Best Pairings - Beam Rifle/ Energy or Elect? Which AT Sentinel, Blaster, or Corupter

[Mr. Apocalypse]

I just rolled a Beam Rifle/Elec armor Sentinel.  I am liking it so far, but not sure if it is a good combo for endgame. I really don't want to waste my time on this combo, if it has major flaws that i am missing. Would Energy Armor be a better choice.  I am pretty much locked into Electric or Energy based on the Character concept.

 

This is my first attempt at a Sentinel, and beam rifle.  I also really don't remember much from the old days about any of my blaster and corruptor builds and there general pitfalls. Performance wise, how does the Sentinel match up against the similar pairings with Blasters and Corruptors?

Edited April 29, 2022 by jeolman1

[Uun]

While both Electric and Energy are good sets, Energy is somewhat better for a sentinel. Electric is a a resist set and the sentinel resist cap is 75%. You should be able to soft cap defense to everything but psi with Energy. In terms of damage, sentinel damage scale is 0.95, compared to 1.125 for blasters and 0.75 for corruptors. Sentinels also have range and max targets limitations that blasters and corruptors don't. Beam's strength is single target, so you're not going to affected as much by the max target limitation. A sentinel won't out-damage a blaster, but it's sturdier and has mezz protection. Corruptor is more of a force multiplier, since it's providing buffs/debuffs to the team. Depending on the secondary, corruptors can out-damage sentinels, but again, not as sturdy. Think of sentinels as ranged scrappers.