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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 · 30 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Con turret
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. OverwatchOverwatch
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 6:52 · 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 · 134 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Energy storage
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:06 · typical 9:41
    27. Converter
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Mex
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:31
    38. PawnPawn
    39. CenturionCenturion ×2
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. T2 converter
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Mex
    109. Wind ×2
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. Wind ×2
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind ×2
    130. LazarusLazarus ×2
    131. Mex
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. PawnPawn
    134. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (41 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

40.9 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
212 metal received · 31692 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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