What Sent combo best showcases what Sentinels excel at?

[One IV All]

1 hour ago, Uncle Shags said:

I haven't played one myself, but I read someone here talk about how sentinel seismic meteor was extra fancy when you combined the reduced sentinel CD with the seismic -rech gimmick.  Supposedly super fast. 

Yeah I have heard the same. I’ve messed around with the idea of a Seismic/Stone Sentinel that is kind of an “Earth Bender” type of theme.

[Ozztick]

I have a L50 DP/Bio/Psi that I have loved playing since L1.  Although I have been looking for builds & ideas, there's not much around.  I like the sentinel play style.

[Heatstroke]

3 hours ago, Ozztick said:

I have a L50 DP/Bio/Psi that I have loved playing since L1.  Although I have been looking for builds & ideas, there's not much around.  I like the sentinel play style.

If you havent.. Download Mids Hero Builder. Dont rely on other peoples builds. Ive seen a lot of builds that look like they were built by a lunatic. Learn what you like and what works for you, and sometimes discovery is the greatest thing. I never saw a Dark Bio Sent... Never saw a build and it turned out to be one of my best characters. 

[Black_Assassin]

28 minutes ago, Heatstroke said:

If you havent.. Download Mids Hero Builder. Dont rely on other peoples builds. Ive seen a lot of builds that look like they were built by a lunatic. Learn what you like and what works for you, and sometimes discovery is the greatest thing. I never saw a Dark Bio Sent... Never saw a build and it turned out to be one of my best characters. 

 

There's a certain popular thread that has some really questionable builds, especially for sentinel.

[AlwaysAPrice]

On 3/19/2025 at 5:50 AM, mistagoat said:

To that end, if I wanted to make a Sent that was guaranteed fun and effective as it's played up, what would you suggest? It doesn't need to be the best damage or the tankiest but rather the combo that is most likely to make it click for me, the most likely to make me say "oh okay this is where Sents shine, I get it!"

 

Beam/invuln did it for me. Two sets I'm not particularly thrilled with on any other AT but the sentinel version of Invuln is great and Beam seemed to synergize well with the AT's gimmick. Quickly became a favorite build overall, not just favorite sentinel, and is a fun & functional ride all the way up.

[Renatos1023]

I like Sentinels because, as someone else mentioned, you can fill the damage or alpha breaker roles as needed. Because of this, most of my Sents use a defense based secondary as I find it easier to fill the alpha breaker role that way. My two fave Sents that I like to run are:

1. Dark/Nin/Dark - I went Dark with primary and ancillary pools because the stacking -Acc helps boost your defenses even more. Nin also has some good powers to help keep you upright when you do get hit.

2. Fire/Stone/Fire - This was a concept build, but also very fun once you get soft-capped defenses. Fire helps to melt mobs quickly, and I took the AoE immob from the ancillary pool to help keep things under RoF. 

 

Both of these have no problem finding teams and/or running point when needed. 

[Snarky]

Beam Rifle / Willpower will be quite an easy and powerful journey to 50.

[FupDup]

I wouldn't call Willpower "powerful" but it would at least be easy in the mechanical/brainpower sense.