Sentinel Leveling Guide
Last Updated:April 17, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Sentinel Leveling Guide! Ready to engulf foes in sacred fire, deliver crushing divine judgment, and stand invulnerable on consecrated ground? This Paladin Leveling Guide shows you the way!
Your crusade begins with Vengeance, quickly replaced by Hammer Throw for ranged clearing. You soon transition to Rive, which also triggers Healing Hands for sustain. The build continues to evolve, incorporating the holy power of Javelin before culminating in the devastating area damage and healing of Judgement!
Use Lunge to charge swiftly between battles. Later on, Multistrike helps manage resources and sustain, while Holy Aura provides powerful buffs, especially against bosses. Defensively, you're incredibly sturdy: prioritize Health Regen early (until Healing Hands takes over), then stack Health, cap Physical Resistance, and eventually build Block Chance after investing in the Paladin tree.
This Paladin truly shines once Judgement becomes your main damage source, offering immense power and survivability. It's easily one of the smoothest and most satisfying ways to level a Sentinel, letting you blast through the campaign and easily clear the Normal Monolith timelines, preparing you for the challenge of Empowered Monoliths.
This guide focuses on the Paladin Mastery to provide the optimal Sentinel leveling experience, feel free to respec your Mastery after the leveling process at the Respec NPC 
in the End Of Time.
Gameplay and Skills
As you level the power of skills evolves, with some becoming stronger while others getting weaker. To account for this, you transition from setups that are optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content.
Starting Setup
- As soon as you create your character :
- Replace Attack with Vengeance.
- At level 3 :
- Specialize Hammer Throw and use it for damage.
- At level 4 :
- Use Lunge to move quickly through the chapters.
When you unlock Rive at level 5, switch to the Early Setup tab.
Early Setup
- At level 5 :
- Respec Hammer Throw for Rive.
- Use Rive for damage.
- For the second skill slot, wait until you have 5 points in the Paladin Passive Tree to specialize Healing Hands.
- Don't place it on your Action Bar as it procs from Rive.
- While you wait for Healing Hands, specialize Shield Rush with Dark Rush, then put points in Rush Mastery.
- Once you unlock Healing Hands, replace Shield Rush for it.
- Once you unlock your Paladin Mastery :
- Place Holy Aura on your Action Bar.
- Use it for a small damage boost.
- At level 20 :
- Specialize Javelin.
- Use it as an extra clearing skill.
- At 15 points in the Paladin Passive Tree :
- Place Symbols of Hope on your Action Bar.
- Use Lunge to move quickly through the chapters.
When you have 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark in the Paladin Passive Tree, switch to the Intermediate Setup tab.
Intermediate Setup
Use a shield and a scepter or a wand.
- Use Javelin as your main damage skill.
- Use it in front of you to maximum the damage.
- Use Rive to proc Healing Hands and generate Health and Ward.
- At level 35 :
- Specialize Symbols of Hope.
- Use Lunge to move quickly through the chapters.
When you unlock Judgement at 30 points in the Paladin Passive Tree, switch to the Final Setup tab.
Final Setup
After level 54 replace your scepter or wand if you find a good Nagasa Scymitar.
Place Multistrike on your right click and hold down both Judgement and Multistrike to regain mana on single target.
- At 30 points in the Paladin Passive Tree :
- Respec Javelin for Judgement.
- Respec Rive for Multistrike.
- Use Judgement for damage.
- Use Multistrike to generate Mana, Health and Ward.
- Don't hesitate to go negative mana to profit from Bladed Focus.
- At level 50 :
- Specialize Holy Aura.
- Use it for a damage boost on bosses.
- Use it to cleanse ailments affecting you.
- Use Lunge to move quickly through the chapters.
Passives
Passives provide powerful effects that dictate the playstyle of a Class and its Masteries. Remember that you can allocate Passives in the first half of any Mastery regardless of the one you chose.
- Adjust the amounts of points in Valor to cap your endurance. 18% comes from Holy Aura and another 15% from Solarum Plate or Plated Gauntlets.
Gearing and Side Quests Step by Step
Itemization is a vital aspect of your journey in Last Epoch. While prefixes and suffixes matter, what sets Last Epoch apart is the power of item bases. Many items have potent implicit attributes that can rival or even surpass modifiers.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Use two handed weapons with Chance to Bleed on Hit and Chance to Ignite on Hit.
- Equip Silver Rings to boost your movement speed.
When you unlock Rive at level 5, switch to the Early Setup tab.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Use a Spiked Great Club or Cultist Chopper, they are the best weapon bases at this point.
- Look for a Jade Amulet to boost your damage.
- Before you unlock Healing Hands get as much Health Regen as possible.
- Start looking for scepters, wands and shields as you get closer to level 26.
Side Quests
- Storeroom Sabotuers for 1
Passive point.- The Storerooms - Area level 5.
- Evacuation Quest for 1 Passive point.
- Last Refuge Outskirts - Area level 10.
- Erza's Ledger Quest for 1 Passive point and Avarice.
- Erza's Library - Area level 11.
- The Upper District Quest for 1 Passive point.
- The Upper District - Area level 14.
- An Ancient Hunt for extra
Idol slots.- The Ancient Forest - Area level 20.
- The Lesser Refuge Quest for 2 Passive point.
- The Lost Refuge - Area level 21.
- The Corrupted Lake Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
- The Corrupted Lake - Area level 26.
When you have 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark in the Paladin Passive Tree, switch to the Intermediate Setup tab.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Equip a shield and scepter or wand and deal damage with Javelin. Gamble them if necessary at the Gambler NPC
in The End of Time. - Look for a Spiked Helm and Forge Plate to cap your Physical Resistance.
Side Quests
- Hidden Gems Quest for 1 Passive point.
- Maj'elka - Area level 33.
- The Sapphire Tablet Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
- The Ruined Coast - Area level 35.
When you unlock Judgement at 30 points in the Paladin Passive Tree, switch to the Final Setup tab.
Items
- Look for a Nagasa Scymitar.
- Equip a Solarum Plate to cap your Endurance. Try to craft Physical Resistance on it.
- Even a whiteSolar Commandment is very powerful for the build.
- Get a Praetorian Belt with Ward and Ailment Cleansing on Potion Use to easily cleanse your ailments.
Side Quests
- A Heoborean Cure Quest for extra Idol slots.
- The Wengari Fortress - Area level 47.
- The Ice Caverns - Area level 46.
- The Tundra - Area level 46.
- Liberating the Nomads Quest for extra Idol slots.
- The Wengari Fortress - Area level 47.
- After defeating the Frostroot Warden boss and completing chapter 7 quests, you have reached the cap of 15 Passive points and 8 Idol slots. You can dive into the Monolith of Fate or you can choose to finish the campaign for a reward of +1 to all attributes.
Monolith Progression
After beating the Abomination timeline boss and completing your first timeline, you have the choice to go between The Stolen Lance timeline and The Black Sun timeline. Go for The Black Sun timeline.
You want to do timelines on the right-hand-side of the Monolith progression as they provide more relevant Blessings for your character progression.
What awaits you is unlocking Empowered Monolith after pushing through the Spirits of Fire, The Age of Winter and The Last Ruin Timelines and activating the beacon in the middle of them.
Check out the Campaign Guide for an in depth breakdown of the campaign.
Stats Priorities
Offensive Stats
- Ignite, Poison and Bleed chance
- Until you have 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark in the Paladin Passive Tree
- Level of Skills
- Javelin and Rive until the Intermediate Setup.
- Multistrike, Healing Hands, Holy Aura, Symbols of Hope and Judgement for the Final Setup.
- Elemental Damage Over Time, Damage Over Time and Fire Damage
- Healing Effectiveness
- Increased Melee Attack Speed
- Spell damage
- Only for Nagasa Scymitar
Defensive Stats
- Health Regen
- Until you spec Healing Hands
- Health
- Any type of Resistance
- Focus on Physical Resistance
- You should be nearly capped on elemental Resistances without any gear
- Ward per Second and Ward Decay Threshold
- Endurance
- Until you Equip Solarum Plate
- Vitality
- Frailty Chance, Slow Chance and Chill Chance
- Block Chance
- After 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark in the Paladin Passive Tree
- Block Effectiveness
- After 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark in the Paladin Passive Tree
- Armour
- Dodge
Scaling Tips
- Consecrated Ground and Javelin gain 1 Flat Spell Damage per 5% Increased Healing Effectiveness. The same stat also grants Fire Penetration thanks to Righteous Firebrand.
- Level of Judgement has a big impact on your dps. Try to get the affix to Tier 5.
- Most of your Resistances are covered by your Skills and Passives, try to focus on Health instead to fully benefit from the build's powerful healing.
Uniques
If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on scepters to get Firestarter's Torch.
Keep an eye out for these Uniques as they are very impactful for your build, such as :
Swaddling of the Erased         Wing Guards         Atrophy         Code of an Erased Sentinel         Sunwreath         Rahyeh's Light         Transcriber's Graver         Firestarter's Torch
Key Leveling Notes
- Keep your character at the area level by killing monsters.
- To use this guide, you need to maintain at most a 5 level difference with the area.
- Press C to open the character sheet to find your level and TAB to find the area level.
- Only collect loot that serves as an upgrade.
- The loot filter reveals many items that might not be an upgrade for your character.
- If your inventory is full, stick gear with high value affixes in your stash and sell the rest.
- Don't sell gear that has high value affixes to a vendor.
- Instead, keep it to use later or destroy it with a Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal.
- Always get the best weapon you can.
- Weapons are a core part of your power and getting a higher level base boosts your damage significantly.
- Early on, you can buy them at the
Gambler NPC in the Council Chamber town and in the End of Time town. - After level 40, they don't sell you higher item bases.
- If you want to enter the Monolith of Fate early, unlock all the passive points and idol slots from quests first.
- By the time you complete chapter 7, you are ready to tackle the Monolith of Fate content.
- Crafting is powerful and important for enhancing your gear.
- Press F and place your item in the crafting interface to level up its affixes and craft new ones!
- Adding health or vitality on a few empty affix slots can increase your HP by a significant amount!
- The Nemesis system has the ability to grant incredibly strong equipment.
- It can generate exalted items with no high-level requirement, giving you a massive power boost.
If you need help with crafting check the Beginner Crafting Guide.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Highlighting all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to your character's progression. As your gear gets better, remember to hide the rules that are no longer useful to avoid screen clutter.
Link : Download Lootfilter
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Summary
This Sentinel leveling build is matchless in speed and damage. It kills monsters in seconds, is fast and super fun to play!
- Choose the Paladin Mastery.
- For damage, spam Rive early, then Javelin when you have 5 points in Heaven's Bulwark and finally Judgement once you unlock it.
- You also want to spam Rive, then Multistrike later on to generate Mana, Health and Ward.
- Use Holy Aura for a damage boost on bosses and to cleanse ailments affecting you.
- Use Lunge to move quickly through the chapters.
- Focus on Health and cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign feel easy.
What's Next?
Congratulations, you completed the campaign and unlocked Empowered Monoliths! You can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.
Check out our Sentinel Guides and find the perfect Sentinel Endgame build for you.
Explore the Monolith of Fate with our Beginner Guide and learn how to farm Dungeons.
Credits
Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei.