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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (38 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

[BS]Hellzie

38.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units
104 metal received · 13826 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

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