Beam/Psi/? - experiments in damage.

[BazookaTwo]

Maybe Masked Presence is a clone of it's Ninjitsu cousin, but I rolled a Beam/Psi and keep leaning into the damage from Hide thing. Pre 22, I start with 77% DMG bonus before hitting disintegrate. I added Assault, and I'm going to be pushing damage bonus as high as possible, and eating lots of red candies. Devour is a nice Regen boost/enemy degen too. Plus Aim? It's just wild. 

 

For fun I took the Mighty Leap for the stomp knockdown and the wicked maneuverability of Take Off + Jump Pack. I think this combo may be faster than Afterburner. 

 

On an SBB last night I watched my DMG bonus climb to like 220% during the casino boss fights. 

 

What other stupid damage tricks am I missing? What's the ideal Beam attack cycle? Am I just on a new high with this new armor or what?

 

 

[FupDup]

One thing to note for Sentinel BR is that Piercing Beam has the second highest DPA of the set, provided that the target is already Disintegrating. So usually the ranged ST cycle would be Disint - Piercing - Lancer - etc. until Disint needs a refresh (and of course add in an epic melee after Piercing when level 35+). Piercing can also hold Annihilation to sneak a little more -res into the ST chain. 

[BazookaTwo]

Just hit 50 on this one!

 

Ended up with a Beam/Psi/Psi (for Mass Hypnosis) with Hasten, Leaping, and Fighting. 

 

Hits like a truck, especially if you chug reds like a benzos addict and take first strike with Overcharged. Whee. 

 

Aura of Madness and Memento Mori are enough soft control to make it breezy. I'll be taking incarnate things that boost stuns, sleeps, confuses, and holds. 

[Cambras]

I was just considering this combo myself, do you have a build you can share?

[Octogoat]

1 hour ago, Cambras said:

I was just considering this combo myself, do you have a build you can share?

I'd also be interested got an idea for a space alien.

[Underfyre]

On 6/21/2025 at 5:47 PM, FupDup said:

One thing to note for Sentinel BR is that Piercing Beam has the second highest DPA of the set, provided that the target is already Disintegrating. So usually the ranged ST cycle would be Disint - Piercing - Lancer - etc. until Disint needs a refresh (and of course add in an epic melee after Piercing when level 35+). Piercing can also hold Annihilation to sneak a little more -res into the ST chain. 

 Disintegrate comes with a 12.5% damage boost that stacks. Use it at every opportunity.

[evetsleep]

16 hours ago, Underfyre said:

 Disintegrate comes with a 12.5% damage boost that stacks. Use it at every opportunity.

 

In all my time playing Sentinels I've never known this...thanks for sharing!  I looked at it in Mids and it doesn't show that, but City of Data certainly does.  

 

Thanks!!

 

 

Edited yesterday at 11:08 AM by evetsleep

[Underfyre]

I've largely kept that under my hat for the last 5 years of maintaining my spreadsheet. It's almost certainly a bug and they've taken away everything else like this that made me happy, so them saying this is also a bug is in the cards.