Nezha — First Ring
Star Chart build. Warding Halo is a damage sponge with a locked DR. Cast it before the room. Chakram is a teleport and an orb printer. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
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Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Star Chart for Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Warding Halo is Nezha. Cast it first, recast when it breaks. The break even gives a short invuln to recast in.
- You are a mobility tank, not a Mesa. The ring is the health bar.
- Controlled Slide (exilus augment) exists later if the ice-rink passive is ruining your aim.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Any gun — Halo keeps you alive. The gun does the killing. Chakram-marked enemies drop extra health / energy orbs on death — shoot what you tagged.
My test
Did this still work for you?
Your note, in this browser. Separate from Codex verification — the stamp on the card is editorial, this is yours.
Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — None listed
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Ring of Fire — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Ring of Fire — Steel PathPlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- NextGet Steel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Ring — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Ring of Fire — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Ring of Fire — Steel PathTonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
Two farm routes, then a test run
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You bought him from the Tenno Lab and you keep sliding past doorways.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Continuity, press 3.
- First mission to practice in
- A Grineer Exterminate. You want gunfire to test Halo, not a boss null field.
3 button drills · 10 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 4 done
Keep this up
Halo loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Warding Halo (3) in the hallway. A ring of fire sits on you. It soaks a huge chunk of incoming damage and stuns melee that walk into it.
- 2Fire Walker (1) is a heat trail that cleanses statuses on allies. Slide around. You will slide farther than you meant to — that is the passive.
- 3Blazing Chakram (2) — throw, teleport to it if you recast, mark enemies so they drop orbs.
- 4Divine Spears (4) pins a pack. Slam 4 again to smash them. Starter CC, not the nuke.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Halo in the first hallway
3Press 3. A ring of fire sits on you. Walk into gunfire. It should tickle.
You will know it worked when: A spinning ring. Melee units stagger if they touch it.
- 2
When it shatters, recast
3You get a short invuln on break. That is the recast window, not a death timer.
- 3
Throw 2, recast 2
2The ring flies. Recast blinks you to it.
Common mistakes
Saving Halo 'for later'
It is a health bar. Put it on now.
When this feels easy
- 1SafeguardHalo your Mag. Next config.
- 2Controlled SlideIf you hate the ice rink.
Parts checklist
0 of 10 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
11 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●nezhaframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Steel Fibermod
- 11○Arcane Guardianarcane
Depends on
What this loadout needs
Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.
Required
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
- Arcane Guardian
missing · Cetus / trade
Armor when hit. Helps the leftover damage after Halo's DR. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145% (Intensify) — Halo's health sponge scales with Strength
Duration
155% Fire Walker and Spears
Range
145%
Warding Halo absorbs a pool of damage, then breaks. Strength fattens the pool. Recast after the break invuln.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 145%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 48 / 69
Weapon HUD
Arsenal numbers
Base × damage mods × crit expectation × fire rate × multishot. No faction, no quantization. Galvanized kill stacks are a slider, not assumed.
- Damage
- 35
- Crit
- 12% × 2.00
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 39
- Arsenal DPS
- 376
Toggle common mods
Nezha mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7Steel FiberHalo is a sponge on top of armor, not instead of it.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Steel Fiber Halo is a sponge on top of armor, not instead of it. | Enemy drops |
Any gun
Halo keeps you alive. The gun does the killing. Chakram-marked enemies drop extra health / energy orbs on death — shoot what you tagged.
Arcanes
Arcane Guardian
Armor when hit. Helps the leftover damage after Halo's DR. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Cetus / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
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