Nezha — Ring of Fire
Steel Path build. Fat Warding Halo, Safeguard on allies, Adaptation. This is 2026 Nezha. You are the unkillable skater. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Warding Halo is the 2026 identity. Nezha lives because the ring lives.
- Safeguard is the squad augment. Without it you are a selfish tank. With it you are a Wisp who skates.
- Controlled Slide is taste. The ice-rink is funny until you miss a headshot.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Status / Influence melee or a real primary — Halo is the tank. Divine Retribution (other config) is the status nuke. Here the gun or melee just has to kill while you refuse to die.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Ring
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Ring — Star Chart
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Ring of Fire — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Ring of Fire — OptimisedPlan
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 that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalRing of Fire — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Ring of Fire — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Ring of Fire — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Nezha augments — Safeguard · Divine Retribution · Reaping Chakram · Controlled Slide · Pyroclastic Flow
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Halo health is a Strength number.Archon locked
Tonight
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
One Archon Hunt
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
Steel Path. Safeguard is on. You came to not die.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Safeguard, Blind Rage, and Adaptation.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Survival. You want incoming fire, not an empty Capture.
2 button drills · 12 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
Sponge loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Warding Halo (3) every time it is down. If it breaks, you get a short invuln — recast inside that window.
- 2Safeguard the squishiest ally (look at them, Halo them). Mag and Mesa will love you.
- 3Chakram (2) for orbs and a teleport out of bad ground.
- 4Spears (4) if a pack needs to sit still. This config does not need Divine Retribution to function.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Halo yourself, Halo a friend
33 on you. Look at the squishy, Safeguard them.
- 2
Recast on shatter
Invuln window. 3 again. Do not loot during it.
Common mistakes
One Halo per mission
It breaks. Recast. The break is the reminder.
When this feels easy
- 1Tau Strength shardsHalo health is a Strength stat.
- 2Divine RetributionIf you want 4 to also nuke. Different config.
Parts checklist
0 of 12 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
15 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●nezhaframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Controlled Slideaugment
- 4○Safeguardaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Transient Fortitudemod
- 7○Intensifymod
- 8○Adaptationmod
- 9○Primed Continuitymod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Blessingarcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 14○Steel Pathunlock
- 15○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock
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
- Controlled Slide
missing · Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25,000 standing
Exilus. Turns off the ice-rink passive so you can aim. Drop it if you like the slide.
- Safeguard
missing · Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25,000 standing
Hold or recast Halo onto an ally. Squad tank.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Transient Fortitudemissing · Same vaults as Blind Rage
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
- Adaptation
missing · Arbitration / Arbitrations
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength stacks. Fatter Halo as the mission goes. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
- Arcane Blessing
missing · Orphix / trade
Health. Halo's sponge sits on a bigger pool. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Strength
~250–300% Halo sponge
Duration
155%+
Range
145% Halo stun radius and Chakram
Halo absorbs (base health × Strength × multipliers) then breaks. Recast during the break invuln. Safeguard copies a smaller Halo onto an ally.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 284%
- Duration
- 128%
- Range
- 100%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 51 / 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
- ExilusControlled SlideExilus. Turns off the ice-rink passive so you can aim. Drop it if you like the slide.Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25k
- 1SafeguardHold or recast Halo onto an ally. Squad tank.Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
- 4IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 5AdaptationArbitrations
- 6Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 7Primed FlowBaro / relics
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Controlled Slide Exilus. Turns off the ice-rink passive so you can aim. Drop it if you like the slide. | Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25k | |
| 1 | Safeguard Hold or recast Halo onto an ally. Squad tank. | Steel Meridian / Cephalon Suda · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Transient Fortitude | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 5 | Adaptation | Arbitrations | |
| 6 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics |
Status / Influence melee or a real primary
Halo is the tank. Divine Retribution (other config) is the status nuke. Here the gun or melee just has to kill while you refuse to die.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength stacks. Fatter Halo as the mission goes. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Blessing
Health. Halo's sponge sits on a bigger pool. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Orphix / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthHalo health is a Strength number.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Halo health is a Strength number. | 1 | Netracells |