Valkyrie has RL knowledge as a CQC fighter, a step up from Haruyuki who learnt his punching and kicking from scratch and relied on his fast speed. From this alone, AV can engage with CP, BL, and Raker on nearly-balanced levels, methinks...
But metal colours so far seem to possess terrific abilities:
I would wait and see if Valkyrie learns a strong special ability, I guess.
On an unrelated note: I'm heading out for field camp in 10 hours. I will be tired, I will be dirty, muddy, I will be punished...
but I will not be broken!!
Translation progress has been on a halt ever since I entered in, save for three or four lines of V11.3. I hope to bookout on the weekend after the 20th though, so hopefully I can get home, sleep, translate a little, and sleep some more.
In the mean time, keep this thread alive!