BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Suicide front / Armada / Factory first / OBSERVED BUILD

Gauntlet defence

Same lab-first opening as standard, but adds a Gauntlet from around 4:08 to anchor the middle with area defence before transitioning normally.

#defence · 100 distinct matches · 33 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 50% of 105 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:55 · 8% of role by thenOnly 8% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:09

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

Those units destroy a typical 1,256 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 100 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 (40%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 4 winddone ~5:23, middle half 4:33–5:48
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry
    • Beamer2 Beamer +2 vs standard
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer −4 vs standard
    • Tick1 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (33%) · con turret (31%)

    By 3:55 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. BeamerBeamerfor Pond
    10. Mex
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. BeamerBeamerfor Pond
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×3
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 4:44 · typical 5:23
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Beamer1 Beamer
    • Rocketeer3 Rocketeer −11 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth5 Dragon's Teeth +5 vs standard

    Some games also: tick (44%) · con bot (43%) · converter (40%) · Gauntlet (40%) · Sneaky Pete (37%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 297 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Con turret
    8. TickTick
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Con turret
    13. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    14. PawnPawn
    15. TickTick
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind ×2
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×3
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. TickTick
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Converter
    41. TickTick
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. TickTick
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. TickTick
    46. Con turret
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 9:36
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Converter
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind ×2
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. TickTick
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. TickTick
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. Converter
    106. TickTick
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. TickTick
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. TickTick
    111. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. Wind
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. TickTick
    119. BeamerBeamer ×2
    120. TickTick
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. AnemoneAnemone
    123. TickTick
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. Wind
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. LazarusLazarus ×2
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:10
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×3
    160. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. DolphinDolphin
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×3
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. DolphinDolphin
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. DolphinDolphin
    175. LazarusLazarus
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. DolphinDolphin
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick ×4
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. DolphinDolphin
    184. TickTick
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn
    188. BeamerBeamer
    189. DolphinDolphin
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. DolphinDolphin
    194. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn
    198. DolphinDolphin
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×2
    201. DolphinDolphin
    202. Converter
    203. PawnPawn
    204. DolphinDolphin
    205. PawnPawn
    206. Wind
    207. PawnPawn
    208. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    209. DolphinDolphin
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. DolphinDolphin
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Wind
    216. PawnPawn
    217. DolphinDolphin
    218. PawnPawn
    219. Wind
    220. DolphinDolphin
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Wind
    223. PawnPawn
    224. DolphinDolphin
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Converter
    227. PawnPawn
    228. DolphinDolphin
    229. PawnPawn
    230. Wind
    231. PawnPawn
    232. EelSubmarinedone 12:51
    233. PawnPawn
    234. Wind
    235. PawnPawn ×2
    236. Wind
    237. PawnPawn
    238. Wind
    239. EelSubmarine
    240. PawnPawn ×2
    241. Wind
    242. PawnPawn ×2
    243. Converter
    244. EelSubmarine
    245. PawnPawn ×2
    246. Wind
    247. PawnPawn ×2
    248. Wind
    249. EelSubmarine
    250. PawnPawn ×2
    251. Wind
    252. PawnPawn ×2
    253. Wind
    254. EelSubmarine
    255. PawnPawn
    256. Wind
    257. PawnPawn
    258. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    259. PawnPawn
    260. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    261. Converter
    262. PawnPawn
    263. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    264. PawnPawn
    265. Wind
    266. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    267. PawnPawn ×2
    268. EelSubmarine
    269. Wind
    270. PawnPawn
    271. Wind
    272. PawnPawn
    273. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:34
    274. PawnPawn
    275. Wind
    276. PawnPawn ×2
    277. EelSubmarine
    278. Wind
    279. PawnPawn ×2
    280. LazarusLazarus
    281. Wind
    282. PawnPawn
    283. LazarusLazarus
    284. Converter
    285. Wind ×2
    286. LazarusLazarus
    287. Wind
    288. JunoJuno
    289. LazarusLazarus
    290. Wind
    291. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    292. EelSubmarine
    293. Wind ×3
    294. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    295. Converter
    296. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    297. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (41 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 74% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:32 · in 69% 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

105 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
1:002262260000
2:008798880000
3:0019862051130180106106
4:0031393161475658313496
5:004346424390314138151026
6:00546454331348229813061789
7:00661566702317317522502710
8:00787879203111403129843619
9:00915793174050479637444495
10:0010938106994999542643395316
11:0012674122655581590350556054
12:0014780141136007651257856830
13:0016696162226772701370097536
14:0019212181097541769675838373
15:0020756204667948832987319249
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

Soliloqueur

40.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
223 metal received · 28881 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=105
Gauntlet5:23Middle 50%: 4:33–5:48 · n=96
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:45–10:30 · n=83

Played most by

_X_25games of this buildImmort9games of this buildSoliloqueur8games of this buildTrapCaT7games of this buildPlatinumBlonde6games of this build