What is the best card against Valkyrie?

X-Bow, with 68.2% wins for the players who had it against Valkyrie in top games over the last 7 days. Careful: this is a full-game win rate, not a guarantee that the trade goes your way every time.

How are these counters calculated?

We look at every Path of Legends game from the best players where the opponent was running Valkyrie, and measure the win rate of each card on the other side. No opinions, only results.

Why does a card that doesn't directly counter it show up?

Because a game isn't decided by a single trade. A card can rank high because the decks that play it are simply better against that kind of strategy.

How to counter Valkyrie

Based on 77,750 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 8 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Valkyrie.

The best answer to Valkyrie right now is X-Bow: the players who had it win 68.2% of their games against this card, over 286 matchups. Next come Magic Archer, Miner, Minion Giant.

Updated November 12, 2026.

The best cards against Valkyrie

MatchupsWin rate vs Valkyrie

1 X-Bow28668.2%
2 Magic Archer25561.2%
3 Miner67260.3%
4 Minion Giant50260.0%
5 Rocket69858.7%
6 The Log1,99958.4%
7 Bats77758.2%
8 Goblins42258.1%

The decks that beat it most

1.X-Bow 3.0
3.07 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
74.7%
Usage
0.00%
Games
99
Copy
2.Minion Giant 2.8
2.88 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
69.1%
Usage
0.00%
Games
139
Copy
3.Golem 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
67.5%
Usage
0.00%
Games
191
Copy
4.Miner 3.1
3.18 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
79.3%
Usage
0.00%
Games
29
Copy
5.Golem 3.9
3.911 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
85.0%
Usage
0.00%
Games
20
Copy

What Valkyrie beats easily

Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Valkyrie.

1 Witch74941.9%
2 Flying Machine27242.6%
3 Elixir Golem31942.9%
4 Royal Recruits35843.0%
5 Electro Dragon47044.3%
6 Mini P.E.K.K.A1,43044.5%
7 Sparky70745.8%
8 Elite Barbarians1,04846.5%

Playing Valkyrie

Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.

See the Valkyrie card page

Frequently asked questions

What is the best card against Valkyrie?: X-Bow, with 68.2% wins for the players who had it against Valkyrie in top games over the last 7 days. Careful: this is a full-game win rate, not a guarantee that the trade goes your way every time.
How are these counters calculated?: We look at every Path of Legends game from the best players where the opponent was running Valkyrie, and measure the win rate of each card on the other side. No opinions, only results.
Why does a card that doesn't directly counter it show up?: Because a game isn't decided by a single trade. A card can rank high because the decks that play it are simply better against that kind of strategy.