Psi/dark/psi

[WitchofDread]

Never built a sentinel before so not sure how great the build is or how viable.

 

 

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[oldskool]

Just an FYI, but those procs in Obscure Sustenance aren't going to work like you probably hope.  That power has weird design features like using AoE ranges but only effects one enemy.  In other words, it is no where close to being the AoE proc bomb that its cousin Dark Regeneration is.  Furthermore, Theft of Essence isn't that reliable so do not count on this power fueling your endurance much.  

I'd say, you're better off slotting OS as a regular old heal power with either Doctored Wounds, Panacea, or Preventative Medicine for the global recharge benefit.  Tenebrous Regeneration is a power that you could potentially skip if you wanted.  All it does it push regeneration, nothing more, and while that value is high the general use of passive regeneration kinda sucks.  

 

Likewise, Cloak of Fear isn't that great of a proc carrier for an aura power either.  At least, the damage it suggests isn't as reliable as it is really functions.  That on top of its base endurance cost (and crappy base accuracy) makes it less useful for that kind of slotting, in my opinion.  I also generally don't value CoF much without using some other form of fear to handle more difficult targets.  Oppressive Gloom makes sense with the power pair, and the Epic, due to stun stacking which you can notice some results with.  

It'd be nice to see Psychic Focus with one more slot to hold Gaussian's Build-Up proc.  It is a nice damage increase.  Scramble Thoughts is a deceptive power.  It looks like it sucks because the animation is so long.  It is actually one of the strongest powers in your tool kit making it better than Psionic Strike (which actually does suck in comparison to almost everything else).  The Apocalypse set would work well in Scramble Thoughts allowing for it trigger the bonus negative damage more frequently.  You could do something similar with Psionic Strike too, but well, it is just one of the powers in the tool kit that is basically inferior to your total array of options.  

 

Other than that, I don't have much more to say.  The pairing of these two sets can be difficult to build with, and having higher resists is a decent way to approach it.  

So, is it viable as is?  Of course.  It'll be viable with some changes too.  

Do you mean is this optimal?  No, but then again neither half of this power combo is going to be "optimal" when the conditions are either A) the most damage (this power pair won't do that) or even B) having the best survivability for the hardest content (Dark Armor on Sentinels can struggle there).  Still, the combination of stun stacking can actually go a long way making this more durable than it has any real business being.  The psionic damage type will be nice for certain enemy factions but some will be frustrating due to late game psi-enemies being overly punitive to the type for players.  So there will be areas it shines as a niche power combo but plenty of other areas where it will seem merely "OK".  

Edited August 30, 2021 by oldskool