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Storm Armor is a Wizard Tier 6 skill unlocked at level 20, hurting anyone attacking the Wizard.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Storm Armor Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Surround yourself in electrical energy. Electric bolts are automatically fired at attackers for X to Y damage. Armor spells affect you and all nearby allies and you can only be affected by one armor spell at a time.
Skill Details:
Type:	Retroactive damage
Quantity:	1 to 8
Effect:	Aura type
School:	Lightning
Arcane Power cost:	15
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	1.5 sec
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Wizard weaves herself with electric energies that discharge if an enemy attacks her.

Skill Design

This spell looks to be under construction, with no duration listed. Also note that lightning critical hits will stun enemies, which would make this a lot more useful as a defensive spell, if the Wizard has a high chance to land a critical hit with spells (specifically lightning spells).

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 1-8 lightning damage.

Synergies

Storm Armor benefits directly from the following traits:

Prismatic Cloak: Increases the effect of Ice Armor and Storm Armor by 100%.
Conjured Armor: Increases your armor by 25%. If Ice Armor or Storm Armor is active, your armor is instead increased by 50%.

Note: The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.

Skill Rune Effects

None known.

Development

Storm Armor was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted. Back then, it was a Tier II skill in the Storm Skill Tree, and playable in the demo. However, it wasn't a popular choice; Flux explained why:[1]

...no one was bothering much with defensive skills at Blizzcon; not in the short time we had to play, and the small dungeon we had to clear out. I didn’t test out this one, but it sounds like a fairly interesting skill. It’s somewhat misleading in name, since the description doesn’t mention any defensive properties; just that it fires out lightning bolts at nearby enemies.

It was seen again at BlizzCon 2009, but as a Tier V skill, so it was too high level to try out. It looked to still be under construction, with no duration listed.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Storm Armor and other Wizard skills.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

Storm Armor activated

References

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 '''Storm Armor''' is a [[Wizard]] Tier 6 [[Wizard skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 20, hurting anyone attacking the Wizard.
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 * [[Prismatic Cloak]]: Increases the effect of Ice Armor and Storm Armor by 100%.
 * [[Conjured Armor]]: Increases your armor by 25%. If Ice Armor or Storm Armor is active, your armor is instead increased by 50%.
+'''Note:''' The current [[trait]] list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.
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 It was seen again at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but as a Tier V skill, so it was too high level to try out. It looked to still be under construction, with no duration listed.
+===Previous Versions===
+See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Storm Armor and other Wizard skills.
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 ==Media==
-You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
+You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=Storm+Armor&cat=all&x=10&y=8 '''Storm Armor''' specific gallery contents]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=Storm+Armor&cat=all '''Storm Armor''' specific gallery contents]
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 ==References==
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
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