Who is Valkyrie in Apex Legends? Season 9 Legend abilities, lore, skins Respawn EntertainmentWe\u2019re right around the corner now from Season 9 of Apex Legends, Legacy, and the upcoming Legend has been revealed to be none other than Valkyrie. There have been rumors swirling about who the new Legend would be, and all signs pointed to a character named \u2018Valk.\u2019 As always, anything can change in development, so it\u2019s never official until the developers confirm it. And, we can\u2019t forget when they fooled everyone with \u201cForge\u201d \u2013 only to release Revenant (who had been leaked) instead. So, who is the upcoming Legend, Valkyrie, in Season 9? Who is Valkyrie? The official website describes the character, real name Kairi Imahara as \u201cbold, brash, fiery and fierce,\u201d adding that she grew up in the \u201cshadow of her father\u2019s legacy. But now she\u2019s ready to launch her own.\u201d Fans can get a look at Valkyrie\u2019s backstory in the newly released Stories from the Outlands, titled \u2018Northstar.\u2019 It turns out she is the daughter of Viper, an Apex Predator who was killed by Jack Cooper during the Titanfall 2 campaign. She meets with Kuben Blisk, leader of the Predators, seemingly to act out revenge over her father\u2019s death. Viper used the Northstar Titan \u2013 which had the VTOL hover ability, believed to be part of Valkyrie\u2019s kit. We see the Northstar being repaired by Rampart in the episode. In a past interview, Chad Grenier said (translated from Japanese): \u201cI mentioned a little about Season 9, but the legend in Season 9 I hope will be liked in Japan.\u201d From the trailer, it appears Valkyrie\u2019s mother is of Japanese descent. What are Valkyrie\u2019s abilities? We got our hands-on with Valkyrie, and tried out her abilities: Passive: VTOL Jets \u2013 Press Jump while in the air to engage jetpack. You can switch between hold and toggle in the options menu. – Tactical: Missile Swarm \u2013 Fire a swarm of mini-rockets which damage and disorient the enemy. – Ultimate: Skyward Dive \u2013 Press once to prepare for launch. Teammates can interact with Valkyrie to join the launch. Press again to launch into the air and skydive. – From playing with Valkyrie, her jetpack passive is very loud. That means while it\u2019s a ton of fun, you also have to be careful about when you use it. Anyone in the vicinity will hear Valk jetting around. As for her tactical, Respawn described it as a \u201cmini Bangalor Ultimate.\u201d It doesn\u2019t deal a lot of damage (only 25 for a direct hit), but the main advantage is that it will stun enemies like an arc star, although for less time. Enemies who have been stunned by Valk\u2019s missiles will have electricity sparking off them, so you\u2019ll know they\u2019re stunned. The ultimate allows for fast redploy at any point on the map, and if you can coordinate with your squad, they can latch on too. Also, when skydiving, Valkyrie uses her helmet to scan the environment, and enemies in her view will be highlighted, not just for Valkyrie, but her teammates too. Finally, Valkyrie is a recon Legend, meaning she can use survey beacons to find out the next ring location. Valkyrie skins in Apex Legends Valkyrie\u2019s Legendary skins at launch are called: Titan Tested – Military Grade – Golden Opportunity – Azure Blessing – That\u2019s all we know about the Season 9 Legend so far, but we\u2019ll continually update you as more information breaks. Respawn\u2019s Season 9 is set to start on May 4, 2021. In addition to a new Legend, we the new Arena mode has been revealed, which is part of Apex Legends expanding to \u2018beyond battle royale.\u2019 The first teaser for that mode has already been revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Who is Valkyrie in Apex Legends? Season 9 Legend abilities, lore, skins Respawn EntertainmentWe\u2019re right around the corner now from Season 9 of Apex Legends, Legacy, and the upcoming Legend has been revealed to be none other than Valkyrie. There have been rumors swirling about who the new Legend would be, and all signs pointed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}