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[[File:Storm-armor2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Storm Armor in action. Such as it is.]]'''Storm Armor''' is a Conjuration [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 17, hurting shocking anyone attacking in range of the Wizard.
This is an [[Armor spell]]. Only one Armor spell can be active at a time.
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==Background==
==Skill Design==
This spell looks to be under construction, defensive skill shocks nearby enemies with no duration listed[[lightning]] damage at seemingly irregular intervals. Also note that lightning [[critical hit]]s 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). ===Appearance===Not much to it: a simple pale blue glow. Hopefully the appearance of this skill is not in final form yet, since it’s mild, hard to see, almost silent, and irrepressibly drab and awful.
==Synergies==
Storm Armor benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]:{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}{{Wizard Passive Paralysis}}{{Wizard Passive Galvanizing Ward}}None added yet.
<blockquote>''...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.</blockquote>
It was seen again at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but as a Tier V skill, so it was too high level to try out. Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Storm Armor became a level 13 skill.
<blockquote>''Just how the game defines “attackers” is not clear; I used this for a while and sometimes saw it hit monsters that I thought were not yet in melee range, while at other times it very slow to trigger even when I was getting swarmed. It’s hard to tell though, since the graphic for the shock it delivers to enemy monsters is very inadequate. It just gives them a little charge near the feet, almost like the Charged Bolt graphic from Diablo I. That’s very easy to miss if there’s a pack of enemies, much less if the Wizard is using lightning spells at the same time.</blockquote>
It was moved to level 12 early in the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Storm Armor was classified as a Conjuration skill and bumped up to level 17, moving it out of reach.
===Previous Versions===
See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Storm Armor and other Wizard skills.
===In Other Games===
Storm Armor's operation is similar to [[Diablo II]]'s {{iw|Sorceress Sorceress}} skill {{iw|Thunder_Storm Thunder Storm}}, but there’s a key difference. While that (highly useful) skill zapped some random enemy with lightning once per second, Storm Armor only hits enemies that are attacking her.
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part Two] -- IncGamers 5th October 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III 12th Sep 2011Site