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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 · 30 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 4:20 · 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 · 88 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Con turret
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    18. Con turret
    19. MaceMace ×3
    20. LazarusLazarus ×2
    21. MaceMace
    22. Metal storage
    23. MaceMace
    24. Con turret
    25. MaceMace
    26. Con turret
    27. MaceMace
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:56 · typical 9:36
    29. MaceMace
    30. Con turret
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Con turret
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×10
    34. Con turret
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Energy storage
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Wind ×5
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind ×2
    56. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:19
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind ×2
    66. EllysawFrigate
    67. EllysawFrigate ×4for Geo sea
    68. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:36
    69. EllysawFrigate ×2for Geo sea
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. EllysawFrigatefor Geo sea
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. EllysawFrigatefor Geo sea
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. EllysawFrigate ×3for Geo sea
    76. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    77. Converter ×2
    78. EllysawFrigate
    79. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    80. Converter
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Converter
    83. EllysawFrigatefor Geo sea
    84. Converter
    85. EllysawFrigatefor Geo sea
    86. Converter ×2
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Damsko

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

36 received units · includes a constructor
739 metal received · 64668 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

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