//Sentinel — Class

Sentinels are support tanks: they provide defensive buffs, threat mitigation, and systems that keep fragile teammates alive while contesting objectives.

▸Role

▸Tactics & Synergy

Sentinels are the glue that holds a formation together. They are best paired with a Bulwark to create a multi-layered defense. Their defensive buffs often include damage reduction or reactive shields, making them the primary protector for any team's Destroyer.

▸Design Notes

• ▪Skill-Based Defense: Defensive mechanics should be legible and skill-based — not auto-win conditions.
• ▪Auras: Use distinct visual "fields" or "links" to denote active buffs.

▸Typical Abilities (design template)

• ▪Passive — Guardian Aura: nearby allies gain a small bonus to physical and digital resistance.
• ▪Tactical (1) — Reactive Shield: deploy a shield on a target ally that absorbs a medium amount of damage.
• ▪Core (2) — Link Protocol: link two allies, sharing a portion of incoming damage between them but reducing its total value.
• ▪Special (3) — Fortification Field: create a small zone that grants allies increased shield regeneration.
• ▪Ultimate (4) — Grand Sentinel: a massive multi-layered energy barrier that grants all nearby allies a heavy shield and temporary invulnerability.

▸Synergies & Counters

• ▪Synergies: Bulwark (defensive anchor), Triage (sustained support), Marksman (protection fire).
• ▪Counters: Vandal (interrupts defensive links), Destroyer (bursts shields), Assassin (bypasses auras).

▸Example Operatives

• ▪Westin — cyber/metal sentinel with industrial shields.
• ▪Brooke — plant/sentinel hybrid; protective tech and area denial.
• ▪Brendan — sentinel/controller family veteran.
• ▪Imran — rock/cyber sentinel with tactical fortification.
• ▪Takumi — light/arcane sentinel (veteran support).
• ▪Valentin — dark/cyber sentinel with defensive networks.
• ▪Otis — Maboroshi director with sentinel-scale systems.
• ▪Ryutaro — normal sentinel serving on the Board.