The best Valeera build for Delves is the one that covers what your own spec lacks: run her as Healer if you play a DPS spec, and as DPS if you play a tank or a healer. Valeera Sanguinar is the companion who accompanies you in Midnight's Delves, and like Brann before her she levels through delve completions and gains power from the curios you equip. Her role pick changes your run far more than any single curio does, so decide that first and tune the rest around it.
Quick facts: building Valeera for Delves
- Role choice first. A DPS player with no self-healing wants her healing. A tank or healer who kills slowly wants her damage. Only put her on the tank-style role if you are a squishy caster who keeps getting focused and cannot kite.
- Level her by clearing delves. Companion experience comes from finishing runs, and higher tiers grant more. Her level is a flat power gain, so early in a season it usually beats agonising over curio choices.
- Match curios to the role. A healer-role Valeera wants curios that add healing, absorbs or emergency saves; a DPS-role Valeera wants damage, cleave or debuff curios. Mixing a damage curio into a healer setup wastes the slot.
- Upgrade curios with delve currency. Curios have upgrade ranks and the difference between a base rank and a maxed one is large at Tier 8 and above. Pour resources into the one or two curios you actually use.
- Re-check after each tier jump. What works at Tier 5 often falls apart at Tier 8+ because incoming damage scales faster than your gear. If deaths pile up, switch her to Healer for that tier and swap back once your item level catches up.
Should Valeera be DPS or Healer in Delves?
For the majority of solo players the answer is Healer, because most deaths in Tier 8+ Delves come from sustained damage rather than from running out of time. A healer-role companion turns a wipe into a slow but clean pull. If you play Blood Death Knight, Guardian Druid, Vengeance Demon Hunter, or any healing spec, flip that around: your survival is already fine, and a DPS-role Valeera cuts pull time substantially.
A useful test: if you finish Tier 8 with no deaths but the timer or boredom is your enemy, go DPS. If you die at least once per run, go Healer.
How do you level Valeera fast?
Clear delves, and clear the highest tier you can do without dying, since higher tiers reward more companion experience per run. Bountiful delves are the same runs with a bonus chest at the end, so prioritise those when you have keys. Quitting a delve halfway gives nothing, so pick a tier you can actually finish rather than pushing a level you cannot close out.
What are the best curios for Valeera?
The exact curio roster is tied to the current Midnight season and I would rather not invent names, so use this rule instead: for a healer-role Valeera take one big-heal or absorb curio and one that reduces your damage taken; for DPS-role take one direct-damage curio and one that adds cleave or a damage-amplifying debuff. Upgrade those two before touching anything else. Check the in-game curio tooltips against your role, not against a tier list written for a different companion.
Does Valeera's build change between Delve tiers?
Yes, mainly at the Tier 8 wall and again at Tier 11. Below Tier 8 almost anything works and DPS-role speeds things up. From Tier 8 the extra health and damage on enemies means Healer-role becomes the safer default for anyone without strong self-sustain. Tier 11 is where your own gear, cooldown discipline and route knowledge matter more than her build; a perfectly set-up Valeera will not carry an undergeared character there.
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