Genshin Impact Valeriy's abilities and constellations are explained.

Background: The Character Profile Players Are Tracking First

The available guide introduces Valeriy as a 4-Star Electro sword-user in Genshin Impact. It states that he is very likely to be released during version 7.2. The same material describes him as a limited-time Banner character, while also noting that he will return in future versions. For players who want to prepare before unlocking him, the guide points to a separate materials resource for increasing his Talent and Ascension levels.

The source organizes the information into two main parts: his kit and his Constellations. That structure mirrors how players usually evaluate a new character: first the base abilities, then the duplicate-based upgrades.

Foundation: The Numbers That Frame His Role Before Constellations

All percentages in the kit summary are based on Level 1 Skills. Valeriy's listed Element is Electro, his Rarity is 4-Star, and his Weapon is a sword. His resource system centers on Impact Momentum. He can reach a special Charged Attack when he has at least 40 Impact Momentum, and that attack consumes all Impact Momentum. His first Passive ability can give him up to 80 Impact Momentum after each use of his Elemental Burst.

These numbers set a clear sequence: build Impact Momentum through his Elemental Skill, Elemental Burst, and team Electro damage, then spend it through his special Charged Attack. The later Constellations add more momentum generation, shield scaling, energy return, and damage enhancement, but the base loop is already visible.

Development Process: Normal Attack, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst in Order

Normal Attack: Chain Reaction

Valeriy performs up to three consecutive sword strikes when tapping the normal attack button. Holding the button instead makes him consume a certain amount of stamina to leap forward and slam the ground, dealing Physical Damage 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". As with most plunging attacks, he plunges from mid-air and strikes the ground below for area-of-effect damage on impact, also damaging opponents along his path.

Elemental Skill: Active Defense: Bastion Charge

Valeriy raises his shield cannon and charges forward. This deals area-of-effect Electro Damage, gains 40 Impact Momentum, and deploys a Supercharged Shield. The Supercharged Shield's damage absorption scales with Valeriy's attack, and it has 250% absorption efficiency against Electro Damage.

For a player, the skill does three jobs at once: it creates Electro damage, adds momentum, and provides a shield. The 250% efficiency against Electro Damage means the shield is especially relevant when facing Electro damage sources, according to the listed values.

Elemental Burst: Focused Fire: Lightning Salvo

Valeriy deals area-of-effect Electro Damage 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 area-of-effect Electro Damage to nearby opponents.

The falling Thunderburst Shells are not only the Burst's damage payload. They also create the window for his first Passive ability to generate Impact Momentum while party members apply Electro damage.

Passive Progression: How Impact Momentum Turns Into Damage and Utility

Passive One: Advance With the Creeping Barrage

Valeriy gains five Impact Momentum whenever a nearby active character in the party hits an opponent with an attack whose Elemental Type is Electro while the Thunderburst Shells from his Elemental Burst are falling. Valeriy can gain up to 80 Impact Momentum in this way after each use of his Elemental Burst.

This passive rewards Electro damage application from the party during his Burst window. The 80 momentum cap after each Burst use gives a clear ceiling for how much momentum can be gained from this specific passive effect.

Passive Two: 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 damage granted by Offensive Directive.

If Valeriy is in the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state, each point of Impact Momentum consumed increases this damage by an amount equal to 0.9% of Valeriy's attack. If he is not in the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state, each point consumed increases this damage by an amount equal to 0.3% of Valeriy's attack.

The passive creates a direct trade: more consumed momentum produces more Offensive Directive damage, and the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state multiplies that scaling from 0.3% to 0.9% per point.

Passive Three: Tundra Operational Intelligence

Valeriy gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Snezhnaya expedition for 20 hours, not including Nod-Krai.

This passive is outside combat. It gives him a practical role in expedition farming when the player sends him on a 20 hour Snezhnaya dispatch and wants the listed 25% reward bonus.

Constellation Timeline: What Each Stella Fortuna Upgrade Changes

By getting duplicates of Valeriy from pulling on Banners, players receive his Stella Fortuna. This material allows players to unlock Constellation levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing Talent or Passive ability. The source also credits HoYoverse for the image.

Constellation 1: The Cadence of Suppressive Fire

Valeriy regenerates six 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 15 seconds.

Additionally, each time Valeriy enters combat, the first time he uses his Elemental Skill, he gains an additional amount of Impact Momentum equal to 150% of the amount normally gained.

This first Constellation changes two things: it adds energy return tied to his special Charged Attack, and it gives a 150% momentum bonus on his first Elemental Skill in combat.

Constellation 2: Ranks That Charge As One

All nearby party members gain 100 Elemental Mastery for 18 seconds after Valeriy uses his Elemental Skill. 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 damage absorption for the shield. Each point of excess Impact Momentum increases the Supercharged Shield's damage absorption by an amount equal to 8% of Valeriy's attack. Up to 20 excess Impact Momentum can be converted in this way.

This Constellation adds team Elemental Mastery and turns overcap momentum into shield value. The listed cap is 20 excess points, each converting to 8% attack absorption.

Constellation 3: Vigilance at Close Quarters

This upgrade increases the Level of Valeriy's normal attack by three, with a maximum upgrade level of 15.

Constellation 4: Fortitude Unshaken By Attrition

Maximum Impact Momentum is increased by 30, and the amount gained is increased by 30%.

This Constellation raises both the ceiling and the rate of momentum gain described by the source. It expands how much momentum Valeriy can hold and how much he can gain, which can affect how often his special Charged Attack is available.

Constellation 5: Resolve to Divide and Destroy

This upgrade increases the Level of Valeriy's Elemental Skill by three, with a maximum upgrade level of 15.

Constellation 6: The Strength to Breach Enemy Lines

The special charged attack "Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment" and Thunderburst Shells from Valeriy's Elemental Burst are enhanced. Their damage is increased by 100%, and opponents they hit have the Crit Rate, or critical hit rate, of Electro Damage they take increased by 10% for 7 seconds. If the Electro Damage taken is Stellar-Conduct reaction damage, its Crit Damage, or critical damage, is also increased by 40%.

This final Constellation gives a large direct damage multiplier to his two key Electro outputs: the special Charged Attack and the Burst's Thunderburst Shells. It also adds a 10% critical hit rate effect for 7 seconds against opponents hit by those attacks, and a 40% critical damage effect when the damage is Stellar-Conduct reaction damage.

Latest Status: What Players Know and What Remains Open

At this stage, the material presents Valeriy as a likely version 7.2 addition rather than a confirmed launch date. It confirms his limited-time Banner status and future return, then lays out his kit and Constellations. The source closes by wishing players good luck pulling for Valeriy in Genshin Impact.

For readers, the timeline is clear: before version 7.2, the available guide gives a 4-Star Electro sword profile; the guide describes a loop built around 40 Impact Momentum, a Supercharged Shield, a Thunderburst Shell barrage, and Direct-Fire Mortar: Point-Blank Bombardment; after release, Constellations can add energy return, 100 Elemental Mastery for 18 seconds, 30 maximum Impact Momentum and 30% gain, normal attack and Elemental Skill level increases, and a 100% damage enhancement to key Electro attacks.