Destiny 2 Sentinel: Best Builds, Exotics & Fragments

Sentinel is one of the five Titan subclasses available in Destiny 2. As of Season of the Wish (S23), Sentinel remains a strong subclass, especially for PvE.

This guide covers the best Sentinel Titan builds, Fragments, and Exotics that make Sentinel such a powerful subclass.

What is Sentinel in Destiny 2?

Sentinel is the name of the Void-based subclass available to Titans in Destiny 2. 

Best Sentinel Fragments & Exotics

Sentinel (Void 3.0)

• Ranking: ❘ A Strong

One of Destiny’s most iconic subclasses, Sentinel has only gotten stronger since the release of Void 3.0. Sentinel allows Titan to take on more of a supportive role inside both PVP and PVE by supplying fireteam members with over-shields and debuffing enemies. Sentinel offers lots of customization in terms of playstyle, whether you want to lean more into the fireteam support or create some of the hardest-hitting melee builds in the game.

Preferred Exotic: Helm of Saint-14 and Doom Fang Pauldron are the two most dominant exotics that are built around Sentinel. Peregrine Greaves is also a solid choice for those wanting to take full advantage of Shield Bash. You could also go for No Backup Plans, as the Exotic perk is all about Overshields and shotguns.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Doom Fang Pauldron	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Defeating targets with Void damage has a chance to grant an escalating bonus to damage with Void weapons. Defeating targets with Void melee grants Super energy. While Sentinel Shield is active, defeating targets with melee attacks recharges Shield Throw, which extends your Super on hitting a target.
Helm of Saint-14	Titan	Helm	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 2	Free-to-Play	Enemies that enter Ward of Dawn are blinded, while allies that pass through gain an overshield. Guarding with Sentinel Shield blinds nearby enemies.

Preferred Aspects and Fragments:

• Aspects: All 3 of Sentinel’s Aspects are great to use. They all synergize well with each other, and hence any two can be chosen depending on the overall build/playstyle.
• Fragments: Echo of Expulsion, Echo of Leeching, Echo of Dilation, Echo of Undermining.

Preferred Abilities and Stats:

• Stats: Resilience, Discipline, Strength.
• Abilities: Ward of Dawn is usually the best choice for Super. The buffs and protection it gives are extremely valuable, especially in end-game content. Both Shield Bash and Shield Throw are excellent melees. Shield Throw opens up the ability for a more ranged playstyle, whereas Shield Bash opens the door for some extremely strong melee builds. Vortex and Suppressor Grenades are the best options for PvE and PvP, respectively.

Sentinel Titan builds for PvE

These are some of the best Destiny 2 Sentinel builds right now; you can find more excellent Titan builds here:

One Punch (Bash) Man

Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)

Goal of the Build: Titans are known for their punching skills, and this build aims to take it to a new level. Peregrine Greaves now refunds all melee energy when hitting a miniboss, Champion, or Tormentor, and when paired with Void 3.0, cuts them down to size too.

Mandatory gear: Peregrine Greaves. Tractor Cannon is recommended.

Name: Peregrine Greaves

Class: Titan Slot: Legs

Source: Exotic Engrams Requires: Forsaken Pack

Exotic Perk: All shoulder charge abilities (Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, or Shield Bash) deal bonus damage when activated in the air.

Tractor Cannon

Shotgun

Heavy

Void

Exotic Engram

• Aspects: Bastion and Offensive Bulwark.
• Fragments: Echo of Undermining, Echo of Leeching, and Echo of Expulsion.
• Abilities: Vortex Grenade or Void Wall, Shield Bash.
• Stats: Resilience 🡒 Recovery 🡒 Discipline 🡒 Strength.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Hands-On.
  • Arms: Heavy Handed, Melee Kickstart, Focusing Strike.
  • Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.

Gameplay Loop

The aspects used in this build work hand in hand with each other to help strengthen your melee damage you output. Bastion grants an overshield when using your barricade, allowing Offensive Bulwark to activate. This increases your melee damage, range, and regeneration. It also allows for melee final blows to increase the duration of the overshield. This loop of constant overshield helps you regen your other abilities faster and help keep the melee chain going.

Peregrine Greaves add to this by enhancing all shoulder charge abilities after being airborne for a short duration. To most enemies, this would be a 225% increase, but to anything classified as a mini-boss (Champions, Tormentors), this is a staggering 1000%!

So when going up against any of them, the idea is to apply Tractor Cannon’s debuff, sprint, jump, and then Shield Bash right into them. If they aren’t dead on the first go around, your melee should be back in time to do it again. It is important that you are in the air for at least half a second. Otherwise, the perk will not activate and you will not receive the damage buff, nor the melee energy.

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Soaring Submachine Gunner

Excels In: Casual Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)

Goal of the Build: Using Peacekeeper’s new damage buff and Manticore’s anti-grav lift, take to the sky and make sure that none stand in your wake.

Mandatory gear: Peacekeepers and The Manticore.

Name: Peacekeepers

Class: Titan Slot: Legs

Source: Exotic Engrams Requires: Free-to-Play

Exotic Perk: Reloads stowed Submachine Guns and allows you to ready them instantly. Improves your handling with SMGs and your movement while wielding one.

The Manticore

Submachine Gun

Primary

Void

Exotic Kiosk

• Aspects: Bastion and Controlled Demolition
• Fragments:  Echo of Instability, Echo of Persistence, Echo of Starvation, and Echo of Reprisal.
• Abilities: Shield Bash, Towering Barricade, Twilight Arsenal. Your choice of grenade.
• Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Ashes to Assets, Harmonic Siphon.
  • Arms: Firepower.
  • Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
  • Legs:  Better Already, Recuperation, Void Surge.
  • Class Item: Bomber, Powerful Attraction, Reaper.

Gameplay Loop

Thanks to Peacekeepers now getting a damage buff to all SMGs, it’s one of the most fun builds to play around, even in PvE. While most SMGs can benefit greatly from this, it’s The Manticore that shines through thanks to its intrinsic granting bonus damage while airborne.

The loop plays very easily: start off by activating Volatile Rounds from a grenade kill. This will juice the Anti-Gravity Repulsors, and once full, activate it mid-air to dish out incredible amounts of damage while also regenerating a Void Overshield via rapid kills or scoring 5 hits on any non minor target. If you’re running into heavier targets, pop your barricade prior to engagement to increase your survivability, and be sure to toss your grenade as often as possible to deal even more damage!

Sentinel Subclass in PvP (Void 3.0)

Sentinel (Void 3.0)

• Ranking: ❘ S Best

Simply put, the best PvP subclass in the game right now. While many (rightfully) despise Sentinel, the fact of the matter is that overshields are overpowered in PvP and will continue to be as long as they exist. While 45 HP might not seem like much on paper, it can change the time-to-kill just enough to win the gunfight, and when paired with a certain exotic, can be nigh-unstoppable.

Preferred Exotic: Like Striker, Sentinel lacks Void-based exotics that work well inside PvP. Even with recent nerfs, Peacekeepers are a phenomenal choice to complement the aggressive playstyle. Other options include the jack-of-all-trades exotics like Crest of Alpha Lupi or One-Eyed Mask.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Crest of Alpha Lupi	Titan	Chest	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Generates an additional Orb of Power from Supers and a healing pulse when Barricade is activated.
One-Eyed Mask	Titan	Helm	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	Forsaken Pack	Highlights the enemy who dares to damage you. Track down and destroy your enemy for an overshield.
Peacekeepers	Titan	Legs	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Reloads stowed Submachine Guns and allows you to ready them instantly. Improves your handling with SMGs and your movement while wielding one.

Preferred Aspects and Fragments:

• Aspects: Bastion is the must-have aspect for a PVP Sentinel build. The Overshield on the barricade is extremely potent. Offensive Bulwark pairs perfectly with this and provides a lot of buffs. Controlled Demolition can also be used to make players volatile for extra damage.
• Fragments: Echo of Expulsion, Echo of Dilation, Echo of Leeching, Echo of Undermining.

Preferred Abilities and Stats:

• Stats: Recovery, Resilience, Discipline.
• Abilities: Suppressor and Vortex Grenades offer the most utility. Suppressor Grenades are extremely potent in ability-heavy sandboxes and can shutdown supers. Vortex Grenades help to block off lanes and can pull enemies from behind cover. Shield Bash is the better melee as it provides an extra movement option and can be used to suppress/finish off low-health targets. Ward of Dawn is an excellent super due to its survivability, buffs, and low cooldown. It is most effective in slower 3v3 game modes like Trials.

Before you go…

We cover all the best Solar builds here. If you’re interested in exploring other Titan Subclasses, don’t miss our Destiny 2 Sunbreaker Subclass guide.