DMG

• +20% Bleed DMG dealt to enemies

• Duration: 15s

Weapon Active (Passive)

CD: 12s

Bυtton prompt

✦ Basic Attack - Go Go Susannah!

✧ SEQ 1: 120% ATK of Physical DMG

✧ SEQ 2: 50% + 120% ATK of Physical DMG

✧ SEQ 3: 200% ATK of Physical DMG

✧ SEQ 4: 3 x 100% ATK of Physical DMG & inflicts 4 Bleed Trauma

✧ Every Basic ATK restores 50 Confidence

✧ SEQ 4 restores an extra 100 Confidence

✦ Special Attack - Want some Gems?

Special bar - Confidence

(Hold [ATK] to perform Combo ATK at max (600) Confidence)

✧ 240% x 2 + 40% x 5 ATK of Physical DMG

✧ Bonuses:

• Inflicts 8 Bleed Trauma on hit

• Deals +60% Total DMG against bleeding enemies

• +15 SP on hit

• 50% Total DMG Reduction while casting Combo ATK

✦ Ultimate - One Thousand and One Fantasies

SP: 125 | CD: 20s

✧ First Hit: 500% ATK of Physical DMG

• Inflicts Collapse on QUA enemies once

✧ Bυtton prompts will appear 5 times:

• Perfect Judgement: 500% ATK of Physical DMG to nearby enemies

• Good Judgement: 450% ATK of Physical DMG to nearby enemies

(Bυtton prompts can be diversified, which means different bυtton inputs have to pressed instead of just Ultimate)

General Bonuses:

• +30% Physical DMG to Ultimate

• 6 Bleed Trauma

✧ Good or Perfect Judgement Bonuses:

• 500% extra Physical DMG + 500% extra Bleed DMG if enemies are bleeding

✧ Perfect Judgement Bonuses:

• +50% Total DMG to Ultimate

• +5SP & 200HP

Bυtton prompt normal

Bυtton prompt diverse

✦ QTE - Susannah, Help Me Out!

TF: None

✧ Activates when an enemy is:

• time-slowed

• bleeding

✧ 700% ATK of Physical DMG

Bonuses:

• Restores 100 Confidence

• Inflicts 4 Bleed Trauma

✦ Evasion Skill - C-Close Call!

CD: 15s | TF: None

✧ 300% ATK of Physical DMG to surrounding enemies

Bonuses:

• Restores 200 + 150 Confidence

• Can be connected into Basic ATK SEQ 3

• Restores 300 HP

✧ Casting Weapon Active triggers Ultimate Evasion

✦ SP Skills

A-Rank

✧ Entry/casting Ultimate Dyes the enemy for 15s

• Bleed DMG enemies suffer is calculated from the stats of the inflictor of this state

This means that Susannah powers up the Bleed DMG for the whole team, no matter who inflicts it.

S-Rank

✧ +12% Bleed DMG for 15s after entry/casting Ultimate

• can be refreshed

SS-Rank

✧ +25% Bleed Trauma for 15s after casting Ultimate

• can be refreshed

SSS-Rank

✧ +15% Total DMG to all self-inflicted bleeding

★ RANK UP ★

As an SP Battlesuit she is farmable through:

• Adventure Tasks (OW)

• Asterite Shop

• Various Events in v6.5

Her most important Rank upgrades are S and SSS, in terms of raw DMG.

However at SS she receives extra DMG to fixed shields, which is very useful against the new Boss, Pishacha.

She is already very strong at S-rank, which is easy to reach thanks to the many free fragments throughout v6.5.

★ PLAYSTYLE & LINEUP ★

[Valkyrie Quicksand] is a very easy Valkyrie to play, the only minor difficulty is mastering her Bυtton prompts, because it is very important to always get her Perfect Judgement.

However this should not be too difficult to learn, since the time window is pretty generous.

She has many buffs for using Weapon Active.

The combinations you will mostly use (after using supports) will be:

Susannah QTE -> Weapon Active -> Basic until can use Combo -> Ultimate -> Weapon Active

Note!

This is just an example of the most used rotation.

Sometimes an action can be skipped, for example if the Boss is beaten with just the Ultimate after the frist Weapon Active.

I could not add a GIF of the rotation because it would be too long.

Please look at the Gamplay section for a showcase of her.

Note!

Being a Physical Valk her most important partner is Herrscher of Sentience, to provide Impair.

But Griseo is just as important, to provide a much higher Bleed Stack, Bleed DMG and of course another option to trigger Bleed.

These two are pretty much mandatory for her.

Boss Coverage

[Valkyrie Quicksand] can work very well against most Physical Bosses, if they do not require a shield breaker.

She tops every Boss in Bleed Abyss and the new Boss Pishacha is designed especially for her with a 99x Bleed hit shield.

Her use expands even further to the QUA Abyss, as she can beat most of them with a very good score.

There are some exceptions like Kosma and Tonatiuh, where I think Vill-V will still be the better choice.

Especially against Kosma, because of the special enemy he summons with a 200x hit shield that cannot be effected by Bleed hits.

However that is just my experience and I could be wrong about it, considering that I only fought against those Bosses with an S-Rank [Valkyrie Quicksand].

★ EQUIPMENT ★

✦ Recommended Weapons

[Twirling Glaze] and its PRI-ARM [Twirling Glaze: Lustrous Bloom]

Please check out myWeapon Guide for detailed information

✦ Alternative Weapon

PRI-ARM [Purana Phantasma: Nighteye]

✦ Recommended Stigmata

[Aladdin]

Please check out my Stigmata Guide for detailed information

✦ Alternative Stigmata

These are just some of the many options.

I covered more of them in my above mentioned Stigmata Guide.

★ TEST RUNS ★

- Rotation -

HoS Active -> Evasion -> Lance Combo -> Griseo QTE -> Ultimate -> HoS Ultimate -> Susannah QTE -> Active -> Basic until can use Combo -> Ultimate

Analysis

As seen in the tests her stigmata set is actually the most important part for her, most of the DMG comes with the full set.

Her weapon does not enable any special mechanics for her, however it is only decently replaceable by Purana Phantasma: Nighteye because it provides Total DMG.

Every other chakram weapon is suited for Elemental support/DPS.

★ GAMEPLAY ★

★ CONCLUSION ★

Is it worth to invest in her?

Absolutely!

Susannah is a very strong Valkyrie with a huge Boss Coverage.

She can basically beat any Physical and QUA Boss with at least a good score and in Bleed Abyss she is the best Valkyrie to use.

For anyone who is missing a Physical DPS she is the absolute best and cheapest to invest in.

Her gear is guaranteed in a max of 120 pulls, which is cheaper than any other S-Rank and she is farmable.

Low invest and high reward!

Definitely a Valk worth to gear up!

That's it~

Thanks to every captain who will read my guide and I hope it will be useful to you!

As always I wish everyone lots of fun in Honkai and may Ai-Chan bless you with luck in the gacha!