Tornado Druid Endgame Build Guide

If you are fresh in Torment 1 coming from a leveling guide, this is where you begin. Since only some Aspects can be guaranteed from Dungeon unlocks for the Codex of Power, focus on acquiring the additional aspects via gambling with Murmuring Obols.

Gear & Skills

Early on in your progression, focus on Armor & Resistances to survive. Each Torment difficulty adds a penalty of -250 Armor and -25% all Res and it's recommended to keep both capped (1000 Armor, 75+ Res) at all times. As you unlock higher power gear, Masterworking levels and more Paragon points, you naturally scale your character into the higher difficulties and can start replacing some of these rolls with offensive or utility stats.

• Besides Retaliation and Stormchaser's, the Human variant of Tornado Druid lacks impactful aspects.
  • Take advantage of Inner Calm and Conceited via Earthen Bulwark's extended duration, Poise and Bottled Wind to optimize your damage output.
• Leverage Petrify against Elites and Bosses, and Temper Petrify Duration + Crowd Control Duration to improve both the uptime of Prime Petrify and Innate Cyclone Armor.
  • Temper Petrify Cooldown Reduction and Cyclone Armor Cooldown Reduction to help you cast them more often.
• Early on you might struggle with Tornado's Spirit costs. To optimize your performance, ensure you have equipped Reactive Ooze and Gift of the Stag.
  • However, if you're still having issues, use gear with Spirit per Second affixes and select Energize as your Wolf Spirit Boon.
  • Additionally, leverage Resource Cost Reduction, and Imprint Resource Aspects (such as Umbral's and Vocalized Empowerment) for their Spirit generation.
• At the start of your journey prioritize your material resources. Imprint sparingly, don't exhaust your resources on rerolling perfect gear as it is very likely to get replaced later on.
  • Focus on the major power increases from Paragon and Glyphs until you begin collecting Uniques.
• Upon reaching Thunderstruck in your Paragon Board, be mindful of your Damage to Close and Damage to Distant bonus.
  • The target for this stat is 300%, and your personal value will depend on Damage to Close rolls on your gear, the Magic Nodes taken on this board, and your socketed Outmatch Glyph level.

The goal here is to progress through the Torment difficulties as you unlock Ancestrals, Paragon points, all Legendary Aspects, Temper mods and the most important Uniques to pilot this build. Some Legendary Aspects are used temporarily to fill slots that may be replaced with more Unique items later on.

Gear & Skills

As you upgrade your gear to Ancestrals with more Masterworking levels and reach higher Paragon, you can focus more and more on replacing Armor & Resistance rolls with better stats, but ensure to stay capped at 1000 Armor and 75%+ Resistances for the difficulty you're currently in.

• Tempest Roar is your first and most essential upgrade. This Unique can be found by defeating Duriel, King of Maggots or Andariel. It enhances your Tornado into a Werewolf Skill, providing a new range of damage multipliers and Attack Speed bonuses that you can utilize to increase your lethality.
  • It additionally provides you access to Lust for Carnage, which serves as your main method of generating Spirit in the endgame, and also comes with a Lucky Hit: Spirit affix itself.
• Mad Wolf's Glee drops from Echo of Varshan. It boosts your Lupine Ferocity, and grants your Tornado additional skill ranks when paired with Tempest Roar.
  • Moreover, it features Attack Speed, Maximum Life and Movement Speed. Overall a great Unique, but it gets replaced with Shroud of False Death's superior bonuses later on.
• Malefic Crescent and Tibault's Will are additional powerful "nice-to-have" pieces of gear. The former is a great stepping stone in your gear progression while you search for the best in slot Legendary Amulet, while the latter offers a gigantic amount of Damage Reduction which is always active during Grizzly Rage, and a nice 20%[x] multi.
  • You can find Tibault's Will from Duriel, King of Maggots or Andariel, and Malefic Crescent from Lord Zir or Urivar.
• Upon reaching Thunderstruck in your Paragon Board, be mindful of your Damage to Close and Damage to Distant bonus.
  • The target for this stat is 300%, and your personal value will depend on Damage to Close rolls on your gear, the Magic Nodes taken on this board, and your socketed Earth and Sky Glyph level.
  • As you level up your Earth and Sky Glyph you can begin replacing Damage to Close rolls on your gear with Storm Critical Strike Chance.

This Speedfarming variant optimizes the build for easy activities like Helltides, Whispers, Nightmare Dungeons and lower Pit Tiers.

Gear & Skills

• The Mythic variant is already capable of clearing content fast and efficiently. However, if you'd like to traverse through content even quicker, consider the following:
  • Replace Ahu / Xan with Bac + Jah for the Sorcerer's Teleport. This Mobility Skill can be used to traverse terrain obstacles (such as gaps or ladders), or for general movement when Shred has no dash targets.
  • Ensure you are 200% Movement Speed capped, and opt for Advantageous Beast if under capped.

This Pit Pushing variant maximizes the build's damage by leaning into Bestial Rampage and Wildheart Hunger, and looks to fulfill the Armor and Resistance requirements by using Consumables and Raheir.

Gear & Skills

Gear Changes

• Traditionally, Shapeshifting is restricted during the Grizzly Rage Ultimate. However, when activating Que during Grizzly Rage, Earthen Bulwark momentarily Shapeshifts you into Human form and grants you stacks of Wildheart Hunger, increasing your Bestial Rampage's bonuses. The gameplay loop of this variant revolves around using this interaction for massive Attack Speed and damage gains.
• Gear wise, ensure your Critical Strike Chance is capped using Storm Critical Strike Chance Tempers as needed, and fill any leftover Offensive Temper slots with Grizzly Rage Duration for a lengthier Grizzly Rage. (For reference, consult the planner above)
• Pick up Swooping Attacks to help you reach your 100% cap 1 Attack Speed.
  • Altogether, you should aim to reach 100% Attack Speed for both caps (with Incenses and Wildheart Hunger fully stacked).
  • You can achieve up to 100% of cap 2's Attack Speed from just using Bestial Rampage and Wildheart Hunger (more or less depending on your Boots roll).

Consumables, Mercenaries, and Seasonal Theme

• Select Celestial Surge as your Catalyst for pulls, helping you group monsters.
  • Replace your Arcana; Invigorating Helix with Fractured Core to disable Damage Resistance Auras.
• Alongside gear changes, look to cap your Armor and Resistances using Raheir, Soothing Spices, and Song of the Mountain, replacing unnecessary All Resistance rolls (where possible) with more Attack Speed or Willpower.
  • As a result of hiring Raheir, Aldkin is your new Reinforcement featuring Field of Languish for additional Damage Reduction during combat.
  • Use Blessed Guide and Elixir of Advantage II for additional Willpower and Attack Speed.