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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (40 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

Damsko

40.0 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
127 metal received · 46473 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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