Sentry

Sentry
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Melee infantry
Civilization	Asians
Training
Trained at	Town Center (Sentry Uprising, Sentry Revolt) Village (Rural Sentry Uprising)
Food	20
Coin	20
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resists	10% vs. Melee
Speed	5
Line of Sight	12
Population	1
Melee attack
Damage	7
Multipliers	x4.0 vs. Cavalry x0.5 vs. Villager x2.3 vs. Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	6
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Notes
Loses 2% of maximum hit points over time until left with only 1 HP (except for the Chinese with the Boxer Rebellion Home City Card)

“	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.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Other	Sentry Uprising (spawns 4 Sentries) Sentry Revolt (spawns 4 Sentries) Rural Sentry Uprising (spawns 2 Sentries, Chinese only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Sentry

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Chinese Card Description Age HC level Boxer Rebellion Town Centers get +50% attack and Sentries and Irregulars longer lose hit points over time 1 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Call to Arms 1 Sentry and Irregular will appear at the Home City shipment point when the player loses a building +1 Villager 1 Iroquois Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Melee infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Gallery

An in-game sentry

Sentry stats

An in-game Indian sentry

Indian sentry stats

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