Gara

Support / Healer

Enemies are made fragile by Gara’s deadly touch. Gara’s vitric abilities provide her and her allies with survivability and deal high damage. Shatter the foe.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Vazarin
Polarities: MaduraiMadurai
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 270
Armor: 160
Energy: 175
Sprint Speed: 1.15
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Enemies are made fragile by Gara’s deadly touch. Built around Shattered Lash, Splinter Storm, Spectrorage.

Passive

A chance to create a radial blind lasting several seconds when Gara casts Abilities.

When to Pick

You want a support / healer toolkit and Gara’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Gara brings — especially Shattered Lash.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Gara’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

Shattered Lash (Ability 1): Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.
Splinter Storm (Ability 2): Gara's armor splinters into a maelstrom of shattered glass.
Spectrorage (Ability 3): Trap enemies in a carousel of mirrors, forcing them to attack visions of their true selves.
Mass Vitrify (Ability 4): Create an expanding ring of molten glass that slowly crystallizes enemies who enter.

Abilities & Augments

1
Shattered Lash →
Energy 25
Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike. Stats are boosted by the equipped mods on Shattered Lash.
Augment
Shattered StormOpen augment →
2
Splinter Storm →
Energy 25
Gara's armor splinters into a maelstrom of shattered glass. Allies who contact the cloud are fortified against damage.
Augment
Mending SplintersOpen augment →
3
Spectrorage →
Energy 25
Trap enemies in a carousel of mirrors, forcing them to attack visions of their true selves. Destroyed mirrors damage their attackers, as does the collapse of the carousel.
Augment
SpectrosiphonOpen augment →
4
Mass Vitrify →
Energy 25
Create an expanding ring of molten glass that slowly crystallizes enemies who enter. When the expansion is complete, the ring hardens to block weapons fire. The ring draws extra strength from the health and shields of crystallized enemies. Use Shattered Lash to smash the ring and send razor-sharp glass flying.
No augment

Ability Priority

1
Splinter Storm
Gara's armor splinters into a maelstrom of shattered glass.
2
Mass Vitrify
Create an expanding ring of molten glass that slowly crystallizes enemies who enter.
3
Shattered Lash
Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.
4
Spectrorage
Trap enemies in a carousel of mirrors, forcing them to attack visions of their true selves.

Helminth / Subsume

Shattered Lash is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Splinter Storm and later abilities when they define Gara’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Mod Scaling

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Gara’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Gara if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Gara is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Priority

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Strong	Gara holds up on Steel Path as a support / healer; invest Forma if you plan to main Splinter Storm. Gara's armor splinters into a maelstrom of shattered glass.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Bring Gara when the objective can’t move — Shattered Lash is built for standing your ground. Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Gara’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Gara is not a Spy specialist and Shattered Lash won’t save a loud play. Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike. Enemies are made fragile by Gara’s deadly touch.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Gara still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Shattered Lash handles fights. Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Gara wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Shattered Lash won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike.