Tornado

For the item skill previously known as "Tornado", see Twister.

TornadoSpell, Duration, Physical, AoE, Orb
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (15-25) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (55-95)%Requires Level 34Create a Tornado that hinders and repeatedly damages enemies around it. It will move forward for a duration, during which your projectiles can collide with it to deal damage as though it was an enemy. Then it will chase down enemies for a secondary duration, and reflect a portion of the damage it took from your projectiles to them in addition to its own damage.Deals (31-414) to (46-620) Physical Damage
Base duration is 1.50 seconds
Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds
During initial Duration, can be hit by your Projectiles up to 20 times
Deals Damage every 0.25 seconds
Reflects 10% of Damage Taken to Enemies
Enemies in range are Hindered
Tornado has (0-57)% increased Movement Speed
Maximum 1 Tornado

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Tornado has (1-20)% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 34Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemTornado

Tornado is a skill that creates a tornado that repeatedly damages enemies around it. It will move forward for a duration, during which your projectiles can collide with it to deal damage as though it was an enemy. Then it will chase down enemies for a secondary duration, and reflect a portion of the damage it took, in addition to its own damage.

Skill functions and interactions

• Duration: Skill effect duration affects both the initial duration and the secondary duration.
• Tornado can only be hit by projectiles that can collide with enemies, meaning skills like Rolling MagmaRolling MagmaSpell, AoE, Fire, Projectile, Chaining
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (230-280)%Lob a fiery orb that deals area damage as it hits the ground. The skill chains, bouncing forward to deal damage multiple times.Deals (9-1245) to (12-1868) Fire Damage
  +(0-0.4) metres to radius
  Chains +(2-3) Times
  Projectiles can Chain when impacting the ground
  Projectiles do not change direction when Chaining
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Chains +(0.1-2) TimesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. or CremationCremationSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration, Projectile, Orb
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%Requires Level 28A targeted corpse explodes, dealing area damage and turning into a volcanic geyser, which will repeatedly unleash projectiles sequentially over the surrounding area for a duration. The explosion of the corpse is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.Fires Projectiles every 1.0 seconds
  Base duration is 8.00 seconds
  Deals (49-434) to (74-651) Fire Damage
  Fires 4 Projectiles
  Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (4-5)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
  Maximum of 3 Geysers at a time
  +(0-0.3) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires Projectiles (0.5-10)% fasterPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can't contribute to Tornado's reflected damage.
• Stats like penetration can lower the Tornado's defensive stats for the purpose of damage calculation, but it cannot be debuffed directly.
• Because Tornado's reflected damage is not considered projectile damage, none of its damage can benefit from stats like Sniper's MarkSniper's MarkSpell, Curse, Mark
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Curses a single enemy, increasing the damage they take from projectiles, and making projectiles split when hitting them, to hit other targets around them. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies take (10-29)% increased Damage from Projectile Hits
  Projectiles which Hit Cursed Enemies Split towards 2 additional targets
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed enemies take (0.25-5)% increased Damage from Projectile HitsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s Cursed enemies take % increased Damage from Projectile Hits.
• Tornado is never considered an enemy on Full Life nor an enemy that cannot have Life Leeched from them.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Physical Damage	Movement Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	34	50	35	15	55%	31 to 46	N/A	0	0
2	36	52	36	15	55%	36 to 54	3%	252595	252595
3	38	55	38	16	60%	42 to 63	6%	314394	566989
4	40	58	40	16	60%	49 to 73	9%	388734	955723
5	42	60	42	17	60%	57 to 85	12%	477437	1433160
6	44	63	44	18	65%	66 to 99	15%	583786	2016946
7	46	66	46	18	65%	76 to 115	18%	710359	2727305
8	48	68	48	19	70%	88 to 133	21%	1355511	4082816
9	50	71	49	19	70%	102 to 153	24%	1138877	5221693
10	52	74	51	20	70%	118 to 177	27%	1368233	6589926
11	54	76	53	20	75%	136 to 204	30%	1638338	8228264
12	56	79	55	21	75%	157 to 235	33%	1956648	10184912
13	58	82	57	21	80%	181 to 271	36%	3655184	13840096
14	60	84	59	22	80%	208 to 312	39%	3017327	16857423
15	62	87	60	22	85%	239 to 358	42%	3576232	20433655
16	64	90	62	23	85%	274 to 411	45%	9164731	29598386
17	66	92	64	24	90%	315 to 472	48%	17861428	47459814
18	68	95	66	24	90%	361 to 541	51%	46032386	93492200
19	69	96	67	24	90%	386 to 580	54%	87248039	180740239
20	70	98	68	25	95%	414 to 620	57%	157972052	338712291
21	72	100	70	25	95%	474 to 711	60%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	26	95%	542 to 813	63%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	26	95%	620 to 930	66%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	27	95%	709 to 1064	69%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	27	95%	810 to 1215	72%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	28	95%	925 to 1388	75%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	28	95%	1057 to 1585	78%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	29	95%	1206 to 1808	81%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	30	95%	1375 to 2063	84%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	30	95%	1568 to 2352	87%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	30	95%	1674 to 2511	88%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	31	95%	1787 to 2680	90%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	31	95%	1907 to 2861	91%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	31	95%	2035 to 3053	93%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	31	95%	2172 to 3258	94%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	32	95%	2318 to 3477	96%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	32	95%	2473 to 3710	97%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	32	95%	2639 to 3958	99%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	33	95%	2815 to 4222	100%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	33	95%	3003 to 4504	102%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Tornado can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Tornado can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Tornado.

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 Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Tornado Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Tornado Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Movement Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Tornado has 20% increased Movement Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Movement Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Tornado has 30% increased Movement Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Tornado Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Tornado Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Tornado Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Tornado has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Shark Tornado EffectShark Tornado EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Tornado becomes a Shark Effect.	Your Tornado becomes a Shark Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Now has 55% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 95% at gem level 20 (previously 95% at all gem levels).
3.23.0	Quality now causes Tornado to have 0-20% increased Movement Speed (previously 0-10%).
3.17.0	Tornado now deals 31 to 46 Physical Damage at gem level 1 (previously 31 to 47) up to 414 to 620 at gem level 20 (previously 290 to 435). Now has 95% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 65%).
3.16.0	Tornado has been added to the game.