Valeera's Ultimate Companion Guide to Delves in Midnight

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.

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 what role you choose her to be in:

• Stealth: Valeera conceals herself in shadow, making her undetectable by most enemies.
• Rupture: Valeera punctures an organ of an enemy, inflicting significant Physical damage over 24 sec.
• Masterful Feint: Valeera performs evasive maneuvers, significantly reducing damage taken from area-of-effect attacks.
• 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.

The Damage Dealer role focuses primarily on dealing damage. It is Valeera's DPS specialization.

In the DPS 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.
• 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.
• 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 when 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 auras. 8 second cooldown.
• Soulthirst Venom: Valeera applies wicked poison to her and her allies' weapons, increasing Leech, Avoidance, and Speed by 10%.
• 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.
• 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 is increased 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The following Combat Curios are available in Season 1 of Midnight:

• Holy Bounding Hand Grenade: Your companion has a chance during combat to toss a grenade at an enemy target dealing moderate Holy damage with a 50% chance to stun for 1.5 sec. This has a 40% chance to bounce to a new target. The grenade can safely bounce on party members.
• Mantle of Stars: When any party member's health falls below 40% during combat, the mantle grants them an absorb shield equal to 50% of their maximum health. Enemies near the shielded ally and active companion are knocked up and take 25% more damage for 12 sec. Can only occur every 2 min.
• Nether Entropic Kris: Your companion has a chance during combat to afflict an enemy with Nether Entropy causing them to take moderate Void damage over 30 sec. Each time Nether Entropy deals damage it has a 15% chance to propagate to 1 nearby enemies, stacking up to 5 times.
• Porcelain Blade Tip: Your companion's spells and abilities have a chance to weaken enemies, increasing the chance to critically strike affected targets by 10% for 9 sec.
• Sanctum's Edict: Your companion has a chance to gain Sanctum's Blessings through combat, as well as by slaying foes. Elite enemies grant 5, while normal foes yield 1. Each blessing grants 1% increased healing and damage. Upon reaching 15, your companion converts 30% of their current health into an absorb shield that increases blessing bonuses while active.

The following Utility Curios are available in Season 1 of Midnight:

• Ebon Crown of Subjugation: Opening a Mislaid Curiosity summons a Subjugated Burden that worships you during combat, increasing your Primary Stat by 1%. You may have up to 6 Subjugated Burdens at a time. After gathering at least 6 worshipers the amount of granted Primary Stat per Burden is increased.
• Mandate of Sacred Death: When your delve companion casts Tools of the Trade, a Sacred Mandate is bestowed upon party members granting their harmful spells and abilities a 5.0% chance to deal 1% of the target's maximum health as additional Holy damage per Mandate. Can only occur once per target every 10 sec.
• Motionless Nulltide: Standing still during combat gain stacks of Cosmic Momentum every 6 sec up to 10. Each stack increases your movement speed by 1%. Jumping while at 10 stacks consumes them to grant you 1% Haste per stack for 10 sec and knocks up surrounding enemies. Can only occur every 20 sec.
• Overflowing Voidspire: After 25 sec of combat, party members and Valeera deal 18% more damage and healing for 35 sec. 35 second cooldown.
• Time Lost Edict: Your companion has a chance during combat to create a sanctified area at a party members' location, warping the flow of time and combat for all inside. Allies within gain 5% increased movement speed, cooldown recharge rate, and cast speed while enemies suffer the opposite effects. Lasts 12 sec.

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

• Combat Curio: Porcelain Blade Tip
• Utility Curio: Mandate of Sacred Death

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 HOT in addition to its instant healing, so it is recommended to stagger how often you get Vampiric Reaping Orbs. Position yourself so you pick up another one at 1-2 seconds before your HOT expires.

If you do this effectively enough, you will be able to carry over Vampiric Reaping stacks on Valeera's next cast of the ability, allowing you to keep the healing over time going.

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 he 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!