Valeriy Best Weapons, Teams & Materials: Genshin Impact 7.2

Commander of the Special Assignments Battalion. A soldier skilled at protecting key personnel and keeping operations on track.

What the tier lists say about Valeriy

S tier in the 7.2 consensus (score 86), #32 of 129 characters. Only Game8 has ranked them so far. Their rating assumes some constellations; at C0 they're A.

Game8	S 86 points · Support S

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Region: Snezhnaya
Affiliation: Fatui Grenadier Guards First Regiment
Birthday: March 24
Constellation: Ursus Magnus
Released: Nov 2, 2026
Voice (EN): Jordan Reynolds
Voice (JP): 古川慎
Voice (CN): 淦子齐
Voice (KR): Park Noh-sik

Base stats at Lv. 90

HP: 10,005
ATK: 255
DEF: 703
ATK (ascension): 24.0%

Valeriy ascension materials Lv. 1 → 90

×168Fairy Wormwood

×1Vajrada Amethyst Sliver

×9Vajrada Amethyst Fragment

×9Vajrada Amethyst Chunk

×6Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone

×18Ethereal Glimmershard

×30Ethereal Crystal

×36Ethereal Crystalscale Stone

×46Severed Tail of the Sky-Roamer

Plus 420,000 Mora.

Valeriy talent materials all three talents, Lv. 1 → 10

×3Crown of Insight

×9Teachings of GloryWed · Sat

×63Guide to GloryWed · Sat

×114Philosophies of GloryWed · Sat

×18Ethereal Glimmershard

×66Ethereal Crystal

×93Ethereal Crystalscale Stone

×18Counterfeit Resin

Plus 4,957,500 Mora. Talent book domains are open Wednesday and Saturday and every Sunday.

Best weapons for Valeriy best first, from the build guides

F2PFinale of the DeepB

Favonius SwordS

Best teams for Valeriy small portraits are alternatives for that slot

Stellar-Conduct

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Valeriy talents

Normal AttackGuard Tactics: Sword and Shield

Normal Attack
Performs up to 3 consecutive sword strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to leap forward and slam the ground, dealing Physical DMG to nearby opponents.
When Valeriy has at least 40 Impact Momentum, he will consume all Impact Momentum to instead perform the special Charged Attack Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment.

Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Elemental SkillActive Defense: Bastion Charge

Valeriy raises his shield cannon and charges forward, dealing AoE Electro DMG, gaining 40 Impact Momentum, and deploying a Supercharged Shield.
The Supercharged Shield's DMG Absorption scales with Valeriy's ATK, and has 250% absorption efficiency against Electro DMG.

Elemental BurstFocused Fire: Lightning Salvo

Deals AoE Electro DMG to nearby opponents and fires a Thunderburst Shell high into the air. The Thunderburst Shell disperses into a barrage of projectiles that rain down, dealing AoE Electro DMG to nearby opponents.

Passives

Advance With the Creeping Barrage

Valeriy gains 5 Impact Momentum whenever another nearby active character in the party hits an opponent with an Electro attack while the Thunderburst Shells from his Elemental Burst Focused Fire: Lightning Salvo are falling. He can gain up to 80 Impact Momentum in this way after each use of his Elemental Burst.

Into the Breach

Offensive Directive is enhanced based on the amount of Impact Momentum consumed when performing his special Charged Attack Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment. Each point consumed further increases the DMG Bonus granted by Offensive Directive. If Valeriy is:
·In the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state: Each point of Impact Momentum consumed increases this DMG Bonus by an amount equal to 0.9% of Valeriy's ATK;
·Not in the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state: Each point of Impact Momentum consumed increases this DMG Bonus by an amount equal to 0.3% of Valeriy's ATK.

Subzero Conditioning

Valeriy enters the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state while within a Polestar Field.

Tundra Operational Intelligence

Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Snezhnaya (not including Nod-Krai) Expedition for 20 hours.

Valeriy constellations

C1The Cadence of Suppressive Fire

Valeriy regenerates 6 Elemental Energy after performing the special Charged Attack Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment. For every 10 Impact Momentum consumed beyond 40 when performing this special Charged Attack, he regenerates an additional 1.5 Elemental Energy. Each time he performs Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment, he can regenerate up to 15 Elemental Energy in this way. This effect can trigger once every 15s.
Additionally, each time Valeriy enters combat, the first time he uses his Elemental Skill Active Defense: Bastion Charge, he gains an additional amount of Impact Momentum equal to 150% of the amount normally gained.

C2Ranks That Charge as One

All nearby party members gain 100 Elemental Mastery for 18s after Valeriy uses his Elemental Skill Active Defense: Bastion Charge.
Additionally, while protected by a Supercharged Shield, if Valeriy is already at maximum Impact Momentum, any further Impact Momentum he would gain is instead converted into increased DMG Absorption for the shield. Each point of excess Impact Momentum increases the Supercharged Shield's DMG Absorption by an amount equal to 8% of Valeriy's ATK. Up to 20 excess Impact Momentum can be converted in this way.

C3Vigilance at Close Quarters

Increases the Level of Normal Attack Guard Tactics: Sword and Shield by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4Fortitude Unshaken by Attrition

Impact Momentum's limit is increased by 30, and its charging efficiency is increased by 30%.
Additionally, the Ascension Talent Advance With the Creeping Barrage is enhanced: The maximum amount of Impact Momentum that can be gained from this Talent after using the Elemental Burst is 104. You must unlock the Ascension Talent Advance With the Creeping Barrage to gain access to this effect.

C5Resolve to Divide and Destroy

Increases the Level of the Elemental Skill Active Defense: Bastion Charge by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6The Strength to Breach Enemy Lines

The special Charged Attack Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment and Thunderburst Shells from Elemental Burst Focused Fire: Lightning Salvo are enhanced: Their DMG is increased by 100%, and opponents they hit have the CRIT Rate of Electro DMG they take increased by 10% for 7s. If the Electro DMG taken is Stellar-Conduct reaction DMG, that DMG instance's CRIT DMG is also increased by 40%.

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