I know nothing about StJ outside of like, level 15. However, TW/EA is a great performer on SOs past the 30s. It functions well enough on SOs, that I would be really amazed to see what it could do on IOs. It is sturdy, has excellent benefit in the built-in-recharge, and has useful recovery bits. My original plan was to go TW/EA over TW/DA. For sure TW/EA was MUCH easier to play. While I do not regret my decision to go /DA, I definitely think that /EA would have been so much more fun in the early/mid game that it would have just made up for the lack of cool factor I feel with /DA.
edit: Hmmm, yeah. Defensive sweep doesn't play to EA's defense strength, and vice versa. You might be better off not taking it at all, or slotting it with procs or similar instead of trying to wrangle low melee defense numbers out of it.
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My SJ/EA is level 41 now and is an AV soloing fiend. A future classic combination. I guess that may have something to do with my level of investment in the character. One of the things that I like most about the pairing is that dropping out of transparency into a built-up finisher is right up there in terms of satisfying things to do. Mechanically though, they play well together. Maybe it's just me but it seems like SJ uses a lot of endurance. EA can handle that (after levels 28 and 35). EA doesn't directly contribute any damage itself, so it's a good thing that SJ has deceptively strong aoe. In taunting the riff-raff that you're about to punch, EA also gives you a recharge bonus, nice for a set with a 25 second heavy hitter in it. Basically SJ is an above average new set, while new EA is an above average new set. It's hard to go wrong.
All that stuff I just said would also be true of TW/EA, right down to the build up -> kill crap out of stealth satisfaction. Just play whichever one works better for your character.
im looking to start a new scrap with ether titan weapons or street justice paired with energey aura.. what are the pros and cons of each set??