Storm Armor

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

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]
Storm Armor
Used by:	Wizard
Enabled at:	Clvl 20
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.
Type:	Party Aura/Damage
Resource Use:	Costs Arcane Power
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

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.

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Note: The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.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

• No rune effects for Storm Armor are 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

Storm Armor can be seen in action on video here:

• Blizzard, Zombie Bears, and Fetish Warriors Revealed -- Incgamers 30th Mar 2011 (at 0:12 and 0:25) (Assumed)

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Storm Armor specific gallery contents

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  Storm Armor activated

References

• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report
• BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees