Esme the Dancer Fusion Guide – Raid: Shadow Legends

Welcome to our Esme the Dancer Fusion Guide, where we’ll provide you with all of the information necessary to complete this year’s RAID: Shadow Legends Valentine’s Fusion.

This Fusion is a Fragment Fusion, meaning you’ll need to collect Fusion Champion Fragments by earning them from various Tournaments and Events, before summoning her in the Summoning Portal.

Be sure to check back daily throughout the Esme the Dancer Fusion to see our breakdown of how many points you will require for each event and the best way to earn them.

There are three types of fusion events: traditional, fragmented, and hybrid. Esme the Dancer will be a Fragment Collector Fusion, which means unlike a Traditional Fusion, we do not need to collect any other Champions to fuse her. Instead, we will be collecting Fragments by completing Fusion Events and Tournaments.

Once you’ve completed enough Events and Tournaments to acquire 100 Fragments, you may Summon Esme from the Summoning Portal.

One of the best parts about Fragment Collector Fusions is there is no time limit on claiming your Legendary Champion meaning you can hold on to them for points in an upcoming Clan vs Clan or Champion Chase Tournament for a big drop of points!

Blade Juggler

Attacks 1 enemy.
Places a 50% [Increase ATK] buff on all allies for 1 turn.

• Level 2: Damage +5%
• Level 3: Damage +5%
• Level 4: Damage +10%

Earthdancer – Cooldown: 4 Turns

Attacks all enemies.
Has a 75% chance of placing a 25% [Weaken] debuff and a [Block Buffs] debuff for 2 turns.
Also decreases the Turn Meters of all enemies by 20%. If Modo of the Peal is on the same team, steals 20% of each enemy’s Turn Meter instead.

• Level 2: Damage +10%
• Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
• Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
• Level 5: Cooldown -1

Blessing of the Sands – Cooldown: 5 Turns

Places a 50% [Increase ACC] buff and a 30% [Increase SPD] buff on all allies for 2 turns.
Has a 75% chance of removing all buffs from all enemies. If Modo of the Peal is on the same team, has a 75% chance of stealing all buffs from all enemies instead.

• Level 2: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
• Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
• Level 4: Cooldown -1

Beguiling Moves [Passive] – Cooldown: 1 Turn

Passive Effect:

When hit, has a 15% chance of randomly changing the attacker’s critical hits into weak, normal or strong hits. If Modo of the Peal is on the same team, the chance is increased to 30%.

Active Effect:

Whenever this Champion is hit, increases the Turn Meter of the ally with the highest ATK by 50%.

Aura

Increases Ally SPD in all Battles by 19%.

As part of the Fusion, we will have 2 summoning events in the Fusion Schedule, but we will not get a Summon Rush this time around, with it being replaced with a Hero’s Path Event.

• Friday 14th February – Hero’s Path Event
• Friday 21st February – Champion Chase Tournament

With Super-Raids now being a permanent Feature in Dungeons, Plarium used to enable them specially for Fusions, however, we now get Drop Fever Events to boost our chances of specific gear sets:

• TO BE CONFIRMED!

These boosts will coincide with their respective Dungeon Tournament throughout the Fusion Event!

February 10th:

• Spider Tournament – 5 Fragments
• Champion Training Event – 10 Fragments

February 11th:

• Dungeon Divers Event 1 – 10 Fragments

February 12th:

• Artifact Enhancement Event 1 – 5 Fragments

February 13th:

• Fire Knight Tournament – 5 Fragments

February 14th:

• Hero’s Path Event – 25 Fragments

February 15th:

• Classic Arena Takedown – 5 Fragments

February 16th:

• Dragon Tournament – 5 Fragments
• Champion Training Tournament – 10 Fragments
• Artifact Enhancement Event – 5 Fragments

February 19th:

• Ice Golem Tournament – 5 Fragments

February 20th:

• Artifact Enhancement Event  – 5 Fragments

February 21st:

• Champion Chase Tournament – 15 Fragments
• Classic Arena Takedown – 5 Fragments

New Events:

• Champion Training Event – 3100/6,100 Points – 10 Fragments
• Spider Tournament – 2,250 Points – 5 Fragments

You will need to acquire 2250 Points for the Spider Tourmanet and this calculates to roughly 140 runs of Stage 20 normal at a cost of 2,240 energy or around 120 runs of Stage 10 Hard at a cost of 2,400 energy. Running Stage 20 Normal is the most energy-efficient route when it comes to fusion tournaments (unlike turn attack tournaments which require a high stage). These rates are an average assessment therefore some of you may high roll or low roll your gear requiring slightly less or slightly more runs.

As for the Champion Training Event; to maximize your points in this Event, it is important to level up your chickens before using them as food. You can easily achieve this by adding some brews to the 4*/5* chickens before feeding them. This simple step will greatly assist you in achieving the necessary points to successfully complete the Event.

For further information on how to best complete these events efficiently, be sure to check out our Champion Upgrade Guide.

We do recommend holding off on any Energy-related tasks however until tomorrow’s Dungeon Divers Event – welcome to WAIT: Shadow Legends.

New Events:

• Dungeon Divers Event – 3,600/4,950 Points – 10 (5+5) Fragments

This Dungeon Divers is by far one of the toughest we’ve ever seen in a Fusion, and will prove to be a stumbling block early on for many people in this Fusion, especially those who were hoping to get their hands on Esme in the Free to Play 2025 Competition, but it is not impossible by any stretch!

Alongside the Dungeon Divers we have the option to double-dip in Champion Training, Spider Tournament and the Fire Knight Tournament which starts on Thursday.

The good news is that with all of this farming required, silver will be no problem for tomorrows Artifact Enhancement Event!

New Events:

• Artifact Enhancement Event – 4,775 Points – 5 Fragments

Today’s Artifact Enhancement Events can be done in two ways: you can gear cleanse to the points or upgrade pieces to rank 16.

Gear Cleansing Route

If you have a number of artifacts on level 1, an efficient way to claim the rare Champion is to upgrade Artifacts to level 8 or 12 and then sell the items for silver. This still remains a negative silver gain but it’s far less punishing than upgrading Artifacts to level 16. You may choose to keep some good pieces (a bonus!). This route might take only 10-15 million silver to complete the event.

Gear Upgrading Route

If you are looking to complete some Champion builds, then Level 16 artifacts are important to maximise their potential. We highly recommend you prioritise Artifacts instead of upgrading Accessories as this will be significantly less silver to complete the event. This route will take you approximately 20 million silver to complete.

New Events:

• Fire Knight Tournament – 2,250 Points – 5 Fragments

You will need to acquire 2250 Points for the Fire Knight Tournament and this calculates to roughly 140 runs of Stage 20 normal at a cost of 2,240 energy or around 120 runs of Stage 10 Hard at a cost of 2,400 energy. Running Stage 20 Normal is the most energy-efficient route when it comes to fusion tournaments (unlike turn attack tournaments which require a high stage). These rates are an average assessment therefore some of you may high roll or low roll your gear requiring slightly less or slightly more runs.

New Events:

• Dancer’s Path – 76,500 Points – 25 Fragments (5 sets of 5 Fragments)

The Dancer’s Path serves as a replacement for a Summon Rush Event, but also combined with a Dungeon Divers Event simultaneously, if you are going to go for all 25 Fragments it will require 76,500 points which equates to 17 Sacred Shards which is insanely high, of course, this event can be done with various different shards as well as combining some energy usage into it.

For a full breakdown of this event including different point milestones you may want to aim for, please check our separate article from the button below.

New Events:

• Classic Arena Takedown – 390 Points – 5 Fragments

The Classic Arena Takedown should be relatively straightforward if you are able to fight and win at least half of your daily tokens. At Gold 5 you need to win 30 fights over 72 hours to claim the rare. This will scale lower so pay attention but if you are lower in your account level then your point requirements should scale with your arena rank.

New Events:

• Dragon Tournament – 2250 Points – 5 Fragments
• Champion Training Tournament – 3350/6350 Points – 10(5+5) Fragments
• Artifact Enhancement Event – 4775 Points – 5 Fragments

You will need to acquire 2250 Points for the Dragon Tourmanet and this calculates to roughly 140 runs of Stage 20 normal at a cost of 2,240 energy or around 120 runs of Stage 10 Hard at a cost of 2,400 energy. Running Stage 20 Normal is the most energy-efficient route when it comes to fusion tournaments (unlike turn attack tournaments which require a high stage). These rates are an average assessment therefore some of you may high roll or low roll your gear requiring slightly less or slightly more runs.

For the Artifact Enhancement Events can be done in two ways: you can gear cleanse to the points or upgrade pieces to rank 16.

Gear Cleansing Route

If you have a number of artifacts on level 1, an efficient way to claim the rare Champion is to upgrade Artifacts to level 8 or 12 and then sell the items for silver. This still remains a negative silver gain but it’s far less punishing than upgrading Artifacts to level 16. You may choose to keep some good pieces (a bonus!). This route might take only 10-15 million silver to complete the event.

Gear Upgrading Route

If you are looking to complete some Champion builds, then Level 16 artifacts are important to maximise their potential. We highly recommend you prioritise Artifacts instead of upgrading Accessories as this will be significantly less silver to complete the event. This route will take you approximately 20 million silver to complete.

As for the Champion Training Tournament; to maximize your points in this Event, it is important to level up your chickens before using them as food. You can easily achieve this by adding some brews to the 4*/5* chickens before feeding them. This simple step will greatly assist you in achieving the necessary points to successfully complete the Event.

Unlike Champion Training Events, it is important to note that you can get a bulk of points from using Skill Tomes on your Champions, however, these may be best saved for things such as Clan vs Clan to help lead your clan to victory, but in the situation that these overlap, it can be a great source of easy points!

For further information on how to best complete these events efficiently, be sure to check out our Champion Upgrade Guide.

New Events:

• Ice Golem Tournament – 2250 Points – 5 Fragments

You will need to acquire 2250 Points for the Ice Golem Tourmanet and this calculates to roughly 140 runs of Stage 20 normal at a cost of 2,240 energy or around 120 runs of Stage 10 Hard at a cost of 2,400 energy. Running Stage 20 Normal is the most energy-efficient route when it comes to fusion tournaments (unlike turn attack tournaments which require a high stage). These rates are an average assessment therefore some of you may high roll or low roll your gear requiring slightly less or slightly more runs.

New Events:

• Artifact Enhancement Event – 4,775 Points – 5 Fragments

Today’s Artifact Enhancement Events can be done in two ways: you can gear cleanse to the points or upgrade pieces to rank 16.

Gear Cleansing Route

If you have a number of artifacts on level 1, an efficient way to claim the rare Champion is to upgrade Artifacts to level 8 or 12 and then sell the items for silver. This still remains a negative silver gain but it’s far less punishing than upgrading Artifacts to level 16. You may choose to keep some good pieces (a bonus!). This route might take only 10-15 million silver to complete the event.

Gear Upgrading Route

If you are looking to complete some Champion builds, then Level 16 artifacts are important to maximise their potential. We highly recommend you prioritise Artifacts instead of upgrading Accessories as this will be significantly less silver to complete the event. This route will take you approximately 20 million silver to complete.

New Events:

• Classic Arena Takedown – 390 Points – 5 Fragments
• Champion Chase Tournament – 1150/2500 Points – 15 (5+10) Fragments

The Classic Arena Takedown should be relatively straightforward if you are able to fight and win at least half of your daily tokens. At Gold 5 you need to win 30 fights over 72 hours to claim the rare. This will scale lower so pay attention but if you are lower in your account level then your point requirements should scale with your arena rank.

The final event of this Fusion comes with the Champion Chase Tournament where the winners of each bracket can earn the Void Legendary, Queen of Hearts – this Chase Tournament coincides with the 2x Sacred Shard Event featuring a 10x for Cheshire Cat!