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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. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. TickTick
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    32. Wind ×3
    33. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    34. Wind
    35. GauntletGauntletdone 4:30 · 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 · 109 steps
    1. Wind ×6
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. GauntletGauntlet
    6. Energy storage
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind ×5
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. OverwatchOverwatch
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Converter ×3
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Converter
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Converter
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Converter ×2
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Converter
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Converter
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Converter ×5
    48. Con turret
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter ×3
    52. Con turret ×2
    53. Naval Energy Converter
    54. Mex
    55. Naval Energy Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    58. Metal storage
    59. Naval Energy Converter
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:16 · typical 9:41
    63. Naval Energy Converter
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Con turret
    66. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Naval Energy Converter
    69. Wind
    70. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:40
    71. Wind
    72. Naval Energy Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Naval Energy Converter
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Naval Energy Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced solar
    82. Naval Energy Converter ×3
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Naval Energy Converter
    86. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:14
    87. Wind
    88. Naval Energy Converter
    89. Wind
    90. StorkLight transport
    91. Wind
    92. StorkLight transport ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Naval Energy Converter
    95. StorkLight transport
    96. Converter
    97. StorkLight transport
    98. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    99. Wind
    100. Naval Energy Converter
    101. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    102. Wind
    103. Naval Energy Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    106. Converter
    107. Naval Energy Converter
    108. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    109. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (48 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

_X_

48.0 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1755 metal received · 34618 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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