Dark/Stone and Rad/Stone Sentinels?

[CoeruleumBlue]

Sentinels get a different version of Stone Armor that doesn't have Mud Pots, would there even be any synergy with these? Rad/Stone would probably be more useful since there's still Brimstone Armor, but it's still annoying that in Sentinels they took many of the PBAoEs out of the armors but left most of them in the blast sets so some set combinations that might have nice synergies on both scrappers and blasters don't necessarily on sentinels.

 

 

Sentinels do seem to end up working more like some kind of ranged stalker since Rad/Stone and Dark/Stone don't seem good on Stalkers either, while things that are good on Stalkers like Psi/Ninjitsu are also good on Sentinels, and that's fine, but if that's how it is it does highlight they shouldn't give Sentinels buffs that require them to stay in combat, that'll just totally screw them over. 

[Maelwys]

Sentinels don't get traditional damage auras because their offensive powerset is ranged and they lack any form of taunt to keep foes close by.
The closest thing is Shocking Field. Which looks like a damage aura at first glance, but is really a ten second duration PBAoE DoT that happens to be a toggle.

That's not to say there isn't "synergy" between various Sentinel powersets and playstyles though. For /Stone; Sentinels can lean into Brimstone Armor procs; just like any modern Stoner... and they lack Granite Armor in favour of the vastly more useful Geode. Terra Firma is a good one-slot-wonder power, but like all "need to be on the ground" powers it can get a bit wonky in practice due to geometry. However a few other sets (Seismic Blast, for example) have mechanics which benefit from you being on the ground too.
Dark Blast probably has the most obvious synergy with SR (assuming you're using Life Drain). As for Rad Blast... I'd probably go /Psi. 

Also FWIW /Ninjitsu on Sentinels is completely overshadowed by /NRG and /SR for anything other than Shinobi-Iri Nuking; and that's currently on the chopping block.