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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 · 32 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex ×2
    13. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. OverwatchOverwatch
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. TickTick
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. GauntletGauntletdone 5:54 · 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 · 238 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Converter
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. OverwatchOverwatch
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Converter
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:21
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Converter
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 9:36
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. PawnPawn
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Converter
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. PawnPawn
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. Mexfor Front
    102. Wind ×3
    103. UmbraJammer
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Converter
    106. SentrySentry
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Wind
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Wind
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. Wind
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. Wind
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. Wind
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind ×2
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Converter
    150. SentrySentry
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind
    155. LazarusLazarus
    156. SentrySentry
    157. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Con turret
    165. Converter
    166. SentrySentry
    167. PawnPawn ×2
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Converter
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn
    183. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:10
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. LazarusLazarus
    187. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:59
    188. Wind ×3
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Wind ×2
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    199. Wind
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    202. BlitzBlitz
    203. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    204. PawnPawn
    205. Wind
    206. BlitzBlitz
    207. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    208. PawnPawn
    209. Converter
    210. BlitzBlitz
    211. LazarusLazarus
    212. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. Wind
    215. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    216. BlitzBlitz
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Wind
    219. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    223. Wind
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    227. BlitzBlitz
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn
    230. BlitzBlitz
    231. Wind
    232. PawnPawn
    233. ArbalestArbalest
    234. BlitzBlitz
    235. PawnPawn
    236. Wind
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (40 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

40.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
101 metal received · 62311 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

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