Have you tried Short circuit? Its nice to watch the enemies endurance disappear and with the epics you can stack it with power build up whichll turn you into a group sapper and boost other effects or stack it with powersink which'll do better end drain over time and give yaself possibly much needed end back.
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Yeah, Short Circuit was something else I was considering wasnt really sure how viable the whole sapper concept was. I think Id be able to slot some end mods into it by about L34, so could be worth a go as Im sitting on wads of veteran respecs.
Ive read a couple of guides that say that Storm is a total end hog, but to be honest Ive not noticed it. I only run Steamy Mist all mish-every mish, the other toggles go on and off as needed. I think one of the problems people have with Stormies stems from some people running Whirlwind all the time.
for clap 3acc i found it hit nearly perma (i also ran fully slotted tactics)
cloud some people say it doesnt need acc, i had 2acc/2dmg/2recharge that stacked with hasten means u can have 2 at once ( for a few secs ) and again with tactics on hits for over a hundred
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I think one of the problems people have with Stormies stems from some people running Whirlwind all the time.
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Hurricane has a really tiny endurance drain. It's steamy mist and snow storm that have equally large drains. Overall it's not so much of a drain but if you are blasting and then summoning lightning storm or tornado (big endurance costs) then it's easy to find yourself running out, especially when soloing. You use a lot of endurance trying to keep the mobs incapacitated, which doesn't leave enough for your bloody awful damage.
I ended up respeccing into 2 end redux in snow storm and steamy mist and just one in hurricane. Oh and forget leadership powers. I don't know what I was thinking when I got those but I respecced out of them pretty fast.
I must say that I'm enjoying Short Circuit. I used to think it was a waste but it's a godsend for soloing. I stuck 3 disorient in my tornado and between that and short circuit I can solo much faster and safer now. Tornado pulls from out of line of sight for the win imo.
Um, Avalanche, i think harvestmoon meant that the problem was teaming WITH stormies that scatter mobs with Hurricane.
hurricane for cornering mobs is very much fun :P
like in the office maps, u always go round a corner (to a left n right turn) and find a big grp just staring at u in a dead end.
hurricane on, charge in, freezing rain, team ganks. love it :P
Yeh but some run Hurricane all the time..its a power i rarely use TBH nothing annoys a decent tank more.
I have recently got lightning cloud and sentinal, i can happyly solo +2s no problem i find that if you use freezing rain - short circuit - lightning - sentinal then back off everyone is dead, i cant wait to bet TB the toon is going to be great for soloin.
edit. Ive got lightning cloud 3 dam,2 rec,1endrec but might be swapping out a rec for a endred
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Im going to get rid of Thunderclap as Ive been rather under whelmed by its performance so far
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A thing I've found is that the disorient from tornado and thunderclap stack- easily allowing you to disorient a lieutenant.
Trick with hurricane is not to hardly use it, but to use it cleverly- try to herdicane mobs not near the tank into corners, then drop everything on them. Failing that, try and brush mobs next to the tank with the hurricane gently, so they get the debuff but no knockback.
Good tip from the Capoeirista! 
Majestick.....you dont happen to do capoeira do you??? Please say yes, I cant find anybody else, all my singing in arena channel goes unappreciated!!
I'm a capoersista- well i uesed to be. Don't play a storm def but got earth/storm at 50 and a fire/storm at 39 atm. more and more i'm convinced of storms greatness. Takes a while to get to use the storm set right. immobs (with-kb)helps a lot- either from you or other trollers.
Just gotta say. It rocks!!!
I have a storm/elec at level 36-37 and i find it very fun to play.
From Storm I have all except Gale and Thunderclap. I specced out gale because i have so many other tools to take care of mobs that get in to close, so i would never get time to use it anyway, and thunderclap is another ive skipped for already mentioned reasons.
Zapp is only useful when soloing, and i hardly use it even then. So its understandable if you want to spec this out.
at 35 you will get acess to voltaic sentinel which i also enjoy quite a bit.
It is a bit shortlived, but possible to make so it has recharged as soon as it disappears, its more of a matter to have the endurance ready for it.
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Im gonna check out a total focus + tornado + thunderclap combo on a boss, see if it stuns!
Thunderclap + either TF or tornado already stuns bosses. although tornado has less reliable stun.
Ive found tornado to be a really reliable stun, for me almost every minion it touches gets disorientated, but it never stuns bosses when combined with thunderclap.
I've actually just started a Storm/Elec.
Most of the /Elec powers do endurance drain. If I put a single End Mod enhancement in each power I take from the secondary, will it help me out much endurance-wise... or does it only give you back a tiny amount?
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Ive found tornado to be a really reliable stun, for me almost every minion it touches gets disorientated, but it never stuns bosses when combined with thunderclap.
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Hence it's unrelaibale :P
And spider, the end return is very small and inconsequent. All little helps ofcourse, but slots are better spent in other ways imo.
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Majestick.....you dont happen to do capoeira do you??? Please say yes, I cant find anybody else, all my singing in arena channel goes unappreciated!!
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I have danced the odd jinga, but I never found the time to take it up. Awesome art form! Bruce Lee talked about "...the art of expressing the human body..." and I think Capoeira captures the essence of that sentiment and expands on it (with music, dance etc).
Hope you're getting a lot out of it!! 
I'm starting a Storm/Elec too so I'll be using this thread as a guide
I used to slot tornado with 3 damage and still do on my controllers because of the AoE immobs but on my two storm defenders I'm much, much happier now slotting it with 3 disorient.
my current build is a sapper and works well,
power boost>aim>short circuit jump back and ball lightning has most of the mob at zero end.
Ive made a few mistakes that need to be corrected, ive found that i never use zapp or tesla cage so will be replacing them with hasten and tornado, i mainly taking tornado to help with AVs, the scatter it causes unless you have a troller holding them is horrendous.
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Majestick.....you dont happen to do capoeira do you??? Please say yes, I cant find anybody else, all my singing in arena channel goes unappreciated!!
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I have danced the odd jinga, but I never found the time to take it up. Awesome art form! Bruce Lee talked about "...the art of expressing the human body..." and I think Capoeira captures the essence of that sentiment and expands on it (with music, dance etc).
Hope you're getting a lot out of it!!
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Definitely!!
Just hit L32 with my Storm/Electric last night very happy with this toon and its certainly been the biggest challenge Ive had to play effectively, but the powers taken do need tweaking. At the moments Ive got: -
Storm: Everything
Electricity: Charged Bolts, Ball Lightning, Tesla Cage, Zapp
Flight: Hover, Flight
Fitness: Swift, Hurdle, Stamina
Im thinking Im going to get rid of Thunderclap as Ive been rather under whelmed by its performance so far; even double-slotted for accuracy it seems to miss more often than it hits minions, and only once in a blue moon touches a lieutenant. Im also going to get rid of Zapp as I dont solo at all with this toon and with me just getting Lightning Cloud and Voltaic Sentinel coming at L35, they should supply me with some better damage output.
Im thinking of instead of these powers taking Teleport Foe and Teleport; as Im learning to use the Storm powers most effectively its become clear that its all about the positioning, and these two powers would enable me to move either my anchor or me to the best position to help the team out. I am a bit worried that Teleport is a little too slow in activation and upon arrival to help a great deal in the middle of a battle though.
The other thing is slotting Lightning Storm; I have no idea whether it need accuracy slots in - at the moment Im thinking 1 acc, 3 dam and 2 recharge but if its good enough out of the box Ill go to 3 dam and 3 recharge.
Any advice received with thanks!