NoireBuild and Guide

Noire’s kit revolves around applying [Neg Status] effects and building up [Genius Idea] stacks to recast her Ultimate. Noire gets 2 [Genius Idea] stacks whenever an enemy is inflicted with [Spotlight] and 4–6 stacks when she casts her Skill 2. She also gets 1 Moxie when an enemy is inflicted with [Spotlight]. After she casts her Ultimate, there’s a 6% chance to recast it for each [Genius Idea] stack she has; at 8 stacks, this chance increases by 40%. At P0, [Genius Idea] stacks up to 10 times and each recast depletes 5 stacks.

At the start of the round, Noire applies the negative status [Spotlight] to the enemy with the highest HP%. Her Skill 1 also allows her to move all [Spotlight] stacks onto one enemy. When an enemy with [Spotlight] gets attacked by Noire, [Spotlight] inflicts 1 stack of [Rigidity], 2 rounds of [Poison], or 5 stacks of [Burn] on the enemy. Her Skill 2 triggers this [Neg Status] application from [Spotlight] extra times depending on incantation rank.

For each type of [Neg Status] on the enemy, her Ultimate’s Mental DMG increases by 100%, up to 500%. For each stack of [Neg Status], its PEN Rate increases by 3%, up to 30%.

Noire boasts considerable burst damage through her Ultimate and can gain Moxie easily. However, her recast potential improves a lot through her portraits. The table below shows the number of [Genius Idea] stacks and the chance for each recast to happen. At P0, Noire is guaranteed to recast her Ultimate once but is relatively unlikely to do so again, while P3 guarantees 2 recasts.

Noire mostly suffers from a lack of highly synergistic teammates at the moment. The [Neg Status] archetype isn’t as fully fleshed out as Inspiration or Follow-up Attack. It also straddles this weird line where it can work with Petrify or Poison but not perfectly. Noire’s teammates are a mix of generic supports (Vila, Argus, Mercuria, etc.) as well as the [Neg Status] characters introduced in this patch (Euphoria An-an Lee, Loggerhead). Euphoria Melania is also a welcome addition, but she synergizes with Recoleta much better. Despite both being Ultimate-centric characters, Recoleta and Noire don’t synergize perfectly as Recoleta makes Noire’s rotations so fast that Noire can’t stack [Genius Idea] quickly enough to keep up.

As mentioned above, Noire also suffers from unfortunate banner placement. Liang is a limited character in the same patch whose P1 is quite important and Recoleta is a very high-priority character for meta-oriented players. To a lesser degree, Aleph also represents competition for resources for his highly anticipated design and AP-positive role in the Inspiration team.