Overview
This Shaman Druid deals damage over time with Tornado, which becomes a damage-over-time engine through the ring The Taming. Normally a Tornado only absorbs an elemental ground surface it passes over. With The Taming, every Tornado counts as boosted by ignited, shocked and chilled ground at once, so all three elemental debuffs and their extra damage apply. The creator credits the original concept to Mathol.
Because Tornado’s damage never hits, hit-based scaling such as penetration, Rakiata’s Flow or Trinity does nothing for it. It scales through spell damage, +levels to spell skills (Tornado reaches level 34 here), elemental damage, area damage, curse magnitude and exposure. Orb of Storms on weapon swap uses the Whispering Ice staff to apply heavy elemental exposure on hit, and its chaining bolt spreads that exposure across packs. Blasphemy runs Elemental Weakness and Temporal Chains as auras.
Shaman adds spirit per empty charm slot (fuelling Threaded Light-style spell-damage-per-spirit scaling), more spell damage per rage via Druidic Champion, and the bonded mods of idols, including +1 storm limit for two Tornadoes.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Deletes map bosses, Citadel bosses and the Arbiter of Divinity in seconds
- Tornado clears groups in one cast while mapping
- Temporal Chains bubble gives a relaxed, reactive playstyle
- Smooth leveling once The Taming is equipped at level 42
Cons
- Hard dependency on The Taming (about 5 div at recording)
- Berserk’s life degeneration has to be offset with life regen and a Rebirth rune
- Needs a weapon-swap discipline: Tornado on set 1, Orb of Storms on set 2
- Projectiles and ground effects still get through the slow bubble
Key Skills
- Tornado — main damage over time, with Considered Casting, Deliberation, Swift Affliction, Physical Mastery and Concentrated Area
- Orb of Storms — exposure applicator via Whispering Ice, chaining many times
- Blasphemy — Elemental Weakness + Temporal Chains auras
- Elemental Conflux / Berserk — rotating elemental boost and rage scaling
- Time of Need / Ghost Dance — curse cleanse and defensive recovery
Gear & Anointments
- The Taming ring (core), Whispering Ice staff on swap, Doedre’s Tenure gloves for spell damage
- Alpha’s Howl helmet for spirit and presence; Morior Invictus with spirit, chaos resist and defence socket mods
- Idol for +1 storm limit (mandatory), Fox idol for skill quality, snake idol in gloves for curse magnitude
- Wand with high +spell skill levels, amulet with +spell levels, spirit and rarity
- Boots with movement speed and 21+ life regen per second
Endgame Notes
Leveling uses Essence Drain/Contagion until level 42, then Tornado + The Taming. At level 65 Morior Invictus and Alpha’s Howl give a large spike through extra spirit. The build’s highlight is pinnacle and Citadel boss kill speed.
Credits & Source
Build credited to Visualize The Win Gaming. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage + voice commentary: POE 2: SHAMAN lvl 93 Tornado + Orb of Storms HIGH ENDGAME BUILD (Patch 0.5.5).