I actually like Noct Stance more for dungeons so far. The potency increase on Benefic/Benefic II is noticeable. I don't care about the shields however because the potency is less than an Adlo, which when you aren't hilariously overgeared for content is almost useless for the mana cost without a crit....and AST shield can't crit to double the shield.

I'm also less than thrilled to get a useless skill for Noct at 58 and a near-useless skill at 60.