Mass Effect 3 single player: Sentinel - Biotic Bomber and Walking Armory guide (by Kronner)

NOTE: I am also going to add this post from swk3000 since it is interesting.


I was at work last night, and randomly did some math on the Sentinel. The results were surprising, and I thought I'd share.

Base Recharge Speeds at Rank 1:
Throw - 4 seconds
Cryo Blast - 6 seconds
Warp/Overload - 8 seconds

Recharge Speed at Rank 1 with Tech Armor and Barrier/Fortification/Defense Matrix off:
These numbers are with a 200% Weight Capacity bonus, the Inferno Armor, and 1 piece of intel giving a 5% boost to Power Recharge Speed

Throw - 1.19 seconds
Cryo Blast - 1.79 seconds
Warp/Overload - 2.39 seconds

Recharge Speed at Rank 1 with Tech Armor on (no Power Recharge evolution):
Throw - 1.57 seconds
Cryo Blast - 2.35 seconds
Warp/Overload - 3.14 seconds

Recharge Speed at Rank 1 with Barrier/Fortification/Defense Matrix on (no Power Recharge evolution):
Throw - 1.45 seconds
Cryo Blast - 2.18 seconds
Warp/Overload - 2.91 seconds

Recharge Speed at Rank 1 with both Tech Armor and Barrier/Fortification/Defense Matrix on (no Power Recharge evolutions):
Throw - 2.05 seconds
Cryo Blast - 3.08 seconds
Warp/Overload - 4.10 seconds

Now, according to my information, you can get the following Dynamic Bonuses:

Weight Capacity - 200%
Armor - 50%
Intel - 20%
Squadmate* - 10%

Plugging those into the equation results in the following recharge times for the Sentinel while both Tech Armor and a defensive bonus skill are turned on (again, without the Power Recharge evolutions) :

Throw - 1.6 seconds
Cryo Blast - 2.5 seconds
Warp/Overload - 3.33 seconds

Throw in the Power Recharge evolutions, and those drop to the following:

Throw - 1.3 seconds
Cryo Blast - 2.0 seconds
Warp/Overload - 2.66 seconds

* Liara and Tali both have a rank 6 Squad Bonus evolution that increases recharge speed of a particular type of power by 10%. Liara covers Biotics, and Tali covers Tech.

So it is actually possible to have 50 to 70 percent damage resist as a Sentinel, but still use your powers as your primary offense. So the Biotic Bomber is gimping themselves power-wise not by taking two defensive powers, but by taking a full weapon loadout!