Talk:Sentinel Skills/@comment-66.67.26.74-20130728190253

some thoughts on skillls...

I'm a lvl 77 sentinel with spiritstone bow, 1.2milllion dps

Active:

- never found salvo/multi-shot much use

- Roll is useful, still at lvl 1. Usually to evade in single player and coop lvls, but very handy to quickly get within range and attack in pvp matches.

- i'd say bear trap is the most useful active skill. Put a few skill points in and it becomes a devestatingly powerful melee attack (stronger than any of blademaster's skills) for bosses and pvp. Also useful for corralling players in pvp.

- multi-shot is another work-horse skill for big damage, and nice that you can keep your distance. I wouldn't put many points in because the return in damage is modest

- if you get to the higher levels, arrow barrage and radient flare are super useful. arrow barrage makes you nearly invincible in single player/coop for crowd control. Radient flare, because of it's very short range, is really only useful in pvp (and don't add skill points; you don't care about the damage, you just want it for the stun).

Passive: this is where I recommend that vast majority of your skill points.

- invest early in experience, you'll be very grateful when you lvl much faster (~10 points)

- DON'T get sucked into poison. it is s.l.o.w damage, your points will be more valuable elsewhere

- health steal is one of the most important attributes for your character, but I would focus on equipping a couple high lvl charms of bandit and maybe a ring. bloodsteal is too expensive.

- slowing shots: great in single player, coop, pvp. 10 pts and 1 in 5 arrows will slow. few things are more annoying to opponents in pvp.

- if you can get it, eagle eye (increased chance of critical attack) is the best skill in the game. lvl 20, 100% chance of critical, a few charms of agility and you can easily quadruple your dps

- skip frost arrows, just use a charm of winter