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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 · 33 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. MaceMace
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Mex
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. TickTick
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Con turret
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. GauntletGauntletdone 4:52 · 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 · 182 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GauntletGauntlet
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind ×4
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind ×2
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Mex
    30. GauntletGauntlet
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:41
    32. PawnPawn ×4
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Mex
    35. TickTick ×4
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. TickTick ×3
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. TickTick
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. TickTick ×4
    44. SentrySentry
    45. TickTick ×4
    46. Con turret
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. TickTick
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. TickTick
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. TickTick
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. Con turret
    57. Con turretfor Tech
    58. TickTick
    59. LazarusLazarus ×2
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. TickTick
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. NettleNettle
    72. Wind
    73. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. NettleNettle
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Converter ×2
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. NettleNettle
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced solar
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Wind ×3
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. CenturionCenturion
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. CenturionCenturion
    103. Converter
    104. Con turret ×2
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. Tidal
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. CenturionCenturion
    115. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:06
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. Tidal
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. TickTick
    121. Advanced solar
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Wind
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Tidal
    126. CenturionCenturion
    127. Wind
    128. CenturionCenturion
    129. Advanced solar
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. Tidal
    133. CenturionCenturion ×2
    134. Wind
    135. CenturionCenturion
    136. Tidal
    137. Advanced solar
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. CenturionCenturion
    141. Tidal
    142. CenturionCenturion
    143. Tidal
    144. CenturionCenturion
    145. Wind
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. Tidal
    148. CenturionCenturion
    149. Wind
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Con turret
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind
    154. CenturionCenturion ×2
    155. Wind
    156. Tidal
    157. Wind ×3
    158. CenturionCenturion
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Tidal
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. CenturionCenturion
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. CenturionCenturion ×2
    168. Wind
    169. Tidal
    170. Wind ×2
    171. TickTick
    172. CenturionCenturion ×2
    173. Wind
    174. Tidal
    175. Wind
    176. CenturionCenturion
    177. Con turret
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick
    181. Tidal
    182. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (50 OS, 11/09/2026); 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_

50.2 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
911 metal received · 47935 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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