Tornado Shot

Tornado Shot is a ranged attack skill, firing a piercing shot that fires projectiles in all directions when it reaches a targeted location.

Skill functions and interactions

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Path of Exile: TORNADO SHOT Skill Gem Analysis & Mechanics Guide - Patch 1.2

Secondary projectiles: Upon reaching the targeted location, Tornado Shot's projectile explodes and fires three secondary arrows in random directions. No target can be hit by more than one secondary arrow from a single explosion.

Multiple projectiles: When Tornado Shot fires additional projectiles, such as when supported by , the arrows are fired side by side, each exploding and releasing three arrows. Enemies can be hit by secondary arrows released by different primary arrows. This makes Tornado Shot with additional projectiles particularly effective against single targets.

Point Blank: Since Tornado Shots secondary arrows are a continuation of the primary arrows (similar to Chain or Fork), their distance traveled for the purposes of Point Blank includes the distance traveled by their primary projectile as well as their own. This means that targets immediately next to the explosion of a primary arrow do not necessarily take the full +50% damage bonus on the secondary arrow.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	10	100%	100%	0	0
2	31	73	10	101%	101.1%	199345	199345
3	34	79	10	102%	102.1%	285815	485160
4	37	85	10	103%	103.2%	401344	886504
5	40	92	10	104%	104.2%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	11	105%	105.3%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	11	106%	106.3%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	11	107%	107.4%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	11	108%	108.4%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	11	109%	109.5%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	11	111%	110.5%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	11	112%	111.6%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	11	113%	112.6%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	11	114%	113.7%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	11	115%	114.7%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	12	116%	115.8%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	12	117%	116.8%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	12	118%	117.9%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	12	119%	118.9%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	12	120%	120%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	12	121%	121.1%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	12	122%	122.1%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	12	123%	123.2%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	12	124%	124.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	13	125%	125.3%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	13	126%	126.3%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	13	127%	127.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	13	128%	128.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	13	129%	129.5%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	13	131%	130.5%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	13	131%	131.1%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	13	132%	131.6%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	132%	132.1%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	133%	132.6%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	133%	133.2%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	13	134%	133.7%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	13	134%	134.2%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	13	135%	134.7%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	14	135%	135.3%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	14	136%	135.8%	N/A	N/A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Tornado Shot.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Tornado Shot Critical Strike Chance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	60% increased Tornado Shot Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Shot Critical Strike Chance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	90% increased Tornado Shot Critical Strike Chance	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Shot Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Tornado Shot Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Shot Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Tornado Shot Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Shot Num Of Secondary Projectiles 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Tornado Shot fires an additional secondary Projectile	helmet 0
Enchantment Tornado Shot Num Of Secondary Projectiles 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Tornado Shot fires an additional secondary Projectile	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	Tornado Shot's base damage has been increased by a flat 10% at all levels.
2.0.0	Now grants 1% increased projectile damage per 1% quality (was 0.5% per 1% quality). Base Damage has been reduced from 90% to 80% at gem level 1.
1.2.3	The secondary arrow from Tornado Shot has had its effect changed. The secondary arrow no longer leaves a permanent arrow in the environment.
1.2.2	Fixed a bug where Tornado Shot would hit the same monster multiple times when it chained or returned.
1.2.1	Fixed a bug where arrow pierce would not apply to Tornado Shot.
1.2.0	Tornado Shot has been added to the game.