Valeera's Ultimate Companion Guide to Delves in Midnight

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Valeera Sanguinar is your Delve companion in the Midnight expansion. She will automatically join your run when you are alone or in a group of up to 4 players. However, she will not join when you have a full party. Your companion grows in power and gains Experience as you clear more delves. You can set him up as a healer, tank or DPS.

Valeera is receiving a few changes with Midnight Season 2:

• As with every new Delve season, Valeera is receiving a new set of Combat and Utility curios that must be obtained and leveled again.
• Poisons are no longer attached to Valeera's specs - You are able to customize which poison she has on her weapons no matter the spec.
• Valeera also has access to three new poisons to choose from, for a total of six options.

When you interact with the Explorers' League Supplies at the beginning of each Delve, at any checkpoint, or bring up the Delves tab by pressing "H", you can set Valeera's role to Damage Dealer, Healer, or Tank. Valeera gains access to a different set of abilities in each role.

Valeera has access to the following abilities regardless of the role you choose for her:

• Stealth: Valeera conceals herself in shadow, making her undetectable by most enemies.
• Masterful Feint: Valeera performs evasive maneuvers, significantly reducing damage taken from area-of-effect attacks.
• Rupture: Valeera punctures an organ of an enemy, inflicting significant Physical damage over 24 sec.
• Fan of Knives: Valeera unleashes a volley of knives, inflicting moderate Physical damage to all enemies near her.
• Blood Contract: Valeera marks a random enemy for death for 1 min. Killing that enemy rewards Valeera and her allies with Paid in Blood, increasing the Primary stats of Valeera and all her allies for 20 sec.
• Tools of the Trade: Valeera uses her gathering tools to help players find additional gold, ore, herbs, fish, leathers, and treasures.
• Killing Spree: Valeera moves rapidly through the shadows, slashing at enemies for significant Physical damage.

Valeera has a selection of six poisons she can use to help you with combat. First, we have the three poisons that were originally locked per specialization.

• Poison of the Forgotten Master: Valeera coats her and her allies' weapons with an ancient poison that grows in potency over time, increasing all damage done by 5%, stacking every 3 sec while in combat up to 5 stacks. All stacks are removed if the wielder of the poisoned weapon takes damage.
• Soulthirst Venom: Valeera applies wicked poison to her and her allies' weapons, increasing Leech, Avoidance, and Speed by 10%.
• Bloodcrypt Toxin: Valeera applies a debilitating poison to her and her allies' weapons. Enemies struck by these poisoned weapons have their damage reduced by 10% and their Haste reduced by 10% for 20 sec.

After completing the seasonal introduction that starts with the quest Seasonal Refresher: Midnight, at the Delver's Headquarters in Silvermoon, Valeera gains access to three additional poisons you can choose from:

• Bursting Toad Toxin: Valeera applies toad derived toxin to her and her allies' weapons. Enemies struck by these poisons occasionally burst with poison, inflicting Nature damage every second for 8 seconds to all enemies within 8 yards.
• Frostheart Venom: Valeera applies a frost-infused poison to her and her allies' weapons. Enemies struck by these poisoned weapons have their movement speed decreased by 30% and their melee attack, ranged attack and casting speeds reduced by 20% for 10 seconds.
• Phantasmal Spore Toxin: Valeera applies a fungal poison to her and her allies' weapons. Enemies struck by these poisoned weapons are interrupted and feared for 1 second.

The Damage Dealer role focuses primarily on dealing damage.

In the damage dealer role, Valeera will gain access to the following abilities:

• Unrelenting: Valeera hones her determination, recharging Fan of Knives, Rupture, and Killing Spree 30% faster.
• Dagger to the Throat: Valeera throws a dagger at an enemy, interrupting enemy spellcasting and silencing them for 5 sec. 12 second cooldown.
• Cheap Shot: Valeera unleashes an unexpected attack to a vulnerable spot, inflicting moderate Physical damage and Stunning the target for 10 sec. 40 second cooldown.
• Jagged Caltrops: Valeera shatters a vial of poison on the ground creating a cloud of poison, inflicting moderate Nature damage every 1 sec to enemies in the area. 30 second cooldown.
• No Witnesses: Valeera inspires a flurry of attacks from allies, increasing Haste by 20% for 15 sec. Killing an enemy refreshes the cooldown of No Witnesses. 1 minute cooldown.
• Assassinate: Valeera will finish off wounded targets, executing enemies that have less than 30% health. The health threshold for this effect is reduced to 5% for boss creatures.
• Uncrowned's Bloody Ledger: Valeera's combat mastery grants her 5% increased damage done by her spells and abilities. The rank of this effect is increased further with each companion level.

The Healer role focuses primarily on healing, but Valeera still deals some damage. However, the output is not as high as in her Combat DPS role.

Valeera gains access to the following abilities in the Healing role:

• Vampiric Reaping: Valeera stabs an enemy and rips away some of its life force, inflicting Physical damage, creating Reaped Orbs, and heals the player with the lowest health. Collecting these Orbs heals the player.
• Shadow Veil: Valeera covers an ally in shadow, dispelling harmful magical effects. 8 second cooldown.
• Cheap Shot: Valeera unleashes an unexpected attack to a vulnerable spot, inflicting moderate Physical damage and stunning the target for 10 sec. 40 second cooldown.
• Crimson Vial Fumes: Valeera shatters a healing potion on the ground, creating a healing vapor cloud, healing her allies every 2 seconds while in the area.
• Pain Killer: Valeera uses dark alchemy to block an ally's pain, absorbing damage for 30 sec. 20 second cooldown.
• Cloak of Darkness: Valeera covers an area in darkness, reducing all damage taken by allies in the area by 20% and making them immune to loss of control effects. 1 minute cooldown.
• Uncrowned's Alchemical Codex: Valeera's mastery of alchemy grants her 5% increased healing done by her spells and abilities. The rank of this effect increases with each companion level.

The Tank role focuses primarily on charging into the front lines, preventing damage taken to the players. Valeera still deals some damage, but the output is not as high as in her DPS role.

While Valeera is set up as Tank, she gains access to the following abilities:

• Scar of Kathra'natir: Valeera uses dark alchemy to harness the remnants of the Curse of Kathra'natir, causing attacks against her to inflict 20% less damage. Damage reduced in this way is converted to damage taken over 10 sec and will occasionally create a manifestion Valeera's Agony. Every 25% of damage taken by Valeera's Agony heals Valeera 8% of her max health.
• Dagger to the Throat: Valeera throws a dagger at an enemy, interrupting enemy spellcasting and silencing them for 5 sec. 12 second cooldown.
• Your First Mistake: Valeera makes an enemy that ignores her pay, taunting the enemy and inflicting high Physical damage every 2 sec for 16 sec. 15 second cooldown.
• Poison Cloud: Valeera shatters a vial of poison on the ground creating a cloud of poison, inflicting moderate Nature damage every 1 sec to enemies in the area. 30 second cooldown.
• Attack from the Shadows: Valeera steps through shadows, unleashing a Fan of Knives and taunting all enemies within 12 yds. 20 second cooldown.
• Blood-Stained Blades: Valeera harness effective healing upon her to empower her blades, increasing the damage she inflicts by 8% for 8 sec. This effect stacks.
• Uncrowned's Playbook of Subterfuge: Valeera's combat mastery grants her 2% increased maximum health and 2% increased healing received. The rank of this effect is increased with each companion level.

Curios are special items looted from chests at the end of a delve run. They further improve Valeera's combat capabilities.

Curios have four ranks, and you can improve the rank of a curio by looting the same curio of a higher rank at higher tiers.

Here are the best curio recommendations for Valeera. The same configuration applies for all three Valeera specializations:

• Combat Curio: Corrosive Bilespear.
• Utility Curio: Soul-Cracking Dreamcatcher.

The following Combat Curios are available in Season 2 of Midnight:

• Corrosive Bilespear: Your companion has a chance during combat to impale the two highest and lowest health nearby targets with a Corrosive Bilespear, dealing tremendous Nature damage. Corrosive Bilespear damage is increased against Poisoned enemies.
• Essence Trap: While in combat, your companion has a chance to place down 3 Essence Traps. When an enemy comes within 3 yards, the trap activates, slowing targets inside by 50% for 5 seconds before detonating, dealing moderate Nature damage and stunning all enemies inside for 4 seconds.
• Ouroboric Curse: When any player's health falls below 50%, the curse awakens, horrifying nearby enemies for 8 seconds while granting the player 15% increased Primary Stat and 100% increased Leech, Avoidance, and Speed for 20 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 2 minutes. Killing Poisoned enemies reduces this effect's cooldown for 12 seconds.

The following Utility Curios are available in Season 2 of Midnight:

• Dundun's Favor: While in combat, 2 Mislaid Spirits may appear near you. Walking over a Mislaid Curiosity or a Mislaid Spirit triggers a volley, firing Volatile Sprites at random nearby enemies, each dealing moderate Nature damage. Mislaid Curiosity contents are looted upon activation.
• Soul-Cracking Dreamcatcher: When any party member interrupts or crowd-controls an Elite enemy, the Dreamcatcher shatters their soul, causing them to take 15% increased damage for 60 seconds, stacking up to 2 times. Nearby enemies' souls are also shattered.
• Venom Infusion: Upon entering combat, party members become Poisoned, suffering 1% of their current health as Nature damage every minute, while granting 4% Movement Speed and 2% Haste for every 5% of their health missing. This effect is reversed for the first 12 seconds of combat.

When doing Delves, maximizing Valeera's DPS is essential to efficiently killing enemies. Below are some steps to help you improve Valeera's effectiveness in combat.

Valeera's strength scales directly with your item level. Therefore, try bringing your average Item level higher to directly increase her DPS.

Orbs from Vampiric Reaping leave you with a stackable Healing-over-Time effect, in addition to its instant healing. It is recommended to stagger how often you collect Vampiric Reaping Orbs by position yourself in a way that you can pick up another orb 1-2 seconds before the HOT expires.

If you do this effectively enough, you will be able to carry over Vampiric Reaping stacks into Valeera's next cast of the ability, allowing you to keep the healing over time going for a long time, at the highest stack-count possible.

If Valeera’s health drops to 0 in her Tank Role, she will become Unconscious, taking 50% reduced healing. It is crucial to bring her back quickly. On higher difficulties, reviving her can be challenging. When she becomes unconscious, turn around and head back immediately. Valeera will eventually respawn nearby, giving you a brief window to revive her before enemy mobs close in.

Delves are bite-sized, role-agnostic replayable world instances that allow you to engage in quick yet rewarding adventures. For more details, check out our general guide!

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