Noldua the Gloaming – Champion Spotlight

Noldua the Gloaming is the fragment fusion legendary champion for February 2026 in RAID: Shadow Legends. As has become tradition for February fusions at this point, she has a special “Valentine’s Day” partner champion called Solanar the Gleaming; when paired up, both champions become significantly more powerful. In this guide we’ll break down everything you need to know about Noldua: from how her abilities work; to how to build her; to whether she needs Solanar to be useful; and more!

Check out our dedicated Champion page for Noldua for even more info and ratings.

Noldua is an interesting support, mixing strong debuff potential with a teamwide revive. She brings no healing in her kit, however, making her a much more offensive support than your typical reviver.

Note that all of her abilities do not require ACC when Solanar is on her team: without him, you will need to build a lot of ACC; with him, you can dump the stat entirely.

A1 – SHADESTRIKE

Noldua’s A1 is a secret MVP skill thanks to the incredible impact even a single Enfeeble debuff can have in a battle! This debuff forces the victim to land weak hits, preventing them from landing debuffs or effects on hits, and massively reducing their damage (primarily by preventing crits!). Landing this against a game-ending enemy such as Tetsuya in Faction Wars Hard or Siegfrund in PvP can save your team from otherwise certain death.

Against bosses, the Weaken debuff is nifty, allowing Noldua to bring both Weaken and Decrease Defence in her kit, leaving your team building more flexible.

When Solanar is on the team, none of these effects can be resisted–though she still has the booked 75% chance to land only.

A2 – UMBRAL PULSE

Full teamwide buff removal with a Decrease DEF debuff is a great ability across both PvE and PvP, being useful in basically every scenario.

When paired with Solanar everything is irresistable (incredibly useful against RES-stacking enemies in PvP like Galathir) and she additionally places Increase ATK on her team too. This is noticeable boost to Solanar’s damage, but sadly it’s impossible to ever bring him for Faction Wars, where it would help most.

A3 – MOONBLOOM’S BLESSING

Probably the main reason for using Noldua, this is a very solid revive, bringing her entire team back to life with 50% HP and Turn Meter, on top of a Shield buff equal to 30% of Noldua’s MAX HP (the Shield is for everyone, not just revived champs). A 50% HP and TM revive is standard for 2026 legendaries–but is significantly better than older legendaries! The Shield buff can be quite hefty too, making her one of the better revivers for ensuring her teammates stay alive when brought back.

This revive is stronger for Solanar, bringing him back with 100% Turn Meter. Note that this doesn’t guarantee an immediate turn, as champions can have over 100% TM and therefore go before him.

P1 – SCHOLAR OF SHADOWS

Noldua has an interesting but fairly weak passive when Solanar isn’t there: she simply reduces enemy Turn Meter fill effects by 30%. It’s nice to reduce the number of turns enemies can potentially take, but you might not notice it happening.

Her passive becomes a lot stronger when Solanar is there, now filling Noldua’s Turn Meter by 30% of enemy TM Fills. This is very similar to the incredible Stars of the Jiinang relic–however, Noldua can only duplicate TM gained by enemy skills and not from other sources such as gear sets, relics, or masteries etc. It’s still a strong passive though, since a 30% TM boost by an enemy Arbiter to her team will fill 120% TM total (across 4 teammates), giving Noldua 36% TM, for example!

AURA – 70 ACC IN ALL BATTLES

This is a good generalist aura, particularly for newer players who are struggling to reach ACC requirements for progressing against bosses. This does nothing at all for Noldua if paired with Solanar, and you will generally prefer to use a different aura (such as a SPD Aura) in PvP.

DOES NOLDUA NEED SOLANAR?

As her partner champion, Noldua obviously becomes a lot more powerful with Solanar: all her abilities which needed ACC before are now irresistable; her A2 now provides Increase ATK to the team; her revive is better when used on him; and he passive now gives her the ability to duplicate 30% of enemy TM gains.

Solanar himself also gains some benefits from pairing with Noldua: primarily, all his abilities become guaranteed Crits, meaning he no longer needs to build any C.RATE%; he also turns enemy healing into damage to them when she is there; and his Magma Shield from his passive becomes protected.

Although these are pretty long lists of benefits, the most impactful changes by far are that you can create new builds for them without ACC or C.RATE% respectively. Both champions are totally viable without the other–but they will require standard builds, not their stat dumping ones. This is actually a bit of a downside for Live Arena, since going with a stat dump build risks crippling your champions if one of them is banned; whereas going for the safer standard build means you don’t get the biggest benefit from their partnership. Their partnership shines best in areas where you can guarantee it, such as Classic Arena, Tag Team Arena, or Siege.

In short, Noldua is definitely better with Solanar, but she doesn’t need him to be viable–and likewise for him. If you have them both, you should create new builds for each to make use of their new stat priorities–but it’s essential to keep their regular builds ready as well, since you cannot guarantee they will be run together in lots of content.

Aside from her obvious partnership with Solanar, Noldua excels in a few different areas.

ARENA

With her ability to fully remove enemy buffs and to revive her entire team, Noldua is a strong character for all forms of PvP–though, of course, she is at her most impressive when paired up with Solanar.

She’s particularly good against enemy speed teams, since she can reduce their Turn Meter boosting potential and remove their buffs after their supports have taken a turn but before their damage dealers are ready. She’s weaker if she’s faster than most of the enemies, since she will struggle against the Stoneskin and Lightning Cage combo.

FACTION WARS

Noldua comes in as an incredibly strong reviver for Faction Wars, providing a clear upgrade over Rian the Conjurer. She will have similar performance to Blind Seer (after her buff), while being much more accessible thanks to being a non-void and a fusion.

She’s particularly good on manual play, since you can land Enfeeble on key enemies, preventing them from landing nasty damage or debuffs/effects that rely on hits.

GENERAL PROGRESSION

Noldua is a solid support in pretty much all progression content. She brings the safety of a revive, while also bringing a significant offensive boost through her debuffs, making her easier to fit into fast dungeon farming teams than your typical reviver. She does lack any healing in her kit, so you might need to look into champions who bring healing or the Leech debuff to keep your team topped up if you’re struggling to survive.

Noldua is unique in having two distinct build paths depending on whether or not she is paired with Solanar.

Best Stats

The key stats to look for on Noldua are:

1. SPD
2. ACC (skip this entirely when paired with Solanar)
3. RES (only when paired with Solanar)
4. HP%
5. DEF%

SPD is essential to rotate between her abilities. In general she should be built faster than damage dealers, so she can remove their buffs or enfeeble them before their turn, but she can be slower than other supports, so they can take place buffs for her to remove.

ACC is absolutely essential to land all her debuffs and effects–unless Solanar is on the team. Check out our Raid Stages Tool to see the ACC requirements for whatever stage you are currently progressing on. 200 ACC is a safe goal for normal difficulties, with 350+ being the goal for Hard modes.

RES is an interesting option only when paired with Solanar. Since Noldua does not need ACC when paired with him, going for a high-RES Mercurial build is a strong option to counter lockout champions (who are typically very strong against the duo).

HP% and DEF% are for survivability. HP% is a better stat for PvP, and it will also increase the size of her A3 Shield.

Best Gear Sets

The best sets for Noldua are:

1. Mercurial
2. Stoneskin
3. Bolster
4. Regeneration
5. Supersonic
6. Feral/Perception
7. Rebirth

Mercurial is by far Noldua’s best set–but only at 9-pieces. This will give her 3 stacks of Total Guard, plus the ability to regenerate up to 1 stack per turn. This massively increases her survivability and protects her from all CC effects including Polymorph.

St0neskin is her best PvP set if you can’t build 9-piece Mercurial. Aim for 6 pieces here, so she can cut in before enemy damage dealers to remove their offensive buffs, while still keeping one turn of Stoneskin herself to survive their turns after.

Bolster is a premium set which combines both Regeneration and Shield sets, making it a fantastic choice for all content if you have bought the Forge Passes.

Regeneration is the go-to for PvE content, giving Noldua a way to self-heal. So long as she stays alive, she can keep reviving her entire team.

Feral, Perception, and Pinpoint can all be used for their stat benefits. Feral and Pinpoint can situationally be used for their 4-piece bonus alongside Stoneskin to protect her from Bombs or Polymorph respectively.

Rebirth is also a great set for any reviver but it is incredibly difficult to get any good pieces of it since it’s limited to Live Arena Seasons.

Best Masteries

Check out our dedicated Noldua champion page to see her best masteries!

At time of writing, we are still waiting to see if the Hero’s Path event during the Noldua fusion will contain her 5* Soul. Check out the news feed on the website for info as soon as we have it!

Best Blessings

Check out our Blessings Tier List for full details on all Blessings!

There are a few viable Blessings:

1. Brimstone (Legendary): The best option for PvE. Noldua will use her A1 fairly often and she builds ACC for PvE, making her a good candidate to be the Brimstone bearer for your team. There’s no need to run more than one copy of this blessing per team.
2. Temporal Chains (Legendary): This is a great option for PvP, boosting her ability to cut in and remove buffs before enemy damage dealers can take a turn.
3. Lightning Cage (Legendary): Another good option for PvP, particularly when running her in Stoneskin to protect that buff. Less valuable if you’re building her in Mercurial.
4. Life Harvest (Legendary): A great general PvP option, reducing the effectiveness of enemy revives.
5. Cruelty (Epic): Not good for waves since Noldua doesn’t have any AoE attacks, but it’s a decent option against bosses in PvE. Pick it for PvE if you have Brimstone covered already.

Best Relics

Check out our Relics Tier List for full details on all Relics!

There are several great options for Relics:

1. Stars of the Jiinang (Mythical Discovery Relic): A totally OP relic which doubles down on her TM duplication passive. Broken in PvP.
2. Chrysalid of Rebirth (Mythical Clan Relic): An incredible mythical relic with SPD main stat that lets her cycle turns. Top tier in all content.
3. Wand of Submission (Legendary Standard Relic): This is a top choice for PvP, protecting Noldua from CC effects and Polymorph Blessings. Loses a lot of value if you’re running Mercurial gear.
4. Bane of Sintranos (Legendary Forge Pass Relic): This is a top choice for PvP, synergising with Noldua’s anti-buff role. This is particularly good if running Mercurial gear, since Total Guard can stop the buffs being removed.
5. Perched Shadow (Epic Faction Wars Relic): This is a top choice for PvE, giving Noldua a steady source of Extra Turns, helping her rotate through her abilities more often and healing her through sets such as Regeneration.
6. Hand of Uncreation (Legendary Standard Relic): A budget version of the Bane of Sintranos, this gives Noldua ACC and some protection against having her cooldowns increased, which is one of the only weaknesses of Mercurial gear.
7. Hoarder’s Cauldron (Rare Grim Forest Relic): This is her best budget choice, giving her a nice ACC boost to land her debuffs.