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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 · 35 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. BeamerBeamer ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Mex
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Energy storage
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. GauntletGauntletdone 5:55 · 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 · 123 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. FerretFerret
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. Wind ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 9:41
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×14
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Mex
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret ×2
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:28
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind ×2
    61. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:47
    62. Wind ×3
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Wind
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Wind
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind
    86. CenturionCenturion ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Wind
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. CenturionCenturion ×2
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. PawnPawn ×6
    98. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. PawnPawn ×7
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. PawnPawn
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

42.2 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

31 received units · includes a constructor
2167 metal received · 41269 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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