SWTOR GUNSLINGER SHARPSHOOTER 4.0 UPDATE
SWTOR GUNSLINGER SHARPSHOOTER 4.0 PATCH

Here is the short, but important list of what’s been done: Major as far as performance is concerned, almost nothing in the priorities of abilities is different.

SWTOR GUNSLINGER SHARPSHOOTER 4.0 UPDATE

In Game Update 5.6 Bioware introduced major changes to the gameplay of the spec.

Reduced the damage bonus to Ataru Form attacks granted by Ataru Mastery from 5% to 3%.

Reduced the critical strike damage bonus granted by Saber Storm from 15% to 10%.

They in no way change the ability priorities. These would lower your DPS by ~200-300, depending on your build and current target. Additionally, Force Leap now builds 2 Centering.īioware did a medium-sized nerf to some of the key damaging abilities for the discipline. If Intercessor is not utilized by the end of its duration, Force Leap is placed on a 7.5 second cooldown. Intercessor lasts up to 7.5 seconds and is removed if Force Leap is reused.

Intercessor: Force Leap grants Intercessor, allowing you to activate Force Leap a second time.

Stacks up to 12 charges and lasts for up to 6 seconds after exiting Force Camouflage. Each charge of Hidden Advance increases the damage dealt by your next melee attack by 4%.

Hidden Advance: While Force Camouflage is active, you gain a charge of Hidden Advance every 0.5 seconds.

Pacify also grants Zealous Judgment, increasing Force and tech defense by 75% for 6 seconds. Additionally, Dispatch is usable on targets affected by your Pacify, regardless of remaining health.

Zealous Judgment: Dispatch refunds 2 focus on targets affected by your Pacify.

This is now an instantly activated ability to help add more mobility to the Sentinel.

Blade Barrage: Blade Dance has been renamed to Blade Barrage.

High damage ability that hinders the movement of your enemy and reduces their armor.

Lance: New ability for the Combat Discipline.

Some of them I covered in this post as well as in my Class Changes Overview Video, based on the Developer Blogs.

SWTOR GUNSLINGER SHARPSHOOTER 4.0 PATCH

With Knights of the Eternal Throne and Patch 5.0 the Combat spec was not changed significantly.

My personal recommendation for leveling sentinels is to use the Combat spec. Watchman offers decent self-support passive abilities that may help with tougher bosses during your leveling adventures and Concentration in 5.0 is a very powerful spec, but nothing compares to the pure raw feeling of bashing your enemies with your melee weapon.

It does not have a specific rotation (well, you could use one, but it would ONLY be viable for the Ops Dummy), but rather relies on a very important abilities priority list and a various attack combos. The spec is ideal for fights involving frequent target switching and/or multiple targets boss encounters. The AoE potential of Combat is incredible.Īt the time of writing this guide, even if played to the best of its abilities, Combat is still a little behind the highest parsing disciplines in the game. The playstyle involves a small number of abilities and has an opener capable of dealing very high amount of damage to one of multiple opponents quickly and efficiently. It provides great Burst damage, weaker Single Target Sustained damage and incredibly good Burst AoE damage. Due to the small number of abilities included in the main priority, the great burst potential and high mobility, it is ideal for leveling up. The Combat Discipline is the 2nd of 3 available paths for the Jedi Sentinel Class.

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