Sentinel

Designed to fill an anti-infantry battlefield role, the Sentinel creates a wall of gunfire with its arm-mounted chain gun. In addition to this blistering attack, the Sentinel can provide invaluable defense for key personnel with its resilient assault shield.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Shield Guard

Weapons

Chain Gun
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		10			d3			Template:-			10			Right
Shield
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S				LOCATION
		0.5				2				11				Left
Template:Shield

Theme Forces

• Cygnar
  • Template:Flames in the Darkness
  • Template:Gravediggers
  • Template:Heavy Metal
  • Template:Sons of the Tempest
  • Template:Storm Division. This model gains Immunity: Electricity in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use it in Hearts of Darkness, but only if Sloan is leading the army. This model gains Accumulator [Soulless] in this theme.
  • Mercenary and Khador players can use it Flame in the Darkness
  • Mercenary and Convergence players can use it by putting it under the control of Nemo4 in various themes.

Thoughts on Sentinel

Sentinel in a nutshell

The Sentinel is a cheap and tough shield guard with some anti-infantry shooting. You take it for shield guard and get some work out of it because it's a warjack.

Because of its variable shots and output it’s quite difficult to work out how much focus to give it, 1 is always the safe bet as with power up it can then boost both attack and damage rolls if it rolls poorly on ROF. Alternatively a jack marshal or junior warcaster can get a lot of mileage and personal protection from a Sentinel.

Combos & Synergies

• Any jack marshal. There's no reason giving it extra focus is worthwhile - and both Drives and adding a bonus to hit with all its shots works.
• Like almost all of the casters, Caine3 needs a Shield guard - and why not one which can profit from Calamity and his feat? All of a sudden, your shots' strength are on par with a Defender's cannon.
• The Journeyman Warcaster. Need Arcane Shield? Don't want to splash out on a fancy warjack for them? Do you want to keep your Journeyman really safe behind the lines? Let the work experience guy/gal polish their hand cannon while the Sentinel keeps your warcaster safe from guns.
• Sloan although she doesn’t have the focus to load up the sentinel she does need protection and loves guns.
• Kraye doesn't mind one hanging around (often on a Journeyman Warcaster) as his large base makes him that bit harder to hide.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It has one of the worst melee games of any non-Rhulic warjack. It's ranged game isn't much better either; its RAT is average, its POW and RNG are terrible, and nobody likes rolling a d3 for ROF.
• Both the Battle Priests and the Trench Buster are cheaper shield guards and the meta calls for mass over class in Shield Guards.
• With random number of shots, it's already bad damage potential can be even worse than expected. Don't expect it to hold off too much infantry on its own.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember it can slam. And is better slamming than in normal melee.

Other

Trivia

• Released in Warmachine: Prime (2003)