You will still blast as a Stormy, mostly once you've got everyone pinned and debuffed in the corner, though how much really does depend on your team size
Electric does suit the best for concept really, and I don't think the colour differences clash, since the only electric primary power is lightening sotrm and there the electricity is coming from a storm cloud, not your hands. In terms of other concept synargies... personally I think you could do ok with archery since most of the primaries you;ll use are toggles or clickies you'll generally drop at the beginning on the fight, so redraw won't be too much of a worry.
Personally, I'd take rad for the 3 AoE's.
/Dark also goes well with storm with the Tentacles->Freezing Rain->Nigthfall combo.
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Storm FTW!!! 
You just couldn't refrain yourself, now could you afro? 
For concept how about going nuts with Tornados? A Storm / Psi with Tornado & Psi Tornado!
Improved slightly in i8 with the reduced animation time of the first blast in the set. Plus you get a single target immob to keep choice targets inside Freezing Rain.
Go storm/dark...not sure how you'd swing it concept wise but an cone immob that doesn't stop kd, on top of freezing rain...too good to pass up.
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
Storm / Dark is the obvious combo though. Dime a dozen! Darks damage is pretty poor, and Dark gets rubbish late powers (Torrent & Life drain. Bah!)
And Snow Storm & Freezing Rain combined is almost as effective as an immob anyway (plus Snow Storm slows how often they attack you) & gives you a chance to learn Hurric-herding to keep them in there.
Ok then, go storm....energy! Never seen one of those, lots of lovely kb. I suggest explosive blast and energy torrent slotted 2 acc, 3 kb, 1 rechage and go to town 
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
Yeah... all great ideas folks, thanks a lot. The most important thing is the concept not necessarily the effectiveness of the set. I like the whole Storm / Energy KB idea, would be really fun and also the Storm / Psi hurricane idea. I just need to put on my thinking cap.
I've got my costume now aswell and the name Alluvion is reserved!
Um feel i must point out my storm/nrg suggestion was almost entirely sarcastic...just so i take no responsibilty at a later date 
Sure it could be made to work but i cant really think of a set with less synergy with storm, but then some people like using kb as damage mit, it's just never worked for me.
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
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That's what I went with my storm defender . Only low level still so I can't really give any advice on how it works.
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Um feel i must point out my storm/nrg suggestion was almost entirely sarcastic...just so i take no responsibilty at a later date Sure it could be made to work but i cant really think of a set with less synergy with storm, but then some people like using kb as damage mit, it's just never worked for me.
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To be honest I think energy's knockback provides better synergy then elecs end drain, yet that is one of the most popular secondaries for storm.
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Um feel i must point out my storm/nrg suggestion was almost entirely sarcastic...just so i take no responsibilty at a later date Sure it could be made to work but i cant really think of a set with less synergy with storm, but then some people like using kb as damage mit, it's just never worked for me.
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To be honest I think energy's knockback provides better synergy then elecs end drain, yet that is one of the most popular secondaries for storm.
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You get used to NRG Knockback. I play an Illusion/Storm/Primal Forces controller, you learn to deal with the knockbacks of the idiot pet and epic attacks. I tend to end up on the other side of the group with Hurricane one counter-knockbacking the mobs into my teammates. especially in ourdoor missions (TP is great for this)
After reading Nine_Claws', "What's your favourite Defender" post I have been persuaded to make a Storm/* Defender and I need some advice!
I play concept characters, and I am not sure which set to go for. Storm / Elec seems like the norm but I dislike the different electricity colours which come from it. Yellow from primary but blue from secondary... looks kinda weird to me. Storm / Archery, looks really good but apparently the bow has to be put away with every storm attack? Storm / Dark and Sonic I'm still thinking about.
Do Storm defenders find themselves too busy with primary set defending to attack?
Chi has taken me under his wing, so I'm in good hands!
Any advice is appreciated. Cheers!