Vala is an S-Level Lightbearer Rogue in AFK Journey (AFK2). Read ahead to learn how to get Vala, Vala's skills, as well as Vala's best teammates!
How to Get Vala
Noble Tavern

You can get Vala from the following Recruitment banners by spending Invite Letters or Epic Invite Letters in the Noble Tavern, so long as you have her on your Wishlist:
- Rate Up Recruitment (10% chance for Elite Heroes)
- All Hero Recruitment (22% chance for Elite Heroes)
- Epic Recruitment (18.75% chance for Elite Heroes)
All-Hero Login Event

There is a chance that you can get Vala (or any other Epic Hero) from the All-Hero Login event with a Card Flip every Seven Days.
S-Level Soulstones

There's a chance for you to acquire Vala by using 60 Soulstone (S-Level). Keep in mind that because the Soul Sigils you acquire from Soulstones are random, you may receive a different hero entirely.
Vala Overview
![]() | Vala Phantom of Oakenfell | |
| Rarity | S – Level | |
| Class | Rogue | |
| Faction | Lightbearer | |
| Damage Type | Physical | |
Vala Skills
Ultimate
![]() | Swift Shift (Unlocks at Level 1) | |
| Cooldown | 0s | |
| Skill Range | Global | |
| Initial Energy | 0 | |
| When she casts the skill at an empty tile, she jumps to the tile and switches to the Skyblaster mode. She prioritizes shooting the marked enemy, dealing 450% damage, and stunning them for 4s. When she casts the skill at an enemy, she switches to the Sword mode. She rushes to slash the target, dealing 420% true damage. And all her normal attacks become melee attacks. In Auto Battle mode, she switches to the Sword mode and prioritizes the marked enemy if their HP ratio is lower than 50%. Otherwise, she switches to the Skyblaster mode to shoot the enemy and remains at a safe distance. | ||
| Lv. 2: In Skyblaster Mode, she deals 40% more damage to enemies with a HP ratio higher than 50%. Lv. 3: In Sword mode, she deals additional damage to enemies with a HP ratio lower than 50%. Damage dealt equals to 10% of target's lost HP, up to 300% of Vala's ATK. Lv. 4: In Skyblaster Mode, she deals 45% more damage to enemies with a HP ratio higher than 50%. Lv. 5: In Sword mode, she deals additional damage to enemies with a HP ratio lower than 50%. Damage dealt equals to 12% of target's lost HP. up to 300% of Vala's ATK. | ||
Skill I
![]() | Notice Beforehand (Unlocks at Level 11) | |
| Cooldown | 0 | |
| Skill Range | Global | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| She sends a Notice to mark the farthest enemy when a battle starts. She attacks the Noticed enemy in priority, absorbing 90 Energy for each hit. When the Noticed enemy is defeated, Vala sends the Notice Beforehand to the farthest enemy if she is in Skyblaster Mode or to the nearest enemy if she is in Sword Mode. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases Energy absorbed to 100. Lv. 3: Increases Energy absorbed to 110. Lv. 4: Increases Energy absorbed to 120. | ||
Skill II
![]() | Checkmate (Unlocks at Level 31) | |
| Cooldown | 12s | |
| Skill Range | 7 – Tiles | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| In Skyblaster mode, Vala shoots with an exclusive anesthetic bullet, dealing 230% damage to an enemy and reducing their Haste by 60 for 8s. In Sword mode, Vala launches 3 consecutive strikes to an enemy. Each strike deals 100% damage and stuns them for 1s. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases the damage with Skyblaster to 240%; Increases the damage with each Sword hit to 105%. Lv. 3: Increases the damage with Skyblaster to 250%; Increases the damage with each Sword hit to 110%. Lv. 4: Increases the damage with Skyblaster to 260%; Increases the damage with each Sword hit to 115%. | ||
Hero Focus
![]() | Hero Focus (Unlocks at Legendary+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | 1 – Tile | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| Vala increases her ATK by 9% during battle. She also gains an extra 3% ATK every time a non-summoned enemy is defeated. | ||
| Lv. 2: Vala increases her ATK by 12% during battle. She also gains an extra 4% ATK every time a non-summoned enemy is defeated. Lv. 3: Vala increases her ATK by 15% during battle. She also gains an extra 5% ATK every time a non-summoned enemy is defeated. | ||
EX. Weapon
![]() | Night Maneuver (Unlocks at Mythic+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | 3 – Tiles | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| When a marked enemy is defeated, she hides in the darkness and can only be targeted after all other allies are defeated, increasing her movement speed by 60% and Haste by 80 for 10s. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases her movement speed by 80% and Haste by 100 under this status. Lv. 3: Vala restores 40% of her max HP when a marked enemy is defeated. Lv. 4: Increases her movement speed by 90% and Haste by 120 under this status. | ||
Enhance Force
![]() | Enhance Force (Unlocks at Supreme+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | – | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| Affects Skill 1. Her damage dealt to the marked enemy is increased by 10% | ||
Vala Best Teams
Team 1 (Sabotage Team)
A perfect team once enemies have more range units, she snipes and stuns the backline while her team keeps the aggro and provides healing.
Team 2 (Necrodrakon Team)
This Lightbearer line-up is powerful in Dream Realm against Necrodrakon. She controls the trash mob as her team steadily inflicts damage and generates energy.
Related Posts
Head over to our AFK Journey Tier List by clicking on the link below to get a good idea of how this hero performs versus the other available heroes in AFK Journey (AFK2)!
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