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Gauntlet defence

Bot Lab first but committing to a Gauntlet by 4:10, much earlier than usual, to anchor the middle with area artillery before the standard timing.

#artillery #defence · 101 distinct matches · 37 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 47% of 106 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 4:10 · 8% of role by thenOnly 8% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:13

Where those units first fight, in 101 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,274 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (17% of army), Rattlesnake (11% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Gauntlet by 4:08

  1. Open Bot Lab then grab mexes and wind, get sentries out for early raid.
  2. Keep making sentries and hold middle, denying leaks with cheap bots.
  3. Commit to a Gauntlet to anchor the line with area artillery.
  4. Mix in Rocketeer and Rattlesnake to hold middle rather than push in.
  5. Transition to T2 constructor once the line is stable.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 101 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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

    Bot Lab first

    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab done ~0:20, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (42%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 4 winddone ~5:29, middle half 4:42–5:56
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry
    • Beamer1 Beamer
    • Rocketeer9 Rocketeer −4 vs standard
    • Tick1 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (35%) · Dragon's Teeth (34%)

    By 4:09 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. GauntletGauntletdone 4:52 · typical 5:29
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Rocketeer3 Rocketeer −10 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth5 Dragon's Teeth +5 vs standard
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Sentry (50%) · Beamer (49%) · con bot (48%) · tick (41%) · Gauntlet (41%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot · 2 Sentry

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 196 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Converter
    10. TickTick
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. TickTick
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    17. Converter
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind ×6
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. TickTick
    29. PawnPawn
    30. TickTick
    31. Con turret
    32. TickTick
    33. FerretFerret
    34. TickTick
    35. GauntletGauntlet
    36. TickTick ×4
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. OverwatchOverwatch
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:00
    63. Wind
    64. BlinkScout plane
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. BlinkScout plane
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind ×2
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:57 · typical 9:41
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind ×3
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind ×2
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    100. Wind
    101. LazarusLazarus
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Wind ×3
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind ×7
    109. BlinkScout plane
    110. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:09
    111. Converter ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Converter
    114. Con turret
    115. Converter
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Converter
    120. Con turret
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn ×2
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Con turret
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Metal storage
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:23
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:28
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. PawnPawn
    171. TickTick
    172. PawnPawn
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. BlitzBlitz ×2
    176. PawnPawn
    177. BlitzBlitz ×2
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. LazarusLazarus
    181. BlitzBlitz ×2
    182. Wind
    183. BlitzBlitz
    184. LazarusLazarus
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Wind ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz ×2
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. LazarusLazarus
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind
    193. BlitzBlitz ×2
    194. LazarusLazarus
    195. BlitzBlitz ×2
    196. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 18/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 73% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:47 · in 68% of games

How it plays out

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

  • This build
  • Standard suicide 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

106 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard suicide frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard suicide frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard suicide front
1:002302260000
2:008848890000
3:002002205613517299106
4:0031883161475660335486
5:004375423688714138501020
6:00549554301332232713091785
7:00661266612197317921762732
8:00782679102835403527573631
9:00915692983644481631844516
10:0010897106884408542640755336
11:0012430122414807589850866080
12:0014297140245797651758286842
13:0016519160426680701369187523
14:0018776179696968768076848336
15:0020948202977865830288359228
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build and destroyed less enemy metal despite similar production, a defensive line that trades tempo for metal saved.

  • + Own metal lost by 15:00 lower (8980 vs 9208)
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 slightly ahead (20254 vs 19882)
  • − Team win rate well below standard (46% vs 58%)
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 much lower (7767 vs 8172)
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TrapCaT

42.1 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 37647 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:20Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=106
Gauntlet5:29Middle 50%: 4:42–5:56 · n=96
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:46–10:57 · n=80

Played most by

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