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My build is a little different. I tried to add in some more defense. I also really worked on getting more regen into the build. Unless I get hit with A LOT of -regen this guy can survive most things in the regular game ( havent tried any of the super hard 4 star TFs or anything like that ). Without Incarnates he will regen about 86HP a second with one foe in range. 99.57 with Icarnate Vigor. With the average size mob on a full sized team being about 8 per group, that will get him up tp about 148hp per second. and he still has a T4 Rebirth in his back pocket which will get him to a little over 300HP per second.. at that point he is darn near unkillable. and he sits around 50% defense to Smashing Lethal with 84% Resist to S/L I think thats pretty solid. I didnt go for a bunch of regen with sets. I didnt think it was necessary with this build. I could probably squeeze out a little more regen if I slotted the Impervious Skin Proc, but I kind of like him where he is right now. With tanks I tend to care less about doing a lot of damage. I try to take as much damage as possible. Unless its a Fire tank.. Then you gotta do a lot so you wont die LOL Apex25Final2- Tanker (Willpower).mbd

One of the best things you can do is learn to build things yourself. You learn what you like and dont like and you are not dependent on anyone else to create something for you. people have their own preferences in their builds. Ive seen some every good builds, and ive seen some that looked like they were created by a sheer lunatic. Now you CAN get some good idea from builds.. certainly.. but IMO one of the keys is learning how to make things according to your own flavor. I like pepper and paprika with a little oregano on my eggs. I prefer them soft scrambled with a bit of milk mixed in. Or Hard Boiled with just pepper. You might like your eggs completely different. Mine arent better.. just made to my taste.. Experiment.. They are eggs.. you dont like em.. start over.. make another one. Use Mids Hero Builder.. you dont like the build.. start over.. make another one.

So burning down neighboorhoods is ok..

Again thats the beauty of CoH. Some people play sets they like. Some people role play. Some people play different themes. And some people like to min/max. What is better for one might not be better for another as FUN is extremely personal and subjective.

Thats pretty much what a Sentinel really is honestly.

Well thats the beauty of CoH. You can play your build any way that you chose to. There is no ONE way to do a thing.

Because as a Sentinel, depending on build and power choices, you arent relagated to only doing ONE thing. You can actually do fill multiple roles. My Rad/Rad Sentinel can happily stay at range and cycle Neutino Bolt, X ray Beam. Cosmic Burst and Proton Stream at single targets. He can use a heavily proc'd Electron Haze amd Static Discharge from Epics as ranged Cone Attacks.. but he can also be a PbAoE melee terror with Irradiate ( a 27% defense debuff as well as damage), a heavily proc' Ground Zero, Atomic Blast Nuke.. which is a 37% defense debuff AND a Mag 3 Hold.. and for desert.. ThunderStrike.. I have other builds like Storm/NRG Sentinel that stays completely at range. No PbAoE or Melee attacks.

I tried it.. didnt like it.. I think ill try it again... maybe I need a better concept for it..

If you havent.. Download Mids Hero Builder. Dont rely on other peoples builds. Ive seen a lot of builds that look like they were built by a lunatic. Learn what you like and what works for you, and sometimes discovery is the greatest thing. I never saw a Dark Bio Sent... Never saw a build and it turned out to be one of my best characters.

It does tend to woek best on Corruptors.. I have a Storm Blast/ Storm Corruptor.. and that thing is ridicolus.. However my Storm/NRG Sentinel never gets stunned and leverages the Immobilize in the Epic Pool to keep mobs nice and packed together for Category Nine to get full effect.. No Mobs running away..

The single reason I made one.. That animation..

Im going to say something that is incredibly obvious so please forgve me in advance.. "Fun" is something that is completely subjective. Its really difficult IMO to determine what will be more " fun " as peoples gaming goals and taste vary so widely. I have played many Blasters and enjoy them. However what I dont find " fun " is being mezzed into oblivion.. and yes while in the later game you can build more defense or get clarion to mitigate that, The Sentinel just ignores that completely. Yes it is true that Sents so slightly less damage (they did get a buff recently which has helped) and have lower target caps, how often are you trying to blow up the entire map ? And yes it is true the nuke isnt as strong as a blaster and hits less targets.. but with even a moderate amount of recharge that same nuke can be up pretty much every mob.. or at the worst every other mob. AND most of My Sentinel builds have MULTIPLE fast recharging AoE that you can string together. Vulnerability is Auto-Hit and ignores level differences. Vulnerability debuffs the following: Damage Resistance Defense Mez Resistance Stealth Resistance to Endurance, Endurance Discount, Recovery, Regeneration, ToHit, and Recharge Many Sentinel builds can also take very good advantage of procs.!!! Especially those sets that have holds. Great place for procs. My current Sentinels. All level 50 and fully built. My favorite Sentinel Builds Fire/Rad/Fire- Single Target Damage. AoE damage in spades. Two good heals. Cna fight ranged or melee easily. This is my goto for everything especially TF's Elec/Elec/Elec. This is my baby. One of the only characters that I have T4'd everything. I always wanted a " sapper " build and I had an E3 blaster which was pretty good, an Elec/Elec Dominator thats also decent, and an Elec/Time Corruptor also decent ( The Corruptor is actually this heroes nemesis.. kind of a Reverse Flash kind of thing in my head cannon), but this guy does it the best... Can EASILY drain mobs of all their end and keep them there.. Some say.. so what.. they can still attack.. and yes they can... but they will pretty much only use their weakest attacks.. which aids my survival. For me THIS is one of my most fun characters... Dark/Bio/Dark- Single Target Damage.. check.. Two Single target holds with tons of Procs.. check, AOE Damage.. yup 4 of those.. Survivability?? Between Ablative Carapace, Parastic Leech, Rebuild DNA and Barrier LOLOLOLOL yeah good luck killing me.. I think this character died ONCE because I was being stupid AND lazy.. This character turned out WAY better than I had hoped Storm/Energy/Mu- What makes this character a win for me is the Immobilize from the Epic Pool. This keeps everyone tighly packed for Storm Cell and Category Five to affect as many people as possible. Throw in Chain Lightning, Jet Stream and Static Discharge for More AoE love.. I also have Psi/Regen/Psi DP/SR Water/Ice/Ice and I recent;y rerolled my Rad/Rad Corruptor into a Rad/Rad Sentinel which I like much better. I am also considering a Sonic/Inv/Psi. I tried a Beam Rifle.. decided I dont like Beam Rifle. Ive played every AT to 50 and I have found that I can find fun in almost everything.. MM's and Scrappers are the least fun for me. MMs toon much attention and and 58 years old I dont have that attention span I did when first playing this game 20 years ago LOL.> Scrappers have always been kinda BLAH to me.. Id rather just roll a Brute or Tank. If I want a boss killer melee I find I like Stalkers better.. But thats my short take.. Im a HUGE fan of Sentinels.. I find many people have a mindset of.. Oh its not as good at blasting than a blaster.. so why make it.. BECAUSE ITS FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have found often that my Sentinels are the Glue that holds a team together. Who defends the Defenders - Sentinels. Who Plugs the holes the Tank/Brutes miss? - Sentinels. Who chases down the runners - Sentinels? Who holds the line when all else fails? - Sentinels. Who is still pew pewing when the Blaster/Corruptor is stunned our out of break frees - Sentinels Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?- THE SENTINELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went Elec/Elec/Elec mainly because I already have a lot of Energy Aura toons already and wanted something different. But that combos is very solid. If I did it again I would probably go Elec/Energy/Mu to get ThunderStrike

I went with Electric Armor because it fit my concept and my goal was to make a sapper, which would allow the " Shocked " mechanic in Electric Blast to trigger more often but Bior Armor and Super Reflexes would both be good options IMO.

hmmm WHY did they say not to do a Sentinel.. just wondering if they gave a real reason or was it just bias?

I dont know if I would classify some of these as " weird " more of " different" because I rarely see these combos. All of the are effective Dark/Bio Sentinel Ice/Spines Tank Stone/Bio Brute Elec/SS Tank (aka Malta;s worse nightmare) Ice/Storm Defender Elec/Time Corruptor Water/Ice Sentinel Ice/Ice Stalker All Human Peacebringer All Human Warshade Some builds I no longer play. Ice/Thorn Dominator Very Melee Centric..Made a lot of scrappers really jealous. Rad/Fire Blaster... also build very melee centric. That build could easily hold a door on BAFs by himself..

I dont know if I would classify some of these as " weird " more of " different" because I rarely see these combos. All of the are effective Dark/Bio Sentinel Ice/Spines Tank Stone/Bio Brute Elec/SS Tank (aka Malta;s worse nightmare) Ice/Storm Defender Elec/Time Corruptor Water/Ice Sentinel Ice/Ice Stalker All Human Peacebringer All Human Warshade Some builds I no longer play. Ice/Thorn Dominator Very Melee Centric..Made a lot of scrappers really jealous. Rad/Fire Blaster... also build very melee centric. That build could easily hold a door on BAFs by himself..

From childhood Arthur Ames suffered from constant spasms and seizures. As he approchaed puberty he was also seemed to develop a type of ADHD. His mind was always moving, he was constantly active, running around and had trouble sleeping. Then one day Arthur while at home with his parents, he released a pulse of energy that knocked out every electrical system in the house. His parents took him to GIFT and they discovered that Arthur was a metahuman that drew enegry from an unknown force that seemed to focus on energy and velocity. This force which Arthur dubbed "The Juice" increased his speed, reaction time, thought processes, and even his healing Factor. The constant influx of energy increased the electical charge in Arthur's body allowing him to create and even absorb electrical attacks. Arthur is also highly resistant to energy based attacks. He can even boost the speed of others. Arthur now works with GIFT as the hero "Overdrive". This is my build.. I made him and kind of an idea of a Electric Super Speed Character. Based of the characters " Juice " from Justice League Unlimited and " A-train" from the Boys. While I did not build in any defense in the build I also have a T4 Barrier Incarnate built for tougher things that I can switch to. He plays very well as a sapper quickly draining mobs down to zero end to limit their attacks and to increase the chance of the " Shocked " mechanic to trigger. OverDrive Sentinel BuildThreeVS - Electrical Blast - Electric Armor.mbd

Why not just make a corruptor?

Strangely enough you can actually do BOTH.. You can make a theme based build that is also highly effective.. Imagine that..

I made the shield electric looking.. Took Ninja Run as a power.. This changes the position of the shield to be in front of you when moving so you are running BEHIND the shield.. Looks much better than the standard run. Nothing beats the AoE of Shield Charge, Lightning Rod, Thunderstrike combo for AoE on a Stalker, especially since SC and LR dont break hide.

Here is what I used to determine what proc im going to put in which power. I dont know exactly how accurate it is, but so far it seems to be pretty close. https://proc-calc.weebly.com/

HA interestingly enough the TWO characters that I have that DON'T have hasten. Willpower/SS Tank and SR/Street Brute..

This made me do a count of all my characters and LoTG's Global recharge IOs in builds 0-2 1-4 2-6 3-14 4-8 5-19 So basically its like Franks Red Hot.. I put that #&#%@ on everything LOL

Again see builds is not an inidcation of what is good or isnt good. You see a lot of Inv/SS because its a classically icon hero thing. Just think of the sheer amount of characters that fly, are hard to damage and have super strength . Dark Melee has synergy with Inv because Inv is a defense based set and since the main secondary effect of Dark is -to hit, it has good synergy with Defense based sets. EM works perfectly fine. I had good single target damage and decent AoE. Once again just because you dont see A LOT of builds, that doesnt mean the powerset isnt good.