Elec/Shield viable for farming or switch to Scrapper?

Hey guys, is Elec/Shield viable for farming as a brute? I'd assume it'd be best on a S/L farm map... but I honestly don't know much about Elec/Shield. Would that build do better on a scrapper for farming?

I'm curious because I love the lightning rod + shield charge combo

It will do ok but its much better on a scrapper. But if you really care about the numbers /FA almost anything is faster than shield.

The main problem with Elec/SD is the recharge on Shield Charge and Lightning Rod. You would be lucky to get them both below 30 seconds, which isn't really good enough for constant farming. Sure, you can annihilate one spawn with the combo, but then you have to wait for the recharge before you can do any significant AoE damage again. Even if you spam your other AoE attacks, you will still feel the need to do SC+LR combo to finish everything off when they recharge.

My elec/shield brute is a farming machine. The key when making your build is recharge, recharge, and more recharge. With perma hasten and tier 4 spiritual, I have SC and LR up every 17 seconds, which as stated above, are your bread and butter powers in this combo. In the interest of full disclosure, I must say I have not tried a fiery aura farmer because I really dont farm all that much. I concede they may be faster, but my elec/shield can easily handle +4x8 smashing/lethal ambush farms, and he is just a blast to play. If you enjoy playing the combo, stick with it and build for more recharge.

Do I farm S/L with that combo?
And would a scrapper's HP really hold up to farming mobs?

The farm I use just happens to be S/L. My build is softcapped to positional, rather than typed defense, so I would think I could do just as well on most any farm map.

As far as scrappers go, I can not speak from experience, but while I play a brute, when it comes to elec/shield, scrappers tend to be the standard.

What map?

I have farming scrappers, and even a blaster that can farm (but only on specific maps). For a /Shield Scrapper, if you softcap your defenses, take Tough, slot as much resist as you can in Deflection and farm S/L, your HP will be more than enough.

Ultimately, all you need to do is drop their HP to 0 before they do the same to you. If you're killing fast enough, YOUR health should never be an issue.

You can farm with any brute, but the difference is the kills/min. If you want a farming brute and are on a budget, a ss/fire/mu will do the trick for you.
My elec/shield brute is able to farm S/L mobs as high as +4, however, I prefer +2x8 in terms of kills/min.
Like Irish, I don't farm much but if I did, I will probably roll a ss/fire brute.
For trials and strikeforces, my elec/shield is my main brute and performs very well.

Is there a decent somewhat budget-limited way to slot up elec/shield?