naw they useless if you dont know how to play

useless sure
fun for noobs yes

valkyrie has 2 escape mechanisms, u want to start on heroes that u can make mistakes on, and have an escape to save urself.

so valkyrie, dr repulsor(may take alot of games, but when u get him down pat, hes the most imba hero in hon)
wretched hag, madman, magebane, and...... dno

not too sure about this one
i mean, if you can't land a single hook or javelin, i can't see how it'd be fun

i think the only surefire way to get used to the game is by just massing games and trying to take away as much as you can from each
so you'll piss lots of people off, but it won't matter since you'll be in a pretty low bracket for a long ass time

brings more joy when you land one

I guess your right..
I never played valk, and i simply can't play him.. His movement speed and attack animation, i simply can't play with it combined with his skills.. I think i played him once in HoN, bit more i DotA, but that one time was the shittiest game of my life :S

lol
true

Just play no stats for a few months.

no stats games are retarded, play stats for a long ass time
if you really care about stats, buy a reset when you think you're decent
if you don't then who gives a shit, play it like you would play dota

This.

Valk is actually the first hero I played in HoN