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Gauntlet defence

Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first start that commits early to a Gauntlet around 5:30 for static area-control defence at the front, well ahead of the usual time, holding the middle while eco continues behind it.

#defence #artillery · 114 distinct matches · 54 players · 6% of Armada Front games · team won 54% of 117 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 5:27 · 9% of role by thenOnly 9% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 11:11

Where those units first fight, in 102 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 600 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into blitz (13% of army), rocketeer (11% of army), Rattlesnake (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Gauntlet by 5:30

  1. Open 3 mex into wind and a vehicle plant, economy first as usual.
  2. Add radar and early defence (Sentry, Beamer) toward the coast gap.
  3. Commit to a Gauntlet well ahead of schedule to anchor a forward line.
  4. Reinforce the line with Blitz and Rocketeer around the Gauntlet.
  5. Upgrade mex to advanced and transition into the normal t1 mix.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 114 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:27 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:39–8:37

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (39%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind−2 vs standard
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 6 mex, 6 wind, 1 con turretdone ~6:30, middle half 6:00–7:03
    Builders
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (49%) · tick (47%) · Lazarus (44%) · con turret (44%) · Radar Tower (41%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con vehicle · 3 janus

    By 5:27 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex ×3
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind ×2
    27. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00 · typical 6:30
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret

    Some games also: Dragon's Teeth (46%) · energy storage (45%) · Beamer (45%) · Sentry (39%) · converter (36%) · eat Vehicle Plant (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 blitz

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 26 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 125 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. GauntletGauntlet
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind ×5
    8. CenturionCenturion ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Energy storage
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28 · typical 8:58
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. TickTick
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. TickTick
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×10
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. Pit BullPit Bull
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Wind
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. SentrySentry
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×12
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Con turret ×2
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Advanced solar
    110. CenturionCenturion
    111. Con turret
    112. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. Advanced solar
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Advanced solar
    117. TickTick
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Advanced solar
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind ×2
    125. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (47 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 73% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:13 · in 66% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard front

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

117 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard front
1:003333330000
2:0086084426213131
3:0016531621129143106105
4:0027252709409545312333
5:00391138558361200614813
6:00518550601453208011131512
7:00634962991998294118572450
8:00763476242719378025513332
9:00906290603589460931554251
10:0010919106614045524339754952
11:0013268125914574574647745677
12:0015966147745287630557256491
13:0018610173765781690666507192
14:0022005200896594756378328079
15:0025153226567101829589338940
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build, with lower kills despite better own metal production.

  • + Metal production by 15:00 ahead of standard (25351 vs 22714).
  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 close to standard despite early defensive commitment (8868 vs 8944).
  • − Team win rate only 58% vs 63% for standard build.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 clearly lower (7050 vs 8365).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Erilium

46.7 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

41 received units · includes a constructor
701 metal received · 75874 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:39–8:37 · n=80
Vehicle Plant0:47Middle 50%: 0:42–0:53 · n=71
Gauntlet6:30Middle 50%: 6:00–7:03 · n=97
Advanced Metal Extractor8:58Middle 50%: 8:12–10:14 · n=94

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