Important Tree Nodes

The best ascendancy order is Gathering Winds, Ricochet, Endless Munitions, and Wind Ward. The Leech Mastery with Clever Thief should be taken for 1% life leech and 1% mana leech and works with both physical damage and elemental damage. The increased critical strike chance and increased critical strike multiplier nodes are also important for a huge damage increase once you have a high critical strike chance bow. The Mana Mastery should also be taken for 12% increased mana reservation efficiency so that you can use the recommended reservation skills. This is a magic find build that sacrifices some increased life and defenses on equipment so make sure and pick up all of the nearby life percent nodes on the tree for survival.

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Defensive Layers

The Budget Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye build has ratings lower than non-magic find builds and they should be. You will have less life than a standard bow build because you will be using magic find items. Tornado Shot is the ideal skill for magic finding on a low budget because it can still survive by not taking hits while dealing damage from afar with an inexpensive tri-elemental bow. The Gathering Winds ascendancy also gives Gale Force which improves your damage and mobility and the Wind Ward ascendancy gives 3% less damage taken per Gale Force.

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Gems

 

Weapon (6-link)

Tornado Shot

Trinity Support

Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

Awakened Greater Multiple Projectile Support

Increased Critical Strikes Support

Increased Critical Damage Support

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Armour (6-link)

Frenzy

Manaforged Arrows Support

Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support

Power Charge On Critical Support

Increased Critical Strikes Support

Culling Strike Support

Note: Increased Critical Strikes Support should be replaced by a legacy Item Quantity Support in Standard)

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Helmet (4-link)

Steelskin

Enduring Cry

Empower Support

Call To Arms

 

Gloves (4-link)

Summon Ice Golem

Minion Life Support

Culling Strike Support

Flame Dash

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Boots (4-link)

Grace

Haste

Dread Banner

Enlighten Support

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Reservation Skills

Grace is the best defensive aura for this build and gives very high evasion. Haste increases your attack speed and movement speed and is the best offensive aura for this build. Dread Banner is selected to give a 20% chance to Impale, 20% increased Impale effect, and lowers the accuracy of nearby enemies. Haste can be used once you have the 12% increased mana reservation efficiency from the Mana Mastery and a level 4 Enlighten Support to lower the mana reservation cost of your skills.

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Gem Notes​​

1. Steelskin is the recommended guard skill for this build because Immortal Call requires you to use potions more often and Molten Shell requires very high armor to be effective.

2. Blood Rage gives increased attack speed and a chance to generate Frenzy charges on kills. Blood Rage can replace Increased Duration Support in the helmet slot if you can counter the self damage of Blood Rage with life leech.

3. You should use Increased Critical Strikes Support and Increased Critical Damage Support instead of Awakened Added Cold Damage Support and Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support once you have a bow with a high critical strike chance.

4. Frenzy is linked to Manaforged Arrows Support for utility. Frenzy generates a Frenzy charge on hit, kills enemies at 10% life with Culling Strike Support, and generates Power charges with Power Charge on Critical Support.

5. Summon Ice Golem gives an increase to critical strike chance and accuracy, replenishes 2% life on Culling Strike, kills enemies at 10% life with Culling Strike Support, and provides an extra target for enemies to attack.

6. If you would prefer a Ranger build that can make use of a very high damage physical damage bow you can also view the Lightning Arrow Deadeye Guide here Lightning Arrow Deadeye.

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Equipment

 

Weapon

Rare Tri-Elemental Bow

Look for added lightning damage, added fire damage, added cold damage, bow fires 1-2 additional arrows, increased critical strike chance, and increased attack speed. In Standard you can also optionally look for a bow with a strong Crucible tree which gives bonuses that can greatly increase the damage of your bow.

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Quiver

Rare Quiver

Look for modifiers like high life, increased chaos resistances, increased critical strike chance, increased critical strike multiplier, increased damage with bow skills, added elemental damage, attack speed, and bow attacks fire an additional arrow.

 

Armour

​Greed's Embrace

Gives up to 15% increased quantity of items found, 50% increased rarity of items found, 30% cold resistance, -20% lightning resistance, -10% fire resistance, and 20% reduced movement speed. It's an inexpensive body armour so you should also look for a high increased damage corruption once you have enough currency.

 

Helmet

Rare Resistance Helmet

Look for high life, chaos resistance, high elemental resistances, and optionally damage taken as an element. You should also use Eldritch Embers and Eldritch Ichors to roll physical damage taken recouped as life and physical damage taken as fire damage.

 

Belt

Perandus Blazon

Gives up to 8% increased quantity of items found, 30 to all attributes, 20% fire resistance, 20% increased flask effect duration, -2 physical damage taken from attack hits, and optionally an increased elemental resistances corruption.

 

Gloves

Sadima's Touch

Gives up to 10% increased quantity of items found, 1-13 lightning damage added to attacks, 4-8 fire damage to attacks, and energy shield. You should also look for an Elemental Weakness curse on hit corruption which is important.

 

Boots

Goldwyrm

Gives up to 20% increased quantity of items found, 50% fire resistance, 60% increased mana regeneration, and 10% movement speed. You should also look for a +2 to level of socketed aura gems or AoE gems corruption.

 

Amulet

Rare Amulet (Talisman)

Look for increased attributes, life, increased critical strike multiplier, increased critical strike chance, added elemental damage, and item rarity. If you can afford it you should also get the amulet as a talisman which can have up to 10% increased quantity of items found. You can use 20 Fertile Catalysts on the amulet if its not a talisman to increase its life bonus.

Carnage Heart

The budget option gives up to 56 to all attributes, 20% to all elemental resistances, 2% life leech, 50% increased recovery from life leech, and 40% increased damage while leeching. You can also use 20 Intrinsic Catalysts to increase its attribute bonus.

 

Rings

Ventor's Gamble x2

Ventor's Gamble gives up to 10% increased quantity of items found, 55% increased rarity of items found, 60 life, and 50% increased fire, cold, and lightning resistances. You should also use Fertile Catalysts on the rings to increase their life bonuses.

Thief's Torment

The budget option has up to 16% increased quantity of items found, 50% to all elemental resistances, 60 life per enemy hit with attacks, 30 mana per enemy hit by attacks, and 50% reduced effect of curses on you, but you will only be able to use one ring.

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Tattoo (Standard Only)

Tattoo of the Ramako

This tattoo can replace the small dexterity node next to the Perfect Agony node to make skills fire an additional projectile.

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Utility Flasks

Atziri's Promise (legacy is better)

Magic find builds are hard pressed for chaos resistances. Atziri's Promise gives up to 35% chaos resistance, 8% physical damage as extra chaos damage, 8% elemental damage as extra chaos damage, and 2% of chaos damage leeched as life. The legacy version is much better and has much higher damage as extra chaos damage. You should also use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Dying Sun (legacy is better)

Gives two extra arrows, 20% increased area of effect, 50% fire resistance, and 20% reduced fire damage taken. The legacy version is better. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Diamond Flask

Gives 100% increased critical strike chance. Look to roll Bleeding and Corrupted Blood immunity and use Instilling Orbs until you automatically use the flask whenever you are Bleeding.

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Anointment

You should anoint your amulet with Prismatic Skin for +2 to maximum elemental resistances at Cassia with a Silver Oil, Golden Oil, and Golden Oil to improve this builds defenses and make up for having significantly less life as a magic find build.

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Enchants (Standard Only)

Helm: Steelskin Buff Can Take 45% Increased Amount Of Damage

Gloves: Commandment of Blades

Feet: 16% Increased Attack Speed if you've Killed Recently

Belt: 30% Increased Accuracy While You Have Onslaught

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Bandits

The best bandit to help in Act 2 on a critical strike build is Alira because she gives 15% to all elemental resistances, 20% increased critical strike multiplier, and 5 mana regeneration per second which are all very beneficial.

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Pantheon

Soul of Solaris is the best major Pantheon power and gives 6% reduced physical damage taken when only one enemy is present, a 20% chance to take 50% less area damage, 8% reduced elemental damage taken if you haven't been hit recently, take no extra damage from critical strikes if you've been hit with a critical strike recently, and a 50% chance to avoid elemental ailments from critical strikes. Soul of Ryslatha is the best minor power and gives 60% increased life recovery from flasks at low life, life flask charges every 3 seconds if you haven't used a life flask recently, and enemies you hit have 50% reduced life regeneration.

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Leveling Gear

 

Weapon

Silverbranch

Silverbranch is a level one bow with +1 to level of socketed bow gems, increased attack speed, accuracy, and mana on kill.

Roth's Reach

Requires level 18 and gives high physical damage, 80% increased elemental damage with attacks, and skills chain +2 times.

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Quiver

Craghead

This level four quiver gives up to 7-14 added physical damage and 25% reduced projectile speed.

Hyrri's Bite

Requires level 12 and gives strength, dexterity, intelligence, attack speed, area of effect, and adds cold damage to attacks. 

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Armour

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa is a level one chest armour with six white sockets which allows you to link any skill and support gems together for much higher damage at an earlier level. You can also get a Tabula Rasa with a high increased damage corruption which also requires level one for fairly cheap from the trade site.

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Helmet

Goldrim

A great level one resistance helmet with up to 40% to all elemental resistances and 10% increased rarity of items found.

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Gloves

Lochtonial Caress

Level one gloves that give up to 15% increased attack speed, 15% increased cast speed, and a 15% chance to generate an Endurance, Power, or Frenzy charge on kill.

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Boots

Wondertrap

Wondertrap boots require level nine and give up to 30 strength, 30 dexterity, 30 intelligence, and 25% movement speed.

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Amulet

The Kurai Ward

A level five amulet that gives up to 30 strength, 30 dexterity, 100 accuracy, and 30% increased projectile damage.

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Rings

Perandus Signets

You can use two Perandus Signets at level one that each give up to 65% mana regeneration, 65 mana, 2% increased intelligence for each unique item equipped, and 2% increased experience.

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Flasks

Quicksilver Flask

This flask can be used at level four and gives 40% increased movement speed which helps speed up the leveling process. This flask can also have increased attack speed or movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Silver Flask

This flask gives Onslaught which gives increased attack speed, cast speed, and movement speed as early as level 27 and can have increased attack speed or movement speed as a second modifier. You should use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever it has full charges.

Bottled Faith (use a Sulphur Flask for 40% increased damage if you can't afford Bottled Faith)

This endgame flask requires level 27 and gives 40% increased damage, consecrated ground, 150% increased critical strike chance against enemies on consecrated ground, and increases enemies damage taken by 10% on consecrated ground. You should also use Instilling Orbs on the flask until you automatically use the flask whenever you hit a rare or unique enemy.

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Leveling Gems

Galvanic Arrow is the best elemental bow skill to use at level one because it has multiple projectiles without a support gem. You can switch to the higher damage Ice Shot with Volley Support at level 4 and to Lesser Multiple Projectile Support at level 12. Tornado Shot which is your endgame skill can be used once you reach level 28. Make sure and pick up a Steelskin gem once you've reached level four and have 16 strength for a defensive guard skill. Dash also requires level four and can be used as your travel skill early in the game. 

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Upgrades

Death's Harp is a great upgrade to Roth's Reach at level 32. You can later upgrade your bow to Death's Opus at level 44 for a bow with high critical strike modifiers and two additional arrows. Carnage Heart is the budget amulet for the build and can be equipped as early as level 20 for up to 56 to all attributes and 20% increased elemental resistances. You can also upgrade to two Praxis rings at level 22 to reduce the mana costs of all skills by up to 16 which allows you to use utility flasks instead of mana flasks. Many of the items in the section above last all the way until the midgame where better items will become available.

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And that's all for the Tornado Shot Guide! For more about Path of Exile you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.

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