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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:38 · typical 0:47
  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 · 41 steps
    1. RoverScout
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RoverScout ×2
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. JanusJanus
    8. Mex
    9. JanusJanus ×2
    10. Mex
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. JanusJanus
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BeamerBeamer ×3
    18. BlitzBlitz ×4
    19. Mexfor Suicide front
    20. BlitzBlitz ×2
    21. Wind
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz ×2
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Energy storage
    36. Con turret
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:24 · typical 8:58
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. GauntletGauntletdone 8:14 · 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. Wind ×10
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    34. Wind
    35. NettleNettle ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×11
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    42. Con turret
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. Energy storage
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Pit BullPit Bull
    58. Wind
    59. Energy storage
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:38
    63. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:21
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Con turret
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Energy storage
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind ×2
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind ×2
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind ×3
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Converter
    109. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind ×2
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Tregan's (39 OS, 07/10/2026); 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

Tregan

39.1 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
995 metal received · 33371 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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