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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. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 5:40 · 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 · 202 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind ×5
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Con turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 9:36
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Con turret
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Metal storage
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind ×5
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. TickTick
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. TickTick
    96. Converter
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. TickTick
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. Con turret
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:06
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick
    114. Converter
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Con turret ×2
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    130. PulsarPulsardone 13:08
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:37
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×5
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. BlinkScout plane
    148. Wind
    149. BlinkScout plane
    150. ArbalestArbalest
    151. BlinkScout plane
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. Converter
    155. BlinkScout plane ×2
    156. Wind ×2
    157. BlinkScout plane
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Converter
    163. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    166. Wind ×2
    167. BlinkScout plane
    168. Wind ×2
    169. BlinkScout plane
    170. Wind ×2
    171. BlinkScout plane
    172. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:48
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. Con turret
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×4
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind ×2
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. BlinkScout plane
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Con turret
    189. Wind ×4
    190. Converter
    191. Con turret
    192. Wind
    193. Con turret
    194. Wind
    195. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    196. Wind
    197. Converter
    198. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    199. Wind
    200. UmbrellaAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    201. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    202. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Xad

42.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
411 metal received · 35434 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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