yea, shes great in bed.

I have been playing Storm for nearly 100 hours. I have used a Retcon Device four times and have come to a conclusion that basic powers are a waste of skill points until end game (like level 55-60) and you benefit much more by putting them into other skills.

First I will start by saying Storm is like a Diablo II Sorceress and Barbarian.

You need at least 1 point into Refreshing Breeze to remove negative conditions. Just like the same reason you put one point into Sicco rush (dodge, move faster) and Windly Flight (move faster, over obstacles).

Thundering Tempest has 3 flaws.

1. Vortex mobs cancel it.

2. Is not great for multiple targets compared to Chain Lightning and Ball of Lightning.

3. Some mobs such as Magneto's aoe abilities is larger than the aoe of Thundering Tempest therefore you won't be able to hit him with it at certain times.

But what makes Thundering Tempest great in the game is that Storms other abilities make it one of the best rushers to get to a boss (like a 200 fcr lightning sorc) and kill it with ease by also give support to other players (like a War Cry Barbarian).

As a Thundering Tempest Storm I suggest that you get the following gear.

- Get 2 Infinity Edge Artifacts (if your current gear can not handle mob damage yet, result to defensive artifacts)
- Costume Grades should all be critical chance %.
- +40% power duration Doom's Medallion.
- -8% spirit cost of Stormcrafter powers with any armour slot item.

Skills

Max Spirited
Max Thundering Tempest and its damage synergy Lightning Storm
Max Refreshing Breeze and its synergies Quickening Tempest and Gusting Tempest
1 point into Sicco Rush and Windly Flight.

When you have max Spirited and have +40% duration Doom's Medallion and -8% spirit cost of Stormcrafter powers. You will never run out of spirit to spam Thundering Tempest and Refreshing Breeze. It also makes you able to get to bosses fast without running out of spirit. When getting to the boss activate Quickening Tempest for the speed boost and defense boost and Refreshing Breeze. Both last 20+ seconds and ALSO apply to other players.

Skybreaker builds are superior to Thundering Tempest end game (level 50-60) once you obtain high defence, health gear and the right affixes to make it all happen. You should be able to spam Chain Lightning and Lightning Ball without ever running out of spirit. You also will always have Quickening Tempest activated so you will always move extremely fast and you get extra defence bonus. You will be a War Cry Barbarian which is also a Lightning Sorceress, everyone will want you in a party. Your dodge will be over 30% to nearly 50% dodge. Once basic power defence penetration and Crashing Hail defence reduction are fixed basic powers would be the fastest way possible to kill a boss single target.

This post was edited by Ivor on Jun 20 2013 12:23am

just steal this mans guide and shit


dirty....lol

yeah storm is awesome. lvl 51

im doing pretty much the same storm build, but i dont max spirited. i dont see the point in getting .1 spirit regen per skill point

basically...
thundering tempest is op vs a boss
chain lightning is op vs mobs

one thing i dont understand is how lightning column does so mush damage. i think each stun that happens it deals damage

This post was edited by mossyboy on Jun 20 2013 02:48am

Your storm may be cool to play, but is she as efficient vs single mob as she could be vs group of mobs ?
I think maxing spirited is a waste, you gain what, 4 ponits instead of 2 if you put only 1 in the skill ?

I agree fly is "useless" unless you want to rush fast green dailys, with boss kill only, but sirroco rush is enough.

I personnally maxing all the skills from light three, mainly using light for single mobs / bosses and chain light for groups / bosses with spawns.
I also use the skills that knockback enemies (don't remember english name) just 1 point, this skill is also awesome against missiles / projectiles (Dr doom, don't like to take his energy missile back, his lifebar don't lie ).
Just 1 point, you don't search dps in here, just knockback.

I also aim for full critic costume (3%/2.8%/3.5% atm, working on the 150k for T4 before recraft T2 for 3+%) an will aim on 2 x edge.
Ias is also needed (at least on gloves).

from what iv read crit is broken on storm. whenever they fix it thundering tempest will be able to destroy bosses with a high crit
https://forum.marvelheroes.com/showthread.php/36342-Damage-on-Crit-Provides-15-of-Stated-Effect

i like using fly. sometimes it helps alot during cow fights and just being able to fly over anything is awesome



This post was edited by mossyboy on Jun 20 2013 11:39am

everything is broken with storm

Well guys, the whole reason I wrote this is because I was asked about Storm by someone and explained what I knew from my personal experience in a message. So I figured i'd copy+paste.
You all bring up good points, i've recently tried a crit build and crit doesn't work well with Tempest. But what I do know is Tempest isn't too bad with multiple mobs, I will admit that Chain Lightning and Ball Lightning works a lot better for multiple mobs.



You bring up a lot of great points and ideas, maxing spirit doesn't seem to be the best option, I know that now (lol) Touche.

NIGGA!!