Quote Originally Posted by Jay Rich View Post
Yeah rookie error, most of the time I play aigis for the fun of it and not really take affection bonuses into unit calculations. But I do see your point, though if you wanted a valk just for having a valk would AW really be worth it? I suppose if you were to AW Kerry or Emilia then Emilia might be your better option as others have mentioned Kerry doesn't hit as fast thus lets more of certain hordes on enemies slip past.

Not having AW any of those two yet I couldn't say who feels the best Awakened. I have Kerry at a stage I can Awaken her but I have much more important units to AW first like Sybilla! Lacking the orbs to do so
You wouldn't AW a Valkyrie just because you want a Valkyrie, you'd AW her because you want the:
1) early UP ramp that's "free" (100% UP refund on withdrawal when AW)
2) decent lightning rod (Valkyries have MR)
3) decent duelist (Valkyries are a poor-man's princess against physical units and better damage against mages due to those enemies have MR to reduce princess' magic damage)

The first note is in particular the reason you'd use Valkyries at all if you have a Princess above Themis. If not, Valkyries can fill in for them as per note 3. For note 2, the only other option readily available (read: not premium summon-based) is bandits (higher HP, no MR) unless you got Claudia during her event (if you have Karma you've been playing long enough to likely have a plethora of options if you didn't take a break)