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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 · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. SentrySentry
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. PawnPawn
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GauntletGauntletdone 4:47 · 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 · 153 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 4:48
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Mex
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. BeamerBeamer ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×4
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    35. Wind
    36. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    37. Wind ×5
    38. Converter ×2
    39. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:28
    40. Wind ×6
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Converter
    44. Mex ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:41
    48. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    49. Wind ×5
    50. Converter
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Energy storage
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Con turret
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Metal storage
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Con turret
    70. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:29
    71. Wind ×5
    72. StorkLight transport
    73. Converter
    74. StorkLight transport ×2
    75. Converter
    76. StorkLight transport
    77. Wind
    78. BlinkScout plane
    79. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:26
    80. BlinkScout plane
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. Wind
    84. BlinkScout plane
    85. Wind ×3
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Converter
    88. BlinkScout plane
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. BlinkScout plane
    95. Wind
    96. BlinkScout plane ×2
    97. Wind
    98. BlinkScout plane
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. BlinkScout plane
    104. Wind
    105. Converter ×2
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. BlinkScout plane
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×2
    111. BlinkScout plane
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:58
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. BlinkScout plane ×2
    118. Wind
    119. BlinkScout plane ×2
    120. Wind
    121. BlinkScout plane ×2
    122. Wind
    123. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:30
    124. BlinkScout plane
    125. Wind
    126. BlinkScout plane
    127. Wind ×8
    128. Converter ×2
    129. BlinkScout plane
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×2
    138. BlinkScout plane
    139. RazorbackRazorbacknot finished by 15:00
    140. Wind
    141. BlinkScout plane
    142. Wind ×2
    143. VanguardVanguardnot finished by 15:00
    144. Wind
    145. BlinkScout plane
    146. Wind ×4
    147. RazorbackRazorback
    148. BlinkScout plane
    149. Wind ×3
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (38 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

TrollHardGoPro

37.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

28 received units · includes a constructor
3860 metal received · 97483 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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