Rad/Rad Sentinel

[Guardian Rhykon]

Anyone have any ideas for a Rad/Rad Sentinel? The ones I saw here are kind of *meh*

[oldskool]

Rad Blast is OK.  You can check out Defender and Corruptor builds for ideas on what to do there.  Just replace the snipe with the Sentinel equivalent.  I'm not a fan of X-Ray but it has value for Defensive Opportunity. 

 

For Rad Melee, I'd not worry about trying to soft-cap defenses.  You can, and should, pursue some defense boosting through pool powers but chasing high defense values is trade off to more damage potential.  That said, there are good melee oriented set bonuses like Unbreakable Guard which can make close range safer.  I'd probably lean into that strength and get scrappy.