Build Design: Build for S/L, Ranged, Status

[Lockpick]

 

I have been trying out a number of builds with DP as the primary.  I am trying to figure whether I should be trying to build for S/L defense or ranged defense and also how to get some status protection.  It looks like Combat Jumping is almost mandatory for DP.  I used to have a DP/EM build on Live which seemed pretty strong, but compared to my SoA I am not sure he competes.  I am now trying out DP/MC, rebuilding my DP/EM, and trying out a Sentinel with DP/Ninjitsu.  The Sentinel damage seems very low, but the defense is nice.

 

Anyway, just wanted to see if there was a consensus on how to build and what are the priorities in case I am missing something.