Talk:Valkyrie/@comment-26542174-20160201161224

Valkyries are like mini-Pekkas in a way, but they take up less space and work well with any spell. Taking up only 8 spaces is what makes her more valuable than pekkas as you have more flexibility in camp space for hogs or loons thusby making more 3 star attacks. Put it in this perspective, it only take 5-8 Valkyries to reach the TH and destroy the core. That's equiavalent to 2-3 pekkas. When you use 3 pekkas, there's literally no space left in camps for hogs/loons to turn your ordinary 2* attack into 3*. In all actuality, if you divide the pekka space by the Valkyrie space, you will see that the Valkyries are stronger and do more damage than the Pekka. The only downside of the Valkyrie is she soaks up a lot of DE, especially when combined with hogs (GoVaHo). That said, considering she does soak up a lot of DE, most people still use gowipe and settle for 2 stars while guys like me use GoVaLo or GoVaHo and get 3 stars consistently. I do wish she'd cost less DE, but the steep cost is partly why she is so underused and underrated. She's far and away my favorite troop and I love the flexibility I get by using her. Above all else, she's a LOT of fun to attack with if you know how to use her.