Electric Armor Slotting?

I'm playing my first Electric Armor Brute, and I'm a bit of a loss as to how to slot it with SOs and common IOs while leveling? I figure once the toon reaches level 50, I'll work on IO sets. But in the meantime, how should I slot the Electric Armor powers with SOs and common IOs?

my typical SO slotting is

Charged Armor 3 resist/1 end redux
Lightning Field 2 end redux/1 acc/2 damage/1 endmod
Conductive Shield 3 resist/1 end redux
Static Shield 1 end redux in base slot optional: upto 3 resist
Grounded 1 resist in base slot( good place for a -kb IO also)
Lightning Reflexes 1 run speed in base slot
Energize 3 recharge/3 heal
Power Sink 3 recharge/3 end mod
Power Surge 3 recharge

The above is my typical SO slotting for Electric Armor, with the exception of Lightning Field... I would've replaced one of the EndReds with an Acc, and one of the Damages with an EndMod.

This gives me over 90% tohit against +3s, so keeps the streakbreaker intact for my attack chain; it also means I can use it offensively with Power Sink to keep the endurance down on mobs near me. As for damage? That's what Fury is for - 30% of an already tiny number is roughly 1-2 points difference.

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I didn't slot my armor toggles for endurance reduction while leveling and had only a fairly small span of time when I really felt it - basically, around level 34 or maybe late 33 I felt significantly endurance gimped compared to other characters, then at 35 I got Power Sink and no longer cared.

Also, I'd definately slot Static for 3 resistance if you can possibly spare the slots - psi damage isn't particularly uncommon, and there's no point being weak to it when your armor set has perfectly respectable base resistance available in a toggle you'll run constantly anyway.

Finally, while waiting until 50 for IO's may be fine in general, Lightning Field *REALLY* benefits from a couple of procs to spice up the damage potential. If you can manage to scratch up the influence to get them, they'll be a significant help over the course of your leveling.

Personally, I slot all three shields with 3 Resists and 1 EndRed. Even with one of the most efficient endurance management tools in the game appearing in this set, I want to reduce my endurance use, so I can focus my use of Power Sink more on sapping enemy strength than replenishing my own.

Lightning Field, I slot with 2 Endred, 2 Endmod and 2 Acc. Lightning Field's damage dealing component is secondary to its impact on enemy endurance, in my use. But I've only ever paired Electric Armor with Electric Melee, so it's not like I was hurting for AoE Damage. Out of all the powers in the set, this is the one most likely to vary in slotting from player to player.

And as a final note... should your Electric Armor Brute choose to fly, with Swift and Lightning Reflexes both slotted with a level 50 Fly Speed IO, you can cap flyspeed without adding any additional slots to Fly itself. That's a nice trick that only Electric Armor and Super Reflexes can pull off.

I never wait till 50 to start slotting IO's. Around level 30 I will start buying sets and slotting them. SO's are very expensive since you have to replace them every 5 levels, so I find it best to go ahead and switch to IO's myself.

As far as slotting I posted, I normally don't fight +3's or +4's while leveling up so one acc in LF is fine and before level 35 the end mod does no good in it since you don't have Power Sink. I also tend to respec out of Power Surge once I get all my IO sets slotted. My electric armor Brute predates IO's and I remember using power surge a lot back then as it is an awesome godmode power.

I've recently begun "opportunistic frankenslotting". It takes a little more preparation but is cheaper, in the end, and delivers much more effective performance.

So, what I'd strive to do with /elec armor, if I were to make a new one now, would be to 5 slot Energize and Power Sink, with the 5th slot being a cheap heal/recharge and end mod/recharge, respectively. A triple with End Redux is good too.

For Resistance toggles I'd go 2 Resistance and 1 Res/End Red. For Tough I might throw in another slot for another Res/End Red or just End Red.

Lightning Field, as mentioned above, is full of interesting Frankenslotting combos. With 6 slots you can get the equivalent of 2 Acc, 2 End Red, 2 End Mod, 2 Dmg. The Stun proc could be interesting here too, it can be found for super cheap.

CL,

I would save any resist io's til u have at least 2 end reduc's slotted in all ur armors, especially if u plan on useing lightning field which is pretty endurance heavy (.82/sec base i believe). Once you get power sink at 35 slot it for acc and recharge and later on an efficacy adapter 6 slotted for optimal recovery. Also energize is a power u want up as soon as possible, 2 heals and 2 recharge io's coupled with hasten 3 slotted will keep it up pretty regulary as long as ur not overdoing your spawns.

I have a finished build for my SS/elec, dont have it on this computer or I would post it for you. Send me a tell and I'll be happy to pass it along to u.

As far as when to io/so... I get so's at 25 and io's at 30 and 40, the increase u get for every 5 lvls is minimal to hardly noticeable, so saving money that way is how I feel you should go on that one.