BDO - Succession Valk BA duels #26: vs a strong Awakening Valk

the best way to improve is to fight stronger opponents, and this one was definitely one of those times. shoutout to SarronBDO for some great fights, definitely one of the strongest valks i've fought so far.
awak valk has way better combo damage potential with it's faster skill animations and downsmashes which allow it to extend combos much more easily. at some point i try to add the divine slam rabam back into my combo to try and extend for a bit more damage to some success, but it's still not enough to one combo while i'm getting one combo'd with more or less equal dr. just more motivation to gear up.
04/19/2024

[@batmanninjafilms]

Great improvements every video. Keep it up!

[@pharmachillist]

thanks!

[@SarronBDO]

I thought I might end up here! Keep it up :D
EDIT: I think in those tanky dr matchups you should consider using a more aggressive crystal page to ensure you can combo, since this is not a trading matchup and you were getting one combo most of the time anyways. Gfs again my guy!

[@pharmachillist]

Thanks man! Yeah, might try out a human damage build next time, or i'll just have to get my debos haha. Gfs!

[@slickvic21142]

Nice work Pharma! Awake valk is a hard matchup... After grab, I sometimes start combo with Puri -> Enslar -> Shift+S -> Just counter, just for little bit of extra dmg. After that you do normal kd combo. But yeah hope you can figure out clean downsmash combo! Looking forward to more fights

[@pharmachillist]

thanks man! yeah that sounds pretty solid, might try to add in puri a bit earlier in my combo then to get more out of the dp debuff

[@GensUnaSumus09]

A pity succ valk doesn't have a reliable downsmash combo like awk valk (and almost every other class in BDO).
I remember they reduced the downsmash on one of our key combo skills a few years ago (it was one of those rabam skills, don't remember the name). It was too OP they thought, while other classes such as striker, warriors, zerkers, etc. can downsmash combo you for 5 years...
You were a bit outgeared + awk valk has higher and longer burst combo. Other than that, you managed to CC and grab the awk valk in most cases, and would have won a lot more fights if it weren't for those problems already mentioned.
A pity that the game has become a "1st CC -> Win" meta yet again. Before LOML most classes would not be able to one combo me on my succ valk. Now they can easily do it by running crazy AP builds. Even eva builds can do insane damage now, while being extremely tanky.
The power creep is getting worse every year, PA have no idea what they're doing in terms of balancing classes, AP vs DP, etc.

[@SarronBDO]

That's the trade off you get playing succession, way more protected overall, more protected ccs, but overall lower combo damage. Cheers

[@sybrankyborgovych939]

Это феноменально. Хотелось бы теперь, когда я играю за Варвара, прийти к понимаю, как он мог в принципе противостоять валькирии, если у неё то блок, то неуязвимость, то устойчивость, в то время как у Варвара этого толком ничего нет

[@pharmachillist]

Yeah, losing the 100% ds on divine slam was a big hit, but a reset combo isn't impossible on succ. I've pulled it off in a few fights i'll post in the next few days probably, but even without the rabam JoL is a great way to get ds attempts.
Definitely felt the gear diff in these fights for sure, but he knows the matchup really well too. main thing is the lack of mobility on succ, you just can't keep up with an awk valk at all.
I feel that, but tbh i never minded the 1st cc to win meta since the game's always been more like that in general. It's not a problem to me as long as either side can one-combo the other. I had the most fun back when i was 650 gs just grinding pot pieces on arsha, most ppl i came across were about equal gear so the fights were fair, i could one-combo anyone, but could also be one-combo'd by anyone. i see what you mean by the power creep though, esp the newer classes are just insane when it comes to damage and mobility.
Yeah, i really have no idea where this game's gonna end up in terms of PvP content. AOS is fun, but I miss open world fights