This Valhalla relic will make you completely immortal in the free God of War Ragnarok DLC if you know how to use it!

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An extremely powerful relic…

If you have already started to face the challenges of Valhalla thanks to the new free DLC of God of War Ragnarok, you have surely understood that your top priority should be to survive as long as possible. Indeed, as in any good roguelite, you will start with minimal equipment and you will have to build a build as you go along to go as far as possible before starting again at the slightest death. Fortunately, you can still start your game with some very interesting assets: the famous relics.

Already available in the base game, runes are powers associated with command L1+Circle which can simply reverse the outcome of a fight when used well. After a few runs, you will be able to select one before entering the gates of Valhalla, and we strongly advise you to take the Handle of Forsbrandr. Indeed, the latter will allow you to repel your enemies and will grant you protective aurawhich will have the effect of boost your defenses to the maximum for no less than twelve seconds. Do the test for yourself by using it on the first enemies and letting yourself be hit, you will quickly see that the enemies will only inflict very little damage on you when the relic is active. And the best part of all of this is that Forsbrandr's Handle is one of the relics available for selection as soon as you unlock them on the Beach (simply advance into Valhalla to do so).

…Which makes you almost immortal with the right Glyph

Obviously, the Forsbrandr Handle still has a flaw: like all relics in Valhalla mode, it has a limited number of charges. You will therefore not be able to spam its use endlessly sinceit can only be used 5 times before it runs out. To restore some uses, however, you can purchase refills on the Sanctuary Tablets for a few resources. Unfortunately, this won't be enough to make you truly immortal. To get there, we will therefore have to go through another solution: Trump Glyphs.

By searching for Glyphs of Advantage in the reward chests of Valhalla, you may indeed come across the Silver Perk Glyph “Reckless Recharging” which allows you to regain a relic charge each time you get hit while using them. In other words, you just need to use Forsbrandr's Handle just before you take a hit (as if you wanted to use the shield) to recharge it as much as you want. Combine this with some regeneration bonuses (as we recommend in our upgrades to unlock as a priority for example), and you will become a real tank impervious to most damage.

Of course, if it will be possible to take the Handle of Forsbrandr on each of your runs, finding the “Reckless Top-Up” will partly depend on your luck. So don't hesitate to look for other ways to regenerate relic charges, there are a few others (even if they are less effective).