Understand Funnel Clouds
Useful when…
- Use when additional tornadoes are more valuable than the ability to pick up enemies.
- Rank it for more additional tornadoes while retaining the stated size and pickup changes.
Effect and conditions
Funnel Clouds is a Zephyr augment for Tornado. At rank 0 it creates 2 additional tornadoes; at rank 2, 6; and at rank 3, 8. All tornadoes are 50% of their original size and will not pick up enemies. The loss of enemy pickup is an explicit limitation of the augment's effect.
Rank and slot investment
The augment reaches rank 3, has Zenurik polarity, occupies a standard mod slot, and has base drain 6. Its listed rank steps cost 30/1,449, 60/2,898, and 120/5,796 Endo/Credits. Rank increases the number of additional tornadoes, while the listed half-size and no-pickup effects remain stated across ranks.
Other Zephyr augment roles
Airburst Rounds augments Airburst and adds secondary damage after enemies are hit. Jet Stream augments Turbulence to increase movement speed and projectile speed for Zephyr and allies. Target Fixation augments Tail Wind and builds its damage through enemy hits, with a stated reset condition. Each affects a different ability; these candidates do not provide Funnel Clouds' additional tornadoes.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- All tornadoes are reduced to 50% of their original size.
- The tornadoes will not pick up enemies.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not assume additional tornadoes retain enemy pickup; the augment explicitly removes that behavior.
- Do not confuse the number of additional tornadoes with the total number of tornadoes.