Just because of you guys being so passionate about Storm Armor I'll give it a try on my Archon runs later and see how it goes(Though I'm still apprehensive to a loss of Energy Armor's massive EHP bonus).
This is going to come across as harsh, but really just think of it as a statistical nerd comment.
If you need the EHP from Energy Armor, then you should probably be doing a lower MP. I can farm keys at MP8 but when I'm doing item farming or exp runs, I usually run at mp3 or 4. The reason being is that I can put as much dps items/skills on and absolutely destroy face, which means that despite the loss in MF/GF/Exp bonus from mp8 vs mp4 I'm actually making more gold, getting more items, and more exp because I'm killing that much faster. I find probably six times as many legendaries at mp4 than I do at mp8
I agree. When farming xp and loot, I find it best to use the highest dps build you can and drop the MP level until it's efficient. For me, that means dropping to MP2 and using Scramble as Archon. For key farming that means I run MP6 with shocking aspect and diamond shards in my CM spec.
Quick tip that I just discovered recently, find yourself a "black" weapon (a weapon that doesn't have elemental damage on it) and buy a triumvirate. I took my dps from 80k to 150k over the last week or so.
It doesn't proc a lot, but a little is still better than nothing, and I like it more than shocking aspect for Archon because the proc rate on SA is pretty low (10% per crit for beam) and elites are about the only thing it might help with, and even those die pretty fast so the extra movement speed seems like it would speed up runs more, even if it only procs a couple times a map.
Also, you can try to abuse it by itentionally running through mobs to get hit, blow them up, then run on with the 1-2s left on the scramble proc. Or take a few extra steps towards mobs to give ranged a chance to attack before nuking them, etc.
That's the worst part of Storm Armor is that all of the runes are terrible. I use the 130% dmg one because it feels like the only one that actually does anything...
That's the worst part of Storm Armor is that all of the runes are terrible. I use the 130% dmg one because it feels like the only one that actually does anything...
Scramble for Archon and Shocking Aspect for CM are the best options, imo. 130% damge rune only increases the shock damage by 30% and I'd rather have the faster run speed, even if it only procs a couple times a zone. I suppose if you use a 2h the shock does a decent amount of damage, but I'm 1h with about 2 APS so it only does about 100k average, so when it doesn't crit it is pretty pitiful.
I agree. When farming xp and loot, I find it best to use the highest dps build you can and drop the MP level until it's efficient. For me, that means dropping to MP2 and using Scramble as Archon. For key farming that means I run MP6 with shocking aspect and diamond shards in my CM spec.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Telquessir-1437/hero/5121825
Also, you can try to abuse it by itentionally running through mobs to get hit, blow them up, then run on with the 1-2s left on the scramble proc. Or take a few extra steps towards mobs to give ranged a chance to attack before nuking them, etc.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
Scramble for Archon and Shocking Aspect for CM are the best options, imo. 130% damge rune only increases the shock damage by 30% and I'd rather have the faster run speed, even if it only procs a couple times a zone. I suppose if you use a 2h the shock does a decent amount of damage, but I'm 1h with about 2 APS so it only does about 100k average, so when it doesn't crit it is pretty pitiful.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
And you can get very good uptime on Scramble speed boost with a rush build, grazing mobs all the time at low MP.