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PoE 2 Disciple of Varashta Ascendancy Cheat Sheet

In Path of Exile 2, the Disciple of Varashta is the new Ascendancy class for Sorceress, which centers around summoning the djinns Ruzhan, Kelari, and Navira that assist in your spellcasting. This guide provides an easy and accessible cheat sheet by showing all Ascendancy nodes and what they can offer for your Sorceress build.

All Disciple of Varashta Ascendancy Nodes

Main Ascendancy Passives

Ascendancy Node

Passive Effect

Varashta’s Intuition

  • 100% of Elemental Damage is taken from Mana before Life

The Fourth Teaching

  • -1 second to base Energy Shield Recharge delay
  • 40% more Energy Shield Recharge Rate while on Low Energy Shield

Sacred Rituals

  • 60% of your currency Energy Shield is added to your Armor for determining your Physical Damage Reduction from Armor

Instruments of Power

  • You can equip a Focus while wielding a Staff
  • 50% reduced bonuses from equipped Focus

Baryanic Leylines

  • Non-Unique Time-Lost Jewels have 40% increased radius

Ruzhan, The Blazing Sword

Ascendancy Node

Effect

Tags

Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword

  • Summon Ruzhan, an invulnerable Flame Djinn Minion. Ruzhan emerges to Strike enemies with his greatsword whenever you use a damaging skill and casts Fire Spells when Commanded to do so.
  • Ruzhan deals 10% more damage for each damaging Skill you’ve used recently
  • Persistent
  • Command
  • Fire

Ruzhan’s Trap

  • Command Ruzhan to hurl his greatsword, spreading runes on the ground where it lands. If an enemy steps on a rune, it erupts in a fiery tornado that deals Spell damage.
  • Pierces all Targets
  • AoE
  • Projectile
  • Fire
  • Duration
  • Hazard

Ruzhan’s Fury

  • Command Ruzhan to conjure two volleys of flaming embers and fire them forward. The embers explode on impact, dealing Spell damage.
  • Deals 60% more damage against Immobilized enemies
  • AoE
  • Projectile
  • Fire

Ruzhan’s Reckoning

Command Ruzhan to teleport to a target location. Upon arrival, the Djinn deals Spell damage to enemies around him, then slams his sword into the ground, creating a wave of lava that deals Spell damage.

  • AoE
  • Fire

Navira, the Last Mirage

Ascendancy Node

Effect

Tags

Navira, the Last Mirage

  • Summon Navira, an invulnerable Water Djinn Minion. Navira will only act when you Command her, bestowing Navira’s Calming, which grants you and your allies 67% increased Mana Regeneration for 4 seconds.
  • She can also be Commanded to create a bubble shield, which absorbs a portion of the damage dealt by enemies standing outside the shield. The maximum amount of damage that can be absorbed is based on your mana. If the shield is destroyed, it collapses into Chilled Ground.
  • Persistent
  • Command
  • Cold

Navira’s Fracturing

Command Navira to fracture all nearby areas of Chilled Ground that have enemies standing on them, dealing high Spell damage with 200% more Freeze potential

  • AoE
  • Cold

Navira’s Oasis

Command Navira to convert all Chilled Ground into Navira’s Oasis, granting you and your allies standing on it 0.5 Flask charges per second, 50% of damage taken Recouped as Life and 32% as Mana. Plants in the area become Overgrown

  • AoE
  • Duration

Navira’s Will

Command Navira to bolster your Energy Shield, causing it to begin Recharging immediately and granting you 49% Increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate for 6 seconds.

  • Duration

Kelari, the Tainted Sands

Ascendancy Node

Effect

Tags

Kelari, the Tainted Sands

Summon Kelari, an invulnerable Sand Djinn Minion. Kelari will only act when you Command him. Kelari delivers swift Hits, inflicting Critical Weakness on hit with 50% Increased Critical Damage Bonus.

  • Persistent
  • Command
  • Physical

Kelari’s Malediction

Harness Kelari’s power to passively Consume Corpses in your Presence, causing Corpse Beetle Minions to burst forth. The Beetles passively follow you until Commanded. On your Command, they rush the target and explode

  • Persistent
  • Command
  • Duration

Kelari’s Judgement

Channel and Command Kelari to Channel alongside you, creating blades that hang over the target location that have 100% more Stun buildup. The longer you Channel, the more blades Kelari will create, gaining 125% more damage for each stage, up to 4 max. Upon release, his blades will plunge into the ground and create shockwaves that deal Spell damage

  • AoE
  • Physical
  • Channeling

Kelari’s Deception

Command Kelari to create a blast at the target location that deals Spell damage, and leave behind a clone that persists for a short duration. This skill can store multiple charges, and using it again while a clone is active will cause that clone to explode, dealing 50% more damage.

  • AoE
  • Physical
  • Duration

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