tjknight

What a confusing thread derail. Just a few simple facts: - People were soling Giant Monsters and TF's with Illusion Cold and Illusion Rad long before incarnates were introduced. - Permahasten was thing before incarnates as well. Don't really care about sandbox fights, but refusing to accept good advice bugs me.

Go Bots/Time or Bots/Kin and use that nifty GoTO command PaxArcana gave you.

Ninja/Dark was a pretty classic build back in the day... This old thread from a few years is still releavant and might be useful for you: https://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?topic=11351.0

I have a level 30 Rad/Rad sentinel. Which should be a level 50 now, but I suffer from alt-itis ::). When playing a Sentinel you really need to think of the 'classic' superhero type (For example: The Human Torch, Iron Man, Firestorm, The Punisher). That type of hero is pretty much self sufficient. He/she can blast enemies (with powers or ranged weapons), while still having some defense/armor. Sentinels remind me of Khelds or VEATS when it comes to play-style. They can off-tank, do some damage, and remain standing after the alpha-strike. I've been on some teams with higher level Sentinels, and after they were beasts. They don't require as much babysitting as Blasters. And aren't burdened with having to keep up buffs like Corruptors. On my Rad/Rad I've found myself still standing after a team wipe (along with the Tank/Brute). Which frees up healers to rez the rest of the team. So I guess "off-tank" is much better description for a Hybrid AT like this. At least that's how I think of them.

Made a DM/Ninjitsu stalker today. She's amazing got her to level 20. I remember dark + Ninjitsu being a good combo from the old days.

Updated the build somewhat... I'm currently at level 27. Rad/Rad is fun to play. Also, very survivable. Not invincible by a longshot. Too much aggro and you're gonna faceplant. But the build is tough enough to handle most solo situations and works well as a "tough dps" on team. ----------------------------------------- Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Level 49 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast Secondary Power Set: Radiation Armor Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Teleportation Power Pool: Fighting Hero Profile: ------------ Level 1: Neutrino Bolt Acc(A), Acc(3), Dmg(3), Dmg(5), Dmg(5) Level 1: Alpha Barrier ResDam(A), ResDam(7), ResDam(7), EndRdx(9) Level 2: Irradiate Acc(A), Acc(9), Dmg(11), Dmg(11), Dmg(13) Level 4: Gamma Boost EndMod(A), EndMod(13), EndMod(15) Level 6: Proton Armor ResDam(A), ResDam(17), ResDam(17), EndRdx(19) Level 8: Aim ToHit(A), ToHit(19), RechRdx(21) Level 10: Fallout Shelter ResDam(A), ResDam(21), ResDam(23), RechRdx(23) Level 12: Hasten RechRdx(A), RechRdx(25), RechRdx(25) Level 14: Fly Flight(A) Level 16: Electron Haze Acc(A), Acc(27), Dmg(27), Dmg(29), Dmg(29) Level 18: Proton Therapy Heal(A), Heal(31), EndMod(31), RechRdx(31) Level 20: Proton Stream Acc(A), Acc(33), Dmg(33), Dmg(33) Level 22: Particle Acceleration Run(A), Run(34), Flight(34) Level 24: Recall Friend Range(A) Level 26: Neutron Bomb Acc(A), Acc(34), Dmg(36), Dmg(36), Dmg(36) Level 28: Particle Shielding Heal(A), Heal(37), Heal(37) Level 30: Boxing Empty(A) Level 32: Tough ResDam(A), ResDam(37), EndRdx(39) Level 35: Atomic Blast Acc(A), Acc(39), Dmg(39), Dmg(40) Level 38: Ground Zero Acc(A), Acc(40), Dmg(40), Dmg(42) Level 41: Weave DefBuff(A), DefBuff(42), EndRdx(42) Level 44: Meltdown ResDam(A), ResDam(45), ResDam(45), EndRdx(45) Level 47: Teleport Foe Acc(A) Level 49: Long Range Teleport RechRdx(A) Level 1: Brawl Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Dash Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Slide Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Quick Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Rush Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Surge Empty(A) Level 1: Sprint Empty(A) Level 2: Rest Empty(A) Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift Empty(A) Level 2: Health Empty(A) Level 2: Hurdle Empty(A) Level 2: Stamina Empty(A) ------------

After reading OrionX's post I decided to make an Ice Blast/Bio Armor Sentinel. Right now its at lvl 24. Which isn't hard to do. I got levels 1-17 by running the "Death From Below" trial repeatedly. Boring but it works. Levels 17 - 24 were attained by joining higher level door mission teams. Since this is completely new territory, I'm sort of working on the build based on what I've read on forums. Plus, advice from chatting with other players in-game. So far this is the power progression I have planned. 1: Ice Bolt 1: Hardened Carapace 2: Ice Blast 4: Frost Breath 6: Inexhaustible 8: Hasten 10: Environmental Adaption 12: Adaption 14: Super Speed 16: Aim 18: Ice Storm 20: Rebuild DNA 22: Bitter Ice Blast 24: Recall Friend 26: Bitter Freeze Ray 28: Athletic Regulation 30: Burnout 32: Blizzard 35: Genomic Evolution 38: Parasitic Leech Not really sure what I'm going to do at 41 when the auxiliary power pools kick in. The power pools for Sentinel don't look like they add much really. There's a lot of overlap from what's already in the build. I will say this. By level 20 the build was already feeling pretty self-sufficient. I'm running the offensive toggle from Bio Armor. The damage difference is noticeable. If you're worried about theme Bio Armor's visual FX can be set to minimal using the costume creator.

Thanks for the post and info. I've been playing a rad/rad Sentinel and am having lots of fun. I agree the Sentinel isn't a blaster. If anything they remind me of Khelds and VEAT's. You can deal damage, have mez protection, and damage mitigation. I like rad/rad because the debuffs work well with the Sentinels inherent. Also, in big fights I've noticed blasters getting hammered while I'm still alive. Often I'm drawing the aggro after a blaster goes down. Which gives healers a break, so they can focus on rezzing and healing team mates. I like AT and find it very versatile. It doesn't excel in any one area, but is generalist that does well teamed or solo. I'm at lvl 27 now.

So I'm trying to build a Rad/Rad sentinel and I'm at a complete loss. I never played blasters much and didn't touch Radiation Armor at all during the last days of COH. Here's what I have so far, any help or suggestions would be welcome. Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Rad Robbie: Level 49 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast Secondary Power Set: Radiation Armor Power Pool: Speed Hero Profile: Level 1: Neutrino Bolt -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3) Level 1: Alpha Barrier -- Empty(A), Empty(5) Level 2: X-Ray Beam -- Empty(A), Empty(5), Empty(7) Level 4: Proton Armor -- Empty(A), Empty(7) Level 6: Hasten -- Empty(A), Empty(9), Empty(9) Level 8: Aim -- Empty(A) Level 10: Fallout Shelter -- Empty(A), Empty(11) Level 12: Electron Haze -- Empty(A), Empty(13), Empty(13) Level 14: Super Speed -- Empty(A) Level 16: [Empty] Level 18: [Empty] Level 20: [Empty] Level 22: [Empty] Level 24: [Empty] Level 26: [Empty] Level 28: [Empty] Level 30: [Empty] Level 32: [Empty] Level 35: [Empty] Level 38: [Empty] Level 41: [Empty] Level 44: [Empty] Level 47: [Empty] Level 49: [Empty] Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A) Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A) Level 2: Health -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(15) Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A) Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(15) ------------