"Sentry damage as it's an exclusive multiplier, as opposed to CA bonus belonging to the buffs additive multiplier"
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13140404098?page=1

In other words, its Sentries 15% x CA 15%; not sentry + CA = 30%; so the multiplicative has the higher dps potential. So ideal %skill bonus distribution for Mara6:

Head - socket for 12.5% CDR gem, then choose between CA/MS/Vit/Crit.
Feet - choose between CA/MS.
Shoulder 8% CDR and 15% sentry damage.
Chest - 3 sockets and 15% sentry damage.
Quiver 15% sentry damage, (often takes a LOT of rolls).

And yes it does apply to all (MS, CA, Chaks, EA, etc) spenders shot from sentries , but quiver is a huge pain to roll (last roll was 3mil with 14% sentries for me, give up) so if can't take CA or MS which is next best option.

This post has been edited by jaychow: Jun 24 2014, 04:52 PM

Helltrapper - abit RNG on the drops, on long fights (dropped 6 sentries once) its good but not consistent for my taste. So, meh.
Calamity - don't have it yet so can't comment
Bombadier's - BiS for sentries build, so no brainer.

Would suggest use 2h xbow, sure increase dps from your sentries and pets.

Got an interesting tip from forum in particular to chest kadala gambling; if you are fire DH BiS would be cindercoat with sentries + 3 socks, you'll have higher chance to get it with a lvl 70 monk as it omits the cloak probability if DH rolls. But if you are after Mara chest, good luck! So far I got more batman cloaks and yet for Kadala to give me the chest piece ; the one I am wearing is random drop from a mob.

This post has been edited by jaychow: Jun 25 2014, 11:17 AM

PTR 2.1 is up, interesting changes to Nat and Shadows set... look viable for new builds.

WoW GG SoJ and Unity!

For SoJ if you using lightning build (which I think 2.1 will be OP) you can roll off dex for crit dmg/cdr or higher dex. But if lightning not your thing then roll other elements which kinda waste losing the perfect 20%.

For unity, try rolling for 50% crit dmg or cdr.

Generally dex > crit chance = crit damage rule. Can use damage calculator or reset your paragon points to verify that.

However I would use the crit : crit dmg ratio 1:10; if my crit damage does not meet the ratio I would roll off dex for crit damage e.g. my crit chance is 50% so target is 500% crit damage. Of course a nice bonus on rings and ammy is that its a fixed cost (gem based) to reroll and can re-roll back to dex if gearing changes (not like stupid %$## quivers with exponential cost for each re-roll)

This post has been edited by jaychow: Jul 2 2014, 04:56 PM

I would agree with Aleune; farming T5/6 with the 6pc bonus is huge for sentries as likely you'll be stack dropping them fast (with help of cdr) as you progress through the mobs. Sometimes I'll have all 4 out on chaotic multiple blue/gold packs. So please give mara6 a shot with some optimization you can see a huge jump in your clearing time even at lower torments.

Jelly you guys have Bolter... where's mine