Death's Herald

Last Rites becomes an offensive surge — granting AP instead of DEF, with all values 25% stronger. When an ally falls, erupts into a +50% ATK rage for 8 ticks — and every enemy the party kills rekindles a shorter burst of that rage.

Parent Class

Valkyrie

Unlock Condition

Hero Level 10

Strength Bonus

Agility Bonus

Signature Ability

Last Rites

"Grieve later. Avenge now."

What Changes at Level 10

When a Valkyrie reaches level 10 and you select Death's Herald, three things change permanently:

Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant (Last Rites).
Passive effect is unlocked and becomes active in all future runs.

Ability: Last Rites

Last Rites: Grants all living allies +[13 + AP × 0.08] ATK and a +[8 + AP × 0.08] AP boost for 8 ticks (replacing the base DEF buff). Auto-triggers on ally death, also granting the Herald a +50% ATK rage for 8 ticks — and the Herald feeds on every death: each enemy the party kills rekindles that rage for 3 ticks.

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Death's Herald grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Valkyrie base scores:

+2 Strength — adds to the Valkyrie base strength score
+1 Agility — adds to the Valkyrie base agility score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Passive Effect

When any ally dies, enters Death's Herald Rage — ATK surges for 8 ticks. Every enemy the party kills rekindles the rage for 3 ticks.

This passive is always active during combat — no gear or skill tree investment required to trigger it.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Offense (War Machine, Berserker's Resolve, Executioner), Chaos (Kill Cascade, Pain Reversal).

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 119-node reference and routing advice, or the Valkyrie build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Death's Herald vs. Einherjar

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

	Death's Herald	Einherjar
Identity	Last Rites becomes an offensive surge — granting AP instead of DEF, with all values 25% stronger. When an ally falls, erupts into a +50% ATK rage for 8 ticks — and every enemy the party kills rekindles a shorter burst of that rage.	Once per floor, saves an ally from death — transferring 50% of the Einherjar's remaining HP to that hero instead of letting them fall, bolstered by a bonus heal that scales with Ability Power.
Stat Bonus	+2 Strength, +1 Agility	+2 Spirit, +1 Vitality
Details	This page	Einherjar page →

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.