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[0.5.5] Navira's Fracturing Varashta League Starter Guide w/Acts Walkthrough

Sorceress

Disciple of Varashta

Starter

End Game

0.5.5 FR

Verified

By MisoxShiru

Updated on Sep 14, 2026

Sep 14, 2026

Build Overview

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Overview

This is the SMOOTHEST league starter I have ever played. It centers around using Navira's Fracturing to completely blow up the entire screen and shatter all the enemies in your way. It starts off as a 2-3 button build where you cycle between Ice Nova and Navira's Fracturing and it can even turn into basically a one-button build if you use a Tame Beast with Frozen Ground Trail.

For single-target you will use Kelari's Deception and Kelari's Brutality which will carry you through the entire game starting from Act 2 when you ascend to Disciple of Varashta.

If I want to Automate Chilled Ground, when should I tame a beast?

As early as you want, but if you do it during the acts, you will lose damage. I would recommend if this is the path you want to take, only do it in the endgame when you have enough spirit from your Sceptre and equipment to handle 3+ Minions & the Tame Beast.

Here is a video explaining how to farm the correct beast.

Is this build expensive?

NOPE! It is dirt cheap - I played it through HCSSF and made it to Tier 15 maps within a day of getting to the end game. It is EXTREMELY easy to scale and is super satisfying to play as well.

DISCLAIMER

You will need to respec your tree in Act 2 after your first Ascendancy. Save at least 5-7k gold to make sure you can make that swap immediately.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Extremely cheap to build
One of the best league starters
Super Tanky
Very satisfying full screen ice pops

Damage can be hard to scale in the super late end game (don't worry it can do all content easily)
You need to wait until Act 2 to play with the Djinn and you will need to respec the tree then

Build Variants

Act 1 & 2 (Pre-Ascend)

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4 to Endgame

Early Endgame

Mid-Endgame

Late Endgame

Uber Endgame

Equipment

Act 1 & 2 (Pre-Ascend)

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4 to Endgame

Early Endgame

Mid-Endgame

Late Endgame

Uber Endgame

Set 1

Set 2

Jewels

Equipment Priority

+10

Runic Ward for Powered by Verisium

Since this build uses Powered by Verisium, you will need Runic Ward to cast it. The lower the level of the gem, the better because it uses less Runic Ward to cast.

You need to complete the Torn Map Piece Questline in Act 4 to get the Verisium Anvil to Runecraft your gear. After you finish that questline, the pieces of gear I recommend to Runecraft are typically the following:

Gloves
Focus
Boots
Helmet

Runecraft only as much as you need to cast Powered by Verisium - you don't want too much Runic Ward because it takes away from your Energy Shield if your gear is above level 55.

Always Runecraft the gloves first. After that, you will need to calculate the tradeoffs for Energy Shield vs Runic Ward because different item bases will give more/less Runic Ward.

Sceptre

Main Priority is + Minion Skills (+4 is max here). You also want as much Spirit as possible.

You also want:

Allies In Your Presence Deal % More DMG,
Minion Crit Damage / Crit Chance

The type of Sceptre is up to you. I prefer Shrine Sceptres for Resistance Aura and also the Purity Aura allows you to slot support gems without having to pay the spirit cost.

For the Socket use Xipocado's Soul Core of Dominion or Idol of Parisee.

Focus

Main Priority is + Minion Skills (+2 is max here). You either need to buy it or Desecrate it yourself.

Other than that, get as much ES and Resistances as possible. Cast Speed is also good!

Helmet

Main Priority is + Minion Skills (+2 is max here)

Other than that, get survivability stats.

Idol of Ralakesh is the BiS.

Body Armour

Prioritize getting as much Energy Shield as possible & Resistances.

You can also get Spirit if you are planning to use a Tame Beast.

Gloves

Prioritize getting as much Energy Shield as possible & Resistances.

Boots

Pretty straightforward - as much Energy Shield and Resistances as possible. As high Movement Speed as possible.

Amulet

Prioritize getting + 3 Levels to Minion Skills. This is a HUGE portion of your damage. The rest of the stats can be survivability stats.

Annoint Dominion (Potent Contempt - Suffering - Isolation)

Rings

Try to get rings with the following stats (priority order):

Minion Damage %
Minion Crit Chance
Minion Crit Damage Damage

NOTE: These will either need to be purchased or birthed from the Genesis Tree through Breach.

Belt

Try to get a belt with the following stats (priority order):

+ Minion Skills (This is extremely rare and expensive. While it is #1 priority, don't worry if you can't get it)
Command Skill Damage
Minion Area of Effect

NOTE: These will either need to be purchased or birthed from the Genesis Tree through Breach.

Jewels

For the Rare Jewels, prioritize the following stats in this order:

1. Maximum Energy Shield

2. Minion Crit Chance

3. Minion Crit Damage

4. Mana Regeneration

Skill Gems

Act 1 & 2 (Pre-Ascend)

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4 to Endgame

Early Endgame

Mid-Endgame

Late Endgame

Uber Endgame

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 25

Dex 20

Int 125

Navira, the Last Mirage

Level 20

Kelari, the Tainted Sands

Level 20

Skeletal Sniper

Level 19

Wolf Pack

Level 12

Skeletal Cleric

Level 17

Convalescence

Level 19

Skeletal Reaver

Level 17

Skeletal Arsonist

Level 17

Cast on Minion Death

Level 19

Ice Nova

Level 17

Purity of Fire

Tame Beast

Gem Priority

+35

TAME BEAST

This is an optional playstyle. If you don't want to use it, you don't need to. Use either Tame Beast Wolf Pack & Cast on Minion Death. You cannot use both at the same time. Both are listed above to give you an idea of what support gems to use.

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If you want to use Tame Beast, either get enough spirit for it and you don't need to drop any minions, or you can drop your Wolf Pack and Cast on Minion Death and/or another minion for the Tame Beast. Additionally, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND PLAYING IT WITHOUT Brutus' Brain!

If you feel like you still need Ice Nova, feel free to keep it. If not, you can drop it along with Powered by Verisium and Frost Bomb.

Here is a video explaining how to farm the correct beast.

NON-TAME BEAST VERSION

We remove the need for Frost Bomb because if we ever need an emergency infusion, we can use the Skeletal Arsonist Command skill to kill one of our minions to get infusions due to Cast on Minion Death with Powered by Verisium.

Passive Tree

Act 1 & 2 (Pre-Ascend)

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4 to Endgame

Early Endgame

Mid-Endgame

Late Endgame

Uber Endgame

main:

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set 1:

set 2:

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character

Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

30% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine

Not Specified2 choices

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5% to Fire Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5% to Cold Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5% to Lightning Resistance

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

Not Specified7 choices

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Comments

173

GrimShadow•6h ago

Noobie question 2: If I'm using a Minion Scepter, what support gems should I be using, im at the late game build part. Any help would be appreciated

Jungle•19h ago

Noobie question doing first build. How do I get a beast with chilled ground?

GrimShadow•6h ago

You need to tame it, in one of the acts, using the Tame Beast skill, there is a video in the build description that will show you how

Giuls•1d ago

Solo Survivalist

What is the secret to having the extra skill gem slot? I'm running 12, but Misox is running 13 with no Unset Ring.

GrimShadow•4h ago

The extra slot in the endgame part of the build comes from the potent amulet that will give you the wolf pack, and you can then allocate dominion to it using the liquids

ShinyDragon•1d ago

i have a question i'm trying to create chilled ground using kelari deception but i can't create any? do i have to kill a Mod to create chill ground or is there something i am missing?
PS : i was using sand/fire and not navira so my passive skill tree is a bit different

so does the passive skill tree matter to create chilled ground?

Truex•1d ago

You create chilled ground by using an empowered Ice Nova. You have to cast Frost Bomb first, get the 2 infusions and then use Ice Nova.

StoneDragon•20h ago

so not following the build and then wondering why wont work.

you need to follow the guide bro.

-1

IronRobot•1d ago

any tips for juiced endgame survivability? Got 8.6k ES but still sometimes gets 1 shotted

RichDagger•2d ago

Why arcane surge mod?

Truex•1d ago

He doesnt have arcane surge, but he takes those notables around his time lost sapphire to get the additional bonus's.

You dont have to do that though, just use very good rare gems and put the points elsewhere

RichDagger•2d ago

Why Mind Over Matter?????

Truex•1d ago

bc of his time lost sapphire, read what he wrote : Due to Mobalytics and PoB not showing the size of Time Lost Jewels properly with Baryanic Leylines, it looks like we just take a bunch of garbage nodes around MoM for no reason. BUT - that is not the case. We take a lot of those "random nodes" because they give us a ton of bonuses from our Time-Lost Sapphire Jewels.