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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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. TickTick
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. NettleNettle
    28. TickTick
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Mex
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. GauntletGauntletdone 5:48 · 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 · 224 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Metal storage
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Solar
    38. Wind
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Solar
    42. Wind
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. Solar
    47. Wind ×2
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:05 · typical 9:41
    51. Wind
    52. NettleNettle
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind ×2
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Wind
    57. CrossbowCrossbow
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind ×3
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind ×2
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind ×2
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Wind ×2
    69. CrossbowCrossbow
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind ×2
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind ×2
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Wind ×2
    80. TickTick
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. TickTick
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. TickTick
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. TickTick
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:32
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Con turret
    104. TickTick
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. TickTick
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. TickTick
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    132. TickTick
    133. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    134. Wind
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    136. TickTick
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. TickTick ×3
    139. Wind ×2
    140. TickTick ×3
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. LazarusLazarus
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:59
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick ×2
    155. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:44
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Converter
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. TickTick
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Con turret
    172. Converter
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. BlitzBlitz ×2
    177. Converter
    178. TickTick
    179. Con turret
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. Wind
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. TickTick
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. Converter
    186. TickTick
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. TickTick
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Converter
    193. TickTick
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind
    196. BlitzBlitz
    197. TickTick
    198. BlitzBlitz
    199. Converter
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. TickTick
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. Converter
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. BlitzBlitz
    211. LazarusLazarus
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. TickTick
    214. Converter
    215. TickTick
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. TickTick ×2
    218. Wind
    219. BlitzBlitz
    220. TickTick
    221. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. TickTick
    224. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

yubiyubi

43.6 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
140 metal received · 21006 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

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