Valen is an A-Level Lightbearer Warrior in AFK Journey (AFK2). Read ahead to learn how to get Valen, Valen's skills, as well as Valen's best teammates!
How to Get Valen
Noble Tavern
You can get Valen from the following Recruitment banners by spending Invite Letters or Epic Invite Letters in the Noble Tavern, so long as you have him 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
You can get Valen from the All-Hero Login event by logging in consecutively for one day.
Emporium
You can purchase up to 15 copies of Arden per month from the Dream Store for 1,200 Dream Fragments each.
Visit our Dream Realm Guide to learn how to score high in the Dream Realm and acquire more Dream Fragments!
A-Level Soulstones
There's a chance for you to acquire Valen by using 60 Soulstone (A-Level)s. Keep in mind that because the Soul Sigils you acquire from Soulstones are random, you may receive a different hero entirely.
Valen Overview
 | Valen Roving Swordsman | |
| Rarity | A – Level | |
| Class |  Warrior | |
| Faction |  Lightbearer | |
| Damage Type | Physical | |
Valen Skills
Ultimate
 | Thunder Swordwork (Unlocks at Level 1) | |
| Cooldown | 0s | |
| Skill Range | Global | |
| Initial Energy | 0 | |
| He selects a tile and launches 7 Swift Strikes at the selected tile and adjacent tiles. Each strike deals 70% damage to all targets. He is Invincible while striking. After striking, Valen gains Invigoration for 12s, which increases Valen's ATK by 20%. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases damage to 75%. Lv. 3: Increases damage to 80%. Lv. 4: Increases damage to 85%. Lv. 5: Increases damage to 90%. | ||
Skill I
 | Unseen Blade (Unlocks at Level 11) | |
| Cooldown | 9s | |
| Skill Range | 1 – Tile | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| He slashes the target 3 times. Each slash deals 100% damage. During Invigoration, he generates forked lightning with every slash and deals the same amount of damage to the target and up to 2 surrounding enemies within 2 tiles. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases damage to 105%. Lv. 3: Increases damage to 110%. Lv. 4: Increases damage to 115%. | ||
Skill II
 | Fury Thunder Strike (Unlocks at Level 31) | |
| Cooldown | 11s | |
| Skill Range | 2 – Tiles | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| He can only cast his lightning strike when he gains Invigoration, dealing 190% damage to all surrounding enemies within 2 tiles. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases damage to 200%. Lv. 3: Increases damage to 210%. Lv. 4: Increases damage to 220%. | ||
Hero Focus
 | Hero Focus (Unlocks at Legendary+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | 1 – Tile | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| Increases ATK by 12% during battle. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases ATK by 16% during battle. Lv. 3: Increases ATK by 20% during battle. | ||
EX. Weapon
 | Eternal Thunder (Unlocks at Mythic+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | Global | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| Invigoration status becomes permanent. When casting an Ultimate during Invigoration, he permanently gains 10% ATK bonus from Invigoration, up to 10 stacks. | ||
| Lv. 2: Increases each stack of ATK bonus to 12%. Lv. 3: His normal attack triggers the lightning strike when he gains Invigoration, dealing the same amount of normal attack damage to a surrounding enemy within 2 tiles. Lv. 4: Increases each stack of ATK bonus to 13%. | ||
Enhance Force
 | Enhance Force (Unlocks at Supreme+) | |
| Cooldown | – | |
| Skill Range | – | |
| Initial Energy | – | |
| Affects Skill 2. He inflicts 3s stun using Fury Thunder Strike. | ||
Valen Best Teams
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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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