Tornado Shot
Deadeye/Ranger
Starter Build

Updated for Patch 3.19

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Tornado Shot Ranger is one of the most well-rounded ranged builds in Path of Exile. It's considered a very high-budget end-game farming build that in most cases uses the Headhunter Belt to gain additional bonuses by quickly killing Rare enemies, but the following Guide doesn't revolve around it. Our recommended setup is a budget/starter version of this extremely popular and enjoyable build which requires no specific Unique Items and can be technically played on a very low budget. It's mainly oriented around farming low and mid Tier content, as the build will underperform when it comes to taking down Tier 16+ Bosses (though it's still more than viable to do so). We decided not to use any expensive Uniques, and limit the budget of this build by not going to use a very expensive Crafted Bow and stack Dexterity, but rather use easy-to-obtain common gear - mainly centered around high Elemental DPS Rare Bow that should be relatively easy to craft using Essences. Using Crystallised Omniscience or stacking Attributes is extremely expensive in the long run, which does not align with the purpose of this build.

This build is also extremely flexible. Players can freely choose between going either a full glass cannon (it requires kiting experience) or keeping a balance between offense and defense. Keep in mind that if you can't stay alive the build loses its' purpose - it's meant to be extremely fast.

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1. Gameplay

This build is very straightforward. Tornado Shot Deadeye is a ranged DPS class, that deals massive damage, and requires the player to kite and avoid enemy attacks. In order to be fully viable certain defensive mechanics have to be put to work, otherwise, you won't be able to fully utilize this class's potential. This build also provides amazing AoE, while may lack single-target DPS high-tier maps. This makes this build require a second 5/6 linked item to put the Ranged Attack Totem skill in it to add extra damage against Bosses

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

Leveling as a Ranger is of the easiest kind. It usually is more than enough to upgrade your gear with the self-found items, and the build itself provides a great balance between offense and defense. You can use at least a couple of bow skills that will do just fine, with either higher single or AoE DPS. We recommend using Burning Arrow (or other Bow Attacks that you can get for completing the first quest - content is easy enough to pick any of them) early on and replace it with Tornado Shot at level 28. Convert your Damage to Cold via Hrimsorrow. Keep using these Gloves until founding another way to convert your damage, like by masteries, items, or Anomalous Tornado Shot. You won't need to convert all of it as a lot of damage will be added (via Gems and affixes).

Suggested leveling Gem setups:

Burning Arrow setup
	Burning Arrow - one of the first available bow skills in PoE. It will do just fine until you get the Tornado Shot Gem. You can also use other Elemental Damage Attacks such as Ice Shot.
	Added Fire Damage Support - great buff to your DPS
	Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support - this will make your BA quite viable for clearing bigger packs as well

Tornado Shot setup
	Tornado Shot - You should start using Tornado Shot as soon as it becomes available. Try to use (and level up) as many support Gems you plan to use later on with this setup. This always makes the transition to your final build much easier
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - you can use this Gem shortly after you get the TS running, just buy it as soon as you reach level 38
	Mirage Archer Support - summons a Mirage Archer on your back which uses Tornado Shot with reduced Attack Speed. Greatly increases your clear speed and shortens your leveling
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - increases Elemental Damage dealt with supported Attacks. It's also one of the recommended end-game Gems
	Inspiration Support - increases Elemental Damage and Critical Strike Chance and lowers Mana Cost
	Added Cold Damage Support - adds Cold Damage to your Attacks, a simple DPS boost

Utility Gems
	Lightning Golem - the recommended Golem for this build which increases your Attack and Cast Speed
	Assassin's Mark - the recommended curse option for this build. You can start using it manually as soon as you reach level 24.  You can link it with  Mark on Hit Support.
	Herald of Ice - adds moderate DPS buff, as well as it's one of the recommended endgame Spells so you might want to start leveling it up early. Shatters frozen enemies causing an explosion.
	Precision - adds Accuracy and increases Critical Strike Chance.
	Purity of Elements - if you don't have an expensive leveling gear you will lack Elemental Resistances, pick this aura to solve the problem. It also grants immunity to Chill, Freeze, Ignite, and Shock, very useful.

Bandits:

We recommend helping Alira for an increased Critical Strike Multiplier and Elemental Resistances

Leveling Skill Trees:

35 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Finesse 2) Cold Mastery 3) Herbalism 4) Master Fletcher/King of the Hill 5) Aspect of the Eagle

70 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Clever Thief 2) Blood Drinker 3) Elemental Focus4) Assassination 5) Forces of Nature 6) Revenge of the Hunter 7) Will of Blades

Recommended leveling items:

Blackheart - great physical DPS leveling Rings. You can use two of them for a massive DPS bonus on lower levels

Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks 5% increased Physical Damage Adds 1 to 3 Chaos Damage to Attacks +(20-30) to maximum Life (2-4) Life Regenerated per second 10% chance to Cause Monsters to Flee

Praxis - If you're using Tabula Rasa you will quickly run out of Mana without this Ring.

+(20-30) to maximum Mana +(30-60) to maximum Mana Regenerate (3-6) Mana per second -(8-4) to Total Mana Cost of Skills 8% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana

Meginord's Girdle - an extremely powerful belt, which can be used even as an endgame item for certain versions of this build

+(25-35) to Strength +25 to Strength Adds 10 to 20 Physical Damage to Attacks 10% increased maximum Life +(10-20)% to Cold Resistance 25% increased Flask Life Recovery rate

Karui Ward - amazing DPS and movement speed bonuses granted by this amulet, make it the best in slot leveling item for most ranger's builds

+(20-30) to Dexterity +(20-30) to Strength +100 to Accuracy Rating 30% increased Projectile Speed 10% increased Movement Speed 30% increased Projectile Damage

Hrimsorrow - nearly-mandatory gloves, there's no better way to convert your Damage to Cold, and that would allow you for a much better setup.

+(20-30) to Strength +(40-50) to Evasion Rating +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Reflects 100 Cold Damage to Melee Attackers

Stormcloud - the first unique bow we suggest using, available from level 8

No Physical Damage Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage (36-50)% increased Attack Speed

Doomfletch - another recommended unique bow. Has level requirement of 28

(20-24)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Adds (12-16) to (20-24) Physical Damage (10-14)% increased Attack Speed 60% increased Mana Regeneration Rate Gain 100% of Bow Physical Damage as Extra Damage of an Element

Death's Opus - one of the most powerful leveling bows in PoE. Grants amazing DPS with the 2 additional arrows, and it just might carry you till the mapping phase with proper supporting gear (mainly with added flat physical damage)

(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance (100-125)% increased Physical Damage Adds (10-20) to (30-35) Physical Damage 10% increased Attack Speed +100% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier 2 additional Arrows

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

107 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster or Unique Jewels)
115 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Ricochet
2. Gathering Winds
3. Endless Munitions
4. Focal Point

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of the Brine King: You cannot be Stunned if you've been Stunned or Blocked a Stunning Hit in the past 2 seconds - with very useful Freeze immunity from bonus objectives

Minor God: Soul of Garukhan: 60% reduced Effect of Shock on you with Blind and Maim immunity if you capture the Dig Map Boss

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Tornado Shot
	Tornado Shot - Your main DPS skill. It grants amazing AoE, and very good single-target DPS as secondary projectiles can hit the same target. Use Anomalous Version for easy conversion.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - one of the best support Gem for farming with TS ranger
	Chain Support - your projectiles will Chain multiple times, boosting your DPS and clear speed (furthermore, the Projectiles can Chain from and to Hydrosphere as well)
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - boots the Elemental Damage significantly, making it a core Support Gem for this purely Elemental Build
	Inspiration Support - grants high bonus Elemental Damage as well as reduces Tornado Shot's Mana Cost
	Trinity Support - you're dealing more than one type of Elemental Damage, use this Support Gem for its value in those kinds of situations, if not, replace it with  Added Cold Damage Support.

[DPS] Ballista Totem Tornado Shot
	Tornado Shot - a secondary setup used by Ranged Attack Totems for extra Boss DPS
	Focused Ballista Support - Ballistas will Attack alongside you, making them fire at a much faster rate
	Ballista Totem Support - Tornado Shot is fired via Ballista Totem, you will be able to have up to 3 of them at the same time
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
	Inspiration Support
	Added Cold Damage Support - adds extra Cold Damage to Attacks

[UTILITY] Auras setup
	Precision - increases your Critical Strike Chance and Accuracy Rating making it one of the most important Auras
	Summon Skitterbots - Skitterbots Chill and Shock, which is great when combined with Secrets of Suffering. If you don't have the Interrogation, use  Herald of Ice instead
	Grace - increased and added Evasion Rating to Evade Attacks
	Enlighten Support - lowers the Reservation cost of linked Mana-Reserving Skills. It will be more important if you plan to use Interrogation with Skitterbots. It's not mandatory

[UTILITY] Tornado setup
	Tornado - Tornado is an Orb type of Spell that you can Hit with Projectiles to enhance it, it chases down enemies and deals damage based on the damage it received from you
	Culling Strike Support - Tornado Kills enemies below 10% of their Maximum Life
	Power Charge on Critical Support - Tornado grants Power Charges on Critical Strike
	Onslaught Support - your Tornado will grant you the Onslaught buff for increased Attack and Movement Speed. This Gem here can save you some money for the Boots' affix

[MOBILITY] Dash
	Dash - a very quick and convenient Mobility Skill

[MOBILITY] Phase Run
	Phase Run - increases your Movement Speed, Stealth, and grants you Phasing

[UTILITY] Mark/Curse
	Sniper's Mark - a Curse that makes your Projectiles deal more Damage, and Split into four enemies after Hit. It also grants you Life and Mana Flask Charges on Kill
	Mark on Hit Support - Supported Mark is applied to the enemies you Hit with any Attack

5. Gear Setup

Tornado Shot Ranger is an extremely flexible build. Be sure that your Bow deals enough Elemental Damage of more than one type to trigger Trinity Support. The easiest way to do it is to convert your Physical Damage via an Anomalous Tornado Shot. It can be fully viable even with a very tight budget. While our list of recommended items will include some more expensive gear options, this can be always replaced with cheaper alternatives for the leveling/early mapping phase.

It's a relatively cheap build, maybe not so for a starter, but still. If you are unable to afford the recommended items, we are delighted to invite you to visit our Path of Exile marketplace where you can restock any type of PoE Currency.

The recommended items from our list will:

1. Help you cap your resistances 
2. Give you enough DPS and Life to start mapping successfully
3. You will save at least a couple of hours since all the item requirements are listed

(Helmet) Rat's Nest - beginner and budget-friendly option for the Helmet slot. Grants a very high DPS bonus and the extra Movement Speed is an amazing addition here

15% increased Attack Speed (60-75)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance 150% increased Evasion Rating (20-25)% increased Rarity of Items found 10% increased Movement Speed 10% reduced Character Size

(Helmet) Devoto's Devotion - another Helmet worth mentioning. Grants extra Chaos Resistance, Movement Speed, and Attack Speed

10% reduced Physical Damage +(50-65) to Dexterity 16% increased Attack Speed (150-200)% increased Armour and Evasion +(15-25)% to Chaos Resistance 20% increased Movement Speed Mercury Footprints

(Helmet) Starkonja's Head - A cheap and generally good for such a build Helmet. It has all the basic stats that would benefit your character

+(50-70) to Dexterity 50% reduced Damage when on Low Life 10% increased Attack Speed 25% increased Global Critical Strike Chance (100-130)% increased Evasion Rating +(80-100) to maximum Life 150% increased Global Evasion Rating when on Low Life

(Helmet) The Fledgling - Grants you Far Shot and a lot of Projectile Damage - it's an offensive option

(150-200)% increased Armour and Evasion (30-50)% increased Projectile Speed (30-50)% increased Projectile Damage Projectiles cannot collide with Enemies at Close Range Far Shot

Helmet enchantment: Tornado Shot fires 2 additional secondary Projectiles (clear speed)

(Weapon) Rare Bow - preferably Harbinger Bow for the extra Crit. Chance. You are looking for the highest added Elemental DPS that you can afford.

Min. requirements: 450 Elemental DPS Added Fire, Lightning, or Cold Damage Optional affixes: Increased Critical Strike Multiplier Attacks Penetrate #% of Elemental or Cold Resistance Chance to deal double damage

(Weapon) Windripper - it's the go-to Bow for a cheap Elemental-type build, it has good enough base stats, but it is later recommended to switch to another Weapon. It will also slightly increases your Loot on lower Tier Maps

(20-24)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Adds (48-60) to (72-90) Cold Damage Adds 1 to (120-150) Lightning Damage (10-15)% increased Attack Speed (30-40)% increased Critical Strike Chance 15% increased Quantity of Items Dropped by Slain Frozen Enemies 30% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Slain Shocked Enemies

(Quiver) The Shattered Divinity - It's a good Quiver, it adds a lot of Elemental Damage and summons a Harbinger of Directions, a very powerful ally. If it's currently cheap, go get it.

Adds (7-9) to (13-16) Physical Damage to Attacks Grants Summon Greater Harbinger of Directions Skill +(30-50) to Strength and Dexterity Adds (19-22) to (30-35) Fire Damage to Spells and Attacks Adds (19-22) to (30-35) Cold Damage to Spells and Attacks +(15-25)% to Fire and Cold Resistances

(Quiver) Rare Quiver - simply look for extra DPS bonuses like Critical Strike Chance/Multiplier and Added Elemental Damage to Attacks

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 25% Critical Strike Multiplier  Adds # to # Elemental Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: Elemental Damage with Attacks Bow Attacks fire an additional Arrow Elemental/Chaos Resistance Global Critical Strike Chance

(Body Armour) Hyrri's Ire - adds a lot of Cold Damage to Attacks, has a lot of Evasion Rating, Spell Suppression Chance, and Dexterity

+(40-50) to Dexterity (140-220)% increased Evasion Rating 25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies (105-145) to (160-200) Added Cold Damage with Bow Attacks +30% chance to Suppress Spell Damage

(Body Armour) Rare Evasion Armour - a solid option depending on your budget on this piece. Reducing the Mana Cost of your Tornado Shot here makes this build much smoother to play, and removes the necessity of using a Mana Flask, but the additional chance for Critical Strike results in much more damage.

Min. requirements: 100 maximum Life 60% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Attacks have +#% to Critical Strike Chance Socketed Attacks have -15 to Total Mana Cost High Evasion Chance to Suppress Spell Damage Attributes

(Boots) Rare Boots - get a pair with the highest maximum Life bonus you can afford

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 20% increased Movement Speed 60% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Attributes Chance to Suppress Spell Damage

(Boots) Atziri's Step - a budget-friendly alternative that offers a high Movement Speed bonus and Evasion, but has no additional Resistances

180% increased Evasion Rating +(55-75) to maximum Life 30% increased Movement Speed +(21-24)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage

Boot enchantment: 16% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've Killed Recently Adds 45 to 68 Fire Damage if you've Killed Recently

(Belt) Stygian Vise - this is the best base for your Belt thanks to the extra Abyssal Socket it provides. Just look for extra Life and Resistances here, damage bonuses are less relevant here

Min. requirements: 80 maximum Life 70% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Attributes Maximum Life %

(Amulet) Rare Amulet - can offer a wide variety of valuable stats. In our setup, we took all the missing Strength and Intelligence Attributes, as Amulets are always good items for that purpose

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 50 Strength 50 Intelligence 28% Global Critical Strike Multiplier Optional affixes: Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Added Elemental Damage to Attacks Global Critical Strike Chance

(Amulet) Marylene's Fallacy - one of the best budget Amulets for this build. It grants simply massive Crit. Multiplier, and if you are using Interrogation you should be easily able to reach nearly 100% Crit. Chance anyway

+(20-30) to Intelligence +(80-120) to Accuracy Rating +(210-240)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier +(80-100) to Evasion Rating (10-15)% increased Light Radius 40% less Critical Strike Chance Critical Strikes have Culling Strike

Recommended Anointments: Divine Judgment

(Ring) Rare Rings - just grab extra Life, Resistances, and Added Elemental Damage to Attacks.  If needed, also missing Attributes

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 60% Total Elemental Resistances Adds # Elemental Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Accuracy Rating Attributes

(Ring) The Taming - a great Ring for building using Elemental Attacks and causing Elemental Ailments such as this one

+(8-10)% to all Elemental Resistances 20% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Freeze, Shock or Ignite on Enemy +(20-30)% to all Elemental Resistances 30% increased Elemental Damage 10% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite 30% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills

(Ring) Mark of the Elder - If your other Ring is Shaper-influenced it will grant you a very high bonus to Attack Damage - heavily recommended

Adds (3-4) to (10-14) Physical Damage to Attacks 20% chance to Trigger Level 20 Tentacle Whip on Kill Adds (26-32) to (42-48) Cold Damage to Attacks (6-10)% increased maximum Energy Shield (6-10)% increased maximum Life (60-80)% increased Attack Damage if your other Ring is a Shaper Item Cannot be Stunned by Attacks if your other Ring is an Elder Item

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - just Life/Resistances and possibly some DPS bonuses like Attack Speed or added Damage to your Attacks

Min. requirements: 60 maximum Life 75% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Attack Speed Accuracy Rating Projectile Attack Damage Damage while Leeching Added Elemental Damage to Attacks

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - if you are looking to invest some extra Currency into this build, that's one of the ways to do it. Simply look for Attack Damage bonuses, Crit. Multiplier, or Flask Charges gained while affected by Precision

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Jewel) Lioneye's Fall - You can put it near Infused Notable and allocate Claw and Dagger nodes nearby - you can even go for the extremely good Masteries in these Clusters. Pretty much mandatory.

Melee and Melee Weapon Type modifiers in Radius are Transformed to Bow Modifiers

(Jewel) The Interrogation - It's expensive, thus optional - Secrets of Suffering will simply increase your Damage.

Adds Secrets of Suffering

(Jewel) Brutal Restraint - It's mostly used to get more Dexterity and other useful Notables enhancements. If you have one, put it near Fervour. It can be swapped for Lethal Pride for more Strenght if needed (though most of the bonuses on that one may not suit your character in this case)

Denoted service of (500-8000) dekhara in the akhara of (Asenath-Balbala-Nasima) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Maraketh Historic

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - offers a wide variety of useful Passives for Bow builds and allows you to socket two regular Jewels in it (technically, that's one extra Jewel Socket here)

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Arcing Shot 1 Added Passive Skill is Calamitous 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess 1 Added Passive Skill is Fuel the Fight

(Jewel) Rare Abyss Jewels - with high flat Added Damage to Attacks/Bow Attacks and Life

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Added Elemental Damage to Attacks/Bow Attacks Optional affixes: Critical Strike Multiplier Elemental Resistances Attributes

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - this should provide extra Life and damage bonuses

Recommended affixes: increased maximum Life increased Projectile Damage/Damage with Bows increased Attack Speed Optional affixes: increased Projectile Speed increased Global Critical Strike Chance increased Global Critical Strike Multiplier

(Flask) Dying Sun - grants a great DPS buff via the two additional projectiles

+50% to Fire Resistance 20% less Fire Damage taken (125-150)% increased Charges per use (60-40)% less Duration (10-20)% increased Area of Effect during Flask Effect Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during Flask Effect

Suggested Flasks: Divine Life Flask with Bleed immunity/removal Diamond Flask with additional Crit. Strike suffix Jade Flask with random ailment immunity/removal or extra Evasion Quicksilver Flask for extra mobility

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