"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 
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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 Edit
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. | Cavalry, light infantry |
| Weak vs. | Skirmishers, archers, artillery |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
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| Attack |  Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
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| Speed |  Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
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| Sight |  Town Watch (+2)
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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 Edit
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Chinese
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| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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 Boxer Rebellion
| Town Centers get +50% attack and Sentries and Irregulars longer lose hit points over time |  | 1 |
Dutch Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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 TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
| Infantry gets +15% hit points |  | 10 |
Indians Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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 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 Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Scout Infantry
| Infantry gets +8 LOS | | 10 |
Spanish Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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 TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
| Melee infantry gets +15% attack | | 10 |
 TEAM Inquisition
| All units get +10 LOS | | 10 |
Gallery Edit
