Immune to Stuns ✔
High move speed ✔
Great AoE and Single Target DPS ✔
New Player, Disability, and SSF friendly ✔

❌ Not Very Tanky
❌ Not a very involved playstyle
❌ Unlocking Crit Requires a Legendary
❌ Max efficiency requires Managing Sigils

Skills

Alternative Skills & Tips

• Volatile Reversal can be used to increase damage through Harbinger of Dust but using the skill stops channeling, making you more susceptible to damage and resetting the cooldown on Echoes from Echo Knight. The increased damage taken is also additive with the huge burst from Anomaly, which reduces its value. Consistently timing the rotation to avoid damage while maximizing your own takes a high degree of skill and the benefit is marginal at best so we do not recommend this for most players.
• Put more Points into Sigils Of Hope's Iron Sigils Node over Burning Sign Node if you lack want more tankiness and have enough Time Rot chance.

Passives

1. Armour Clad grants Damage Reduction and is crucial for any Sentinel's survivability.
2. Juggernaut, Abyssal Endurance, Defiance and Holy Symbol provide tons of Resistances. Use these to shore up any deficiencies you might have. If you have your resistances covered and want to spend elsewhere, Doom Knight is a good all around option.
3. Echoing Strikes, Time Legion and Avatar of Regret are necessary for maximum Echo uptime.
4. World Eater has enough leech to single handedly provide us with enough sustain.
5. Singular Purpose is a huge damage buff for only 4 points with no downside to this build.
6. Eternal Form is a massive increase to our health and therefore our survivability.
7. Void Corruption is an easy source of Critical Strike Multiplier for almost no investment.

Gameplay

Skill Usage/Rotation

• Nearly optimal rotation: Channel Warpath 100% of the time. Dropping Warpath means you lose 20% DR from Wings of Argentus, a ton of armor from Grand Patience of Herkir, and your resistances from the Suffix All Resistances While Channelling Shard. When confronting tankier enemies, use Anomaly on the enemy to increase the damage they take. This is an instant cast, so channeling will be maintained.
• 100% optimal: At the start of the encounter and before engaging enemies, cast Sigils Of Hope until reaching max stacks, then immediately use Volatile Reversal to get mana back. From here, continue to follow the above rotation.

Mapping

• Rush to the objective channeling Warpath the entire way. Only stop channeling to pick up loot, and don't do so unless you're sure there are no enemies around. It is also possible to pick up loot while channeling but may take some getting used to.
• Use Anomaly on rares and objective mini bosses to kill them quicker.
• Tankier enemies should also be 'orbited' by circling around the fringe of their hitbox, just enough so that Warpath is connecting but not so much that they can easily hit you.

Bossing

• Before engaging the boss cap your Sigils Of Hope stacks and Volatile Reversal to get mana back
• Orbit the boss to get as many echoes hitting it as possible
• Use Anomaly when you have several echoes on the boss at the same time.
• Avoid telegraphs by changing direction when necessary, or moving out and quickly moving back in as soon as possible.
• Don't stop channeling Warpath until the boss is dead. If your Sigils Of Hope stacks fall off and you can find a safe spot where you won't get hit then you can recast them, but don't prioritize them over staying safe. Remember: you're much squishier when you aren't channeling Warpath!

Advanced Skill Tips

• Echoes from Warpath will only proc if you've moved at least 4 meters in the past 2 seconds, so be sure to continuously be on the move. Wider circles work better than smaller ones.

Gear

Gear Progression

Blessings

Idols

Other useful Idol Affixes

• Vitality
• Increased Stun Chance
• Health
• Armour
• Elemental Resistance

• Fire Resistance
• Lightning Resistance
• Void Resistance
• Physical Resistance
• Poison Resistance

Build Scaling

Recommended End Game Activities

Monolith

Dungeons

Endless Arena

The Monolith of Fate is the main end game system. Most of your character gear upgrades are found here. Once you get all of your desired Empowered Blessings, you can start pushing Corruption to increase your chances at finding incredible Exalted Items. The Monolith of Fate rewards speedy builds that are able to target farm Echo Reward Nodes or stack Timeline Stability as fast as possible.

This Void Knight is an incredible Monolith of Fate farmer. It's has great AoE and single target DPS to go along with very high Movement Speed, making it an amazing setup for farming content in high Corruption.

Monolith Goals

Your goals in the Monolith of Fate will differ greatly depending on what build you play and what stage your character progression is at. Here are the objectives you should aim at when playing this build:

1. Reach Empowered Monolith as fast as possible.
2. Farm your Combat Empowered Blessings. Prioritize gaining Timeline Stability and fight the Timeline Bosses as often as possible. Once you are done with one Timeline, move to the next one. Reach 200 Corruption to farm your desired Blessings faster, as it unlocks a 5th option to choose from after you defeat a Timeline Boss. Defeat the Shade of Orobyss to gain and transfer Corruption between Timelines.
3. Finish up the rest of your Drop Rate Empowered Blessings.
4. Farm for key Uniques.
5. As you farm for Uniques, stack Corruption as high as your gear can handle. The higher Corruption you do, the more Items you find. Get your character ready for the other end game activities.

Monolith Modifiers

Every time you choose an Echo a Modifier comes attached with it, adding difficulty and changing how enemies behave. These Modifiers stay active for a maximum of 6 Echoes and stack with each other. Some Modifiers can handicap your build immensely while others can almost be ignored. Monolith Modifiers scale with Corruption and increase the Item Rarity of Echoes. Ideally you want to do the hardest content possible, without delaying your clear times. Keep up Item Rarity as high as you can without it slowing you down.

Easy Modifiers

• Enemies heal if they have not been damaged recently.
• Enemy Critical Strike Chance (Once you have 100% Critical Strike Avoidance).
• Rare enemies have high speed and crit chance until approached.
• Rare enemies regenerate health.
• Increased enemy Movement Speed.

Avoid these Modifiers

• Enemy Critical Strike Avoidance.
• High health enemies take less damage.
• High health enemies deal increased damage.
• Enemy chance to Dodge.
• While bossing: enemies Enrage at half health and enemies gain Frenzy and Haste when hit.
• Enemy chance to receive a Glancing Blow.

Learn more about the Monolith of Fate with our Empowered Monolith Guide.

Dungeons are another important end game activity. All of them have an unique reward system attached that can only be accessed by defatting the Boss guarding it. They are divided by 4 Tiers of difficulty; it might take you some time to have a character strong enough to defeat Tier 4. Remember, Dungeons require specific Keys to enter them.

This Void Knight is a good Dungeon farmer due to its sustain and really high single target DPS. It has some limitations due to low survivability and the lack of a movement skill in the default rotation, but these can be largely overcome with some adjustments.

Dungeon Tips

When it comes to Dungeons, each build has different needs and should focus on the ones that fulfill them. Remember, each Dungeon comes with an unique Dungeon Skill. Make sure you are familiar with the different Dungeon Skills, Boss fights and Rewards before you attempt them.

Recommended Dungeons for this build:

• Temporal Sanctum: You need to interact with the Eternity Cache to upgrade any desirable Uniques you find with Legendary Potential. The Boss fight against Chronomancer Julra is fairly easy for this build as long as it has good Increased Warpath Area Idols. Julra has a tendency to stand in her own DoTs, making sustain impossible unless your Warpath can reach her, which the additional area will help with.
• Lightless Arbour: While the gold sink in the Vaults of Uncertain Fate is not necessary for this build to progress, it has a decent time dealing with The Mountain Beneath thanks to its fast and consistent movement keeping it away from most attacks. The Stone Titan's Heart is easier, just make sure to avoid its moving lasers. Run this Dungeon when you have some excess Gold, be careful as it gets expensive really fast!
• Soulfire Bastion: Make sure you pay attention to the Damage type on the floor while fighting Fire Lich Cremorus. Swapping immunities is dangerous for this build because it stops our channeling, so use it carefully. If you struggle to tank unavoidable attacks, using unspecced Rebuke at just the right time may be the solution. Overall this Dungeon and the Soul Gambler are low priority as nothing attached to them is relevant for the build.

Remember that T4 Dungeons are hard pinnacle content that can only be defeated with well geared characters. If your build struggles against a particular Dungeon you can always dedicate a different setup that shines against it to earn its reward. This is not possible if you play in any of the Solo Game Modes.

Check all of our Dungeon Guides if you want to learn more about their Bosses and rewards systems.
Use everything explained in the Gameplay and Build Scaling sections of this Build Guide to defeat them.

The Endless Arena is the main competitive game mode. It's all about the Ladder! While you might get some upgrades, the other end game activities are far superior for gearing up. The Endless Arena is not for everyone and only the best builds and players can reach the top. You need an Arena Key or an Arena Key of Memory to enter.

This Void Knight build is a very good choice for competing in the Endless Arena and is one of the most competitive Sentinel builds. The Echoes combined with high Movement Speed allow for a relatively safe playstyle at high waves.

Endless Arena Tips

Adjusting your playstyle to the build you are playing is mandatory to reach high waves. Use the easy early waves as a practice tool; learning about wave management, developing good habits and limit-testing your build are very important things to become a better Endless Arena player.

Tips for playing this build in Arena:

• Make sure you always keep track of all 4 enemy packs. New waves do not spawn as long as there are two enemies of the current wave alive. Finish them up at the right time!
• Fight 1 spawn at a time, manipulate the enemy pathing with your positioning and engage on your terms.
• Target ranged threats first. Deal with the rest of enemies once the ranged ones are taken care of.
• Enemy projectiles are really dangerous. Engage enemies with these attacks by circling them instead of approaching directly.
• This is a melee build but the Echoes allow it to be used in a more ranged playstyle. Take advantage of this when confronting dangerous enemies by luring them into your Echoes while staying out of their range. Remember you're not very tanky in comparison to other builds, so mastering this is necessary to push high waves.
• Maintain 4 Sigils Of Hope whenever possible for the powerful buffs they provide, but don't get caught casting it when enemies are nearby! If you kill enemies quickly enough the procs from Last Wish should be enough to keep your stacks up.
• Use Anomaly for extra Damage against dangerous threats.

Eager to get competitive? Check our Arena Guide!

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Summary

• Spinning = Winning.
• One of the easiest builds to play thanks to a light rotation which also makes it disability friendly.
• High Movement Speed that scales with Added Melee Void Damage thanks to Darkstride makes this a great endgame Mapper.
• Echoes let you clear packs while staying mobile, making this build great for both Mapping and Arena.
• Take advantage of Warpath's Channel and Movement tags to keep 100% uptime on Wings of Argentus, All Resistances While Channelling and Grand Patience of Herkir
• A Legendary Apathy's Maw with Melee Critical Strike Chance takes this build to the next level.

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