Is sentinel worth taking to r5 unduped?

Chuck_Norris

My current rank 5 5*s are Omega Red, Ghost, Domino, Venom and Void.

I have a 5* tech rank up gem 4>5 that's been sitting since 100% V2 months ago. I was saving it for sparky but I'm getting impatient lol.

I'm wanting to use sentinel for V3 and on defence. Hes sitting at r3 atm.

I have almost every tech 5* except sparky, mysterio and Warlock if yall think I'm looking over someone.
What would you do?

FreeToPlay_21

Sentinel is a good R5 option but I wouldn't take him up unduped. You'll have to keep hitting into the enemy's block like a madman for SO long, not worth it. If he was awakened, I wouldn't think twice before ranking him up.

Duke_Silver

Yep, I say go for it. His sig is nice but playing him unawakened is way less tedious than people make it out to be.

Drake

There's no YouTuber out there who plays him correctly unduped so I'm not surprised some of these people think he needs the dupe to be good. Unduped Sentinel was my first r5 tech and I do have the entire trinity as 5 stars. In hindsight I definitely made the right choice.

To get to 100 analysis, just fight normally and get to an L1 as soon as possible. Once you have it, hit into their block with a full 5 hit combo followed by the L1 so that all of it gets blocked (try to back up and do it away from the wall... sometimes Sentinel doesn't push himself back all the way if you're both close to the wall.) Against mutants, that alone will pretty much get you there. Just a couple more blocks or other repeated actions needed. If it's a non-mutant other than cosmic, then usually you'll just need to repeat it once more. Get another full 5 hit combo + L1 blocked and you're done. Usually I find that I reach 100 some time in the middle the second L1 being blocked, so some of the armor breaks start landing through their block.

Check out my gameplay video below. Mine has since gotten the dupe, but you'll see I get no benefit from it. He doesn't repeat the same special and I've gotten him to 100 before it matters.

The dupe is still nice to have. Especially against cosmics where it'll take way too long even throwing the "5 hit combo + L1" into blocks. But honestly, I still use this method for all others because it's usually faster. Especially against mutants.

So yeah, you should absolutely r5 him without the dupe. And I'd even question using an awakening gem on him later on, especially if you have a tech that benefits from it more like Stark or Darkhawk or Ghost. Sentinel is god-like in Variant 3... he makes some of those fights absolutely trivial, and he was one of my MVPs (along with Venom) for Variant 2. Heck... not to mention Variant 1.2. He's just awesome!

PS - in the video below I was messing around with showing the unstoppable on his heavy after 100 analysis, so I don't normally derp around like that. :-P

https://youtu.be/HgHH_-K8KXs

PawnyExpress

At r4 you can use Sentinel for Variant 3, this was the 1.2 boss in V3 with my unduped r1 6* Sentinel.

phil56201

0din said:

Definitely not. He needs his dupe. Sig 20 would suffice.

I wouldnt say that. Nor does he need anything past sig 1. That's the beauty of Sentinel. Can use an AG on him and never have to throw a single sig stone into him.

GroundedWisdom

I'd say so. He gets Charges faster with his Sig, but still useful without.

Austin555555

Yeah for variant 3.

Bahamut

He’s worth it, especially if you want to do Variant 3

ẞlооd

I used mine unduped for a long time. Then I duped him and it didn't help a ton honestly. I'm guessing you're a skilled player with that many rank 5's, so it shouldn't be hard hard for you to play him unduped.

Chuck_Norris

Thanks for the awesome reply guys! It is done!

Drake

You have chosen... wisely.

GroundedWisdom

Right on!

Chuck_Norris

Just a little update. He was a blast to play.