Valentina Guide

Valentina, known as the Prophetess of the Night, is a powerful mage hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Her distinctive ability to duplicate spells from opponents sets her apart in the game. This capacity to mirror enemy ultimate skills and use them strategically provides a significant edge in battles.

Her skill set is diverse, enabling her to inflict significant burst damage, execute crowd control, and ensure mobility on the battlefield. Mastering Valentina involves understanding these abilities and tailoring her build in response to game updates like the MLBB patch 1.9.32. This adaptive nature is key to leveraging her strengths and maximizing her impact in various matchups.

Valentina’s Abilities in Mobile Legends

Passive – Prime Power

Every time Valentina inflicts damage on an opposing hero, she earns extra experience points, with a brief pause of two seconds between gains. This experience is proportional to her current level. When her level is equal to or higher than that of her opponent, a part of the damage she inflicts is converted into her health, enhancing her sustainability during battles.

First Ability – Shadow Assault

Valentina executes an attack called Shadow Assault in a directed path, applying magical damage to those hit and temporarily reducing their speed. Targets impacted by Shadow Assault receive a Shadow Mark, which, upon a second hit within a given time frame, causes them to become terrified.

• Shadow Assault is key for Valentina’s initial offensive strategies and farming. It is essential to prioritize obtaining and enhancing this skill.
• The ability pairs effectively with Arcane Shade, enabling multiple uses in a short span.
• Enemies can experience fear from this ability only once within a few seconds.

Second Ability – Mystic Dash

Valentina quickly moves towards a designated direction, during which she discharges Shadow Bolts that impact nearby foes, inflicting magical damage per hit. This skill allows a second use shortly after the first.

• Each successful hit of a Shadow Bolt reduces the cooldown of Shadow Assault.
• Mystic Dash serves as Valentina’s mobility tool, useful for initiating combat, chasing down runners, or escaping danger.
• For optimal effect, launch your assault with Shadow Assault followed by Mystic Dash, facilitating rapid succession of Shadow Assault for added fear impact.
• This ability can also be utilized to traverse obstacles and detect hidden enemies.

Ultimate Ability – Mimicry

Valentina can severely slow down the targeted enemy champion briefly, and acquire their ultimate skill to cast. Utilizing the enemy’s ability transforms her into that champion, adopting their basic attack pattern for a limited time while retaining her skills unless altered by a morph effect.

• The level of the mimicked ultimate corresponds to the level of Mimicry. It initially comes with a longer cooldown. Valentina gains a physical attack enhancement from her magic power when copying a physical hero. Although, enemies cannot include other Valentinas.
• Tactically choose targets with strong ultimates, and use targeting systems for effective skill copying. Top choices for copying include Yve's Real World Manipulation and Pharsa's Feathered Air Strike.
• There are some ultimates, such as those belonging to Gusion and Valir, that might not be beneficial to copy due to their limited utility.
• To revert back to her own form, the Shadow Return option beside Mimicry can be pressed. This feature is also useful if an incorrect target is mimicked.

A Thorough Manual on Mastering Valentina in Mobile Legends

Suggested Spell Choice

Choosing the right battle spell for Valentina is crucial due to her powerful ultimate ability. Flicker stands out as the optimal choice. It not only helps in executing the stolen skill effectively but also provides additional mobility. It is invaluable for both pursuing fleeing opponents and escaping dangerous encounters.

Alternatively, players might consider using Flameshot. This spell is versatile, allowing Valentina to finish enemies with low health or to knock back opponents who are getting too close for comfort.

Ideal Emblem Configuration

To fully harness Valentina's magic damage capabilities, the Mage Emblem is recommended. It offers significant boosts in magic power, magic penetration, and cooldown reduction.

Start with Rupture in the first tier for increased penetration. For the next tier, consider either Wilderness Blessing or Weapons Master. Wilderness Blessing offers enhanced mobility in jungle and river areas, helping Valentina to traverse lanes quickly. On the other hand, Weapons Master further enhances the magic damage potential by amplifying the attack power derived from items and emblems.

The primary talent Impure Rage is also crucial as it facilitates adaptive damage output and replenishes a portion of Valentina's mana.

Optimal Build for Valentina

Valentina thrives as a damage dealer, necessitating a focus on increasing her mana, magical power, and cooldown reduction. The Enchanted Talisman is a vital first item, enhancing mana regeneration and offering additional HP and magic power while reducing cooldowns.

Mid to late game items include:

• Glowing Wand: Enhances magic power and adds a burn effect to spells.
• Blood Wings: Provides substantial magic power and a shielding effect for improved durability.
• Divine Glaive: Grants substantial magic penetration, essential against enemies with high magic defenses.
• Wishing Lantern: Supplies a balanced boost across various stats and a passive that delivers HP-based magic damage.

Valentina's Recommended Item Build

• Tough Boots: Offers resistance and movement speed.
• Enchanted Talisman
• Glowing Wand
• Blood Wings
• Divine Glaive
• Wishing Lantern

These items significantly enhance Valentina's damage potential, making her a formidable opponent even against enemies fortified with magic defenses.

Basic Combo Techniques to Master

In the early stages of the game, Valentina should utilize her Shadow Strike and Arcane Shade to apply consistent pressure on opponents. This strategy can force enemies to retreat and slow their farming progress, granting Valentina's team an advantage.

For maximum efficiency, initiate with Shadow Strike to secure a cooldown reduction from Arcane Shade, allowing Valentina to unleash an additional Shadow Strike rapidly, increasing the damage output and inflicting fear on the adversary.

Upon unlocking the ultimate ability, I Am You, focus on stealing a powerful opponent’s spell. Timing is crucial, as deploying this copied spell strategically can dramatically alter the tide of battle.

If the borrowed ultimate has crowd control properties, like Atlas’ Fatal Links or Khufra’s Tyrant’s Rage, it can be used to commence a team fight. Alternately, it can serve as a defensive counter-initiative, using it precisely to turn the tables on aggressive opponents.