Dual Pistol / Ninjitsu - Is this Kung POW! or Kung Crap?

[Grizlee]

 Hello, 

 

  A bit of a click-bait title 🙂 Apologies.

 

 So I have wanted to play Sentinel and made a short foray but wasn't having fun. I've made a themed attempt again and started playing it. So far it's been pretty fun, so, time for a rough draft build to semi-sorta follow.

 

 Is this way off course?

 

It seems ok so far. I'm only lvl 10 doing solo story arc content. Any sentinel gurus care to take a look, if you please?

 

Thanks! 

 

 

 

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Edited Tuesday at 04:05 AM by Grizlee
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[biostem]

I have a 50 dp/nin sentinel.  It's very fun to play!  I can't speak to your specific build, though, as I made mine more for "flavor" than absolute effectiveness.  Still, it's an effective combo and has virtually no holes in its defenses.  The only areas lacking are relatively weak KB protection and a need to be ready to use your self heal or end-recovery power at a moment's notice, if enough hits get through...

[Grizlee]

1 minute ago, biostem said:

I have a 50 dp/nin sentinel.  It's very fun to play!  I can't speak to your specific build, though, as I made mine more for "flavor" than absolute effectiveness.  Still, it's an effective combo and has virtually no holes in its defenses.  The only areas lacking are relatively weak KB protection and a need to be ready to use your self heal or end-recovery power at a moment's notice, if enough hits get through...

 

 Thanks for that 🙂  I'm a bit worried about my Energy/Negative defense on whole. I know I have the ranged/melee/aoe softcapped to offset it a little bit but still. 

[biostem]

1 minute ago, Grizlee said:

Thanks for that 🙂  I'm a bit worried about my Energy/Negative defense on whole. I know I have the ranged/melee/aoe softcapped to offset it a little bit but still. 

Even with my non-optimized build, IIRC, I still have over 45% ranged defense, and high 30s in melee and nearly 40+ in AoE.  Unlike SR, you always have the heal to fall back on, (and I believe I took a heal from the APP as well).  Also note that I did NOT take blinding powder or the T9, in favor of maneuvers and tactics, and I think I also took CJ, (but not fighting).

[Riverdusk]

4 hours ago, Grizlee said:

 

 Thanks for that 🙂  I'm a bit worried about my Energy/Negative defense on whole. I know I have the ranged/melee/aoe softcapped to offset it a little bit but still. 

 

Don't believe there is anything in the game that does energy/negative that isn't also ranged, melee, or aoe, so I think that is a zero worry.  Only typed I know of that sometimes (rarely) doesn't have a positional is psi.  Luckily ninjitsu has decent psi resistance, especially if you double stack Kuji-In Rin (yes it stacks).

 

Edit: Also think I'd try to fit executioner's shot in.  It is a solid power with good dpa and I'm not sure how good your single target attack chain is going to be without it.  But I'm not a DP expert. 

Edited Tuesday at 08:39 AM by Riverdusk

[Uun]

• Kuji-In Rin is your mez protection. Take it as soon as it becomes available at lvl 10. I would slot some recharge, otherwise it won't be perma when Hasten is down.
• Bo Ryaku is your knockback protection. Take it as soon as it becomes available at lvl 24. Unclear why you're slotting recharge, as it's an auto power.
• Don't skip Executioner's Shot. I would drop Blinding Powder and pull slots from Ninja Reflexes and Danger Sense, which are both over slotted.
• Not sure why you're slotting the Overwhelming Force kb>kd proc in Bullet Rain, since the kb goes away when you use any of the 3 ammos.
• Pistols has higher DPA than Dual Wield.

[Hjarki]

8 hours ago, Uun said:

• I would drop Blinding Powder and pull slots from Ninja Reflexes and Danger Sense, which are both over slotted.

Blinding Powder is (somewhat) useful for stealth'ing mission objectives (although less so on a Sentinel without Aim). More importantly, it permits slotting Coercive Persuasion (10% recharge and 5% Ranged Defense), which is one of the best sets in the game.

[biostem]

So here's my weird DP/Nin build that somehow gave me 61% ranged, 42% melee, and 41% AoE defense...

 

[Uun]

15 hours ago, Hjarki said:

Blinding Powder is (somewhat) useful for stealth'ing mission objectives (although less so on a Sentinel without Aim). More importantly, it permits slotting Coercive Persuasion (10% recharge and 5% Ranged Defense), which is one of the best sets in the game.

The OP had Blinding Powder 1-slotted, so the Coercive Persuasion set bonuses weren't in play. Executioner's Shot is hands down a better power pick.

 

Also, what does Aim have to do with it? Blinding Powder is autohit. The bigger issue is that it has a 10 target cap and it's a narrow and fairly shallow cone..

[Hjarki]

1 hour ago, Uun said:

Also, what does Aim have to do with it?

Sentinel versions of Aim have +33% Range attached.