| “ | Quick-training, Pikeman who quickly loses hitpoints, becoming less effective over time. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Sentry is a melee heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to Asian civilizations (Chinese, Indians, and Japanese) and can be spawned through Sentry Uprising at Town Centers. It is similar to Minuteman and Warrior, but attacks in melee and does well against cavalry, similar to a Pikeman.
The Indian Sentry has a different appearance to the Chinese and Japanese ones, but are statistically identical.
Overview[]
Like Minutemen, Warriors, and Irregulars, Sentries quickly lose hit points over time, which only stops when they have only 1 hit point remaining. Any damage taken after that will kill them, making them almost useless once this occurs.
Sentries are a good tool for quickly defending Town Centers and also useful in temporary battles or to react quickly to an immediate crisis. They are also effective in large infantry armies due to their good attack and being protected by the numbers around them.
Players can essentially create endless armies of Sentries by having their Monk and Villagers continually build Town Centers and deploying Sentries from them. However, given their health degeneration and the time it takes to build a Town Center (unless a Town Rickshaw is assisting), it is not recommended to do so.
The Chinese have the Boxer Rebellion Home City Card which makes their Sentries and Irregulars no longer lose hit points over time, as well as Village Defense which allows their Villages to call a smaller pack of Sentries. This allows them to be included in an army for a relatively low cost.
Sentries do not lose hit points while garrisoned in ships.
Further statistics[]
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Cavalry, shock infantry |
| Weak vs. | Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%) Yoruba Wrestling (degeneration rate -25% and stops at 25% hit points)
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| Attack |  Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
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| Resistance |  Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
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| Speed |  Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
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| Line of Sight |  Town Watch (+3)
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| Cost | Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
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| Other |   Sentry Uprising (spawns 4 Sentries)  Sentry Revolt (spawns 4 Sentries) Rural Sentry Uprising (spawns 2 Sentries, Chinese only)
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Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Sentry
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
| Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
- Asian
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Enlist Irregulars
| Town Center and Command Post damage +50%, and can use City Defense and Sentry Revolt |  |
- "Enlist Irregulars" is not available to the Chinese.
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
| Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5% |  |
 Western Reforms
| Unit hit points and damage +8% |  |
 Boxer Rebellion
| Town Center and Command Post damage +50%; Irregulars and Sentries no longer lose hit points over time | |
 Village Defenses
| Village gets a ranged attack when garrisoned and can use Rural Sentry Uprising and Rural Defense | |
- "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
| Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Scout Infantry
| Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8 | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Inca Bridges
| Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5% | |
- "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Dravidian Martial Arts
| Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager | |
 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
| Unit hit points and damage +5% | |
 Call to Arms
| Delivers 1 Sentry and 1 Irregular when the player loses a building, +1 Hindu Villager | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Knights of the Round Table
| Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Mariachi
| For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
| Hand infantry damage +15% | |
 TEAM Spanish Inquisition
| Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10 | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM House of Bernadotte
| Heavy infantry hit points +15% | |
- Asian
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enlist Irregulars
|
Town Centers get +50% attack and can use Sentry Revolt and City Defense (also +1 Villager for the Indians) | |
1 |
- "Enlist Irregulars" is not available to the Chinese.
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Reforms
|
All units get +8% hit points and attack | |
40 |
| Boxer Rebellion
|
Town Centers get +50% attack; Sentries and Irregulars no longer lose hit points over time | |
1 |
| Village Defenses
|
Villages can attack when garrisoned, and use Rural Sentry Uprising and Rural Defense | |
40 |
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
|
Infantry get +15% hit points | |
10 |
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dravidian Martial Arts
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All units get +15% hand attack; +1 Villager | |
10 |
| TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
|
All units get +5% hit points and attack | |
25 |
| Call to Arms
|
1 Sentry and 1 Irregular will appear at the Home City shipment point when the player loses a building; +1 Villager | |
1 |
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM Scout Infantry
|
Infantry get +8 Line of Sight | |
10 |
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
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Hand infantry get +15% attack | |
10 |
| TEAM Inquisition
|
All units get +10 Line of Sight | |
10 |
Changelog[]
The African Royals[]
- Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, Sentries are tagged as archaic infantry.
History[]
| “ | Military organizations that act outside the standard military are often called irregulars. They may also be soldiers in a traditional military that choose to employ irregular military tactics. This type of warfare involves an emphasis on small-scale hit-and-run tactics. Throughout history, many nations have utilized irregulars to strengthen and augment their regular forces. It is common for irregulars to be drawn from the civilian communities involved in a conflict, such as tribal armies, or to be brought in from neighboring regions to supplement the traditional army with hunters turned warriors. Irregulars are called many things depending on the nation and the context of the conflict, including freedom fighters, guerillas, militiamen, partisans, and sentries. |
” |
Trivia[]
- The depiction of the Chinese/Japanese Sentry and the Javanese Spearman using a bamboo spear is anachronistic. The bamboo spear is used only during and after World War 2, after the fashion of the Japanese takeyari, a bamboo spear used to repel airdropped troops.[1]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Isnaeni, Hendri F. (2014). Half Myth of Sharp Bamboo. https://historia.id/politik/articles/setengah-mitos-bambu-runcing-vgJ0D/page/1. Accessed 13 February 2021.
