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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. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. BeamerBeamer ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. GauntletGauntletdone 4:40 · 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 · 155 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind ×14
    3. Con turret
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×7
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Wind
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Metal storage
    25. Converter
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:03
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. BlinkScout plane
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. StorkLight transport
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. StorkLight transport
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind ×4
    47. StorkLight transport
    48. Wind ×3
    49. StorkLight transport
    50. Wind ×4
    51. StorkLight transport
    52. Wind ×2
    53. StorkLight transport
    54. Wind ×7
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:11
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×11
    69. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Con turret
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:41
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Con turret
    92. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactordone 14:03
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:54
    101. Con turret
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. Con turret
    106. SentrySentry
    107. Con turret ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret ×2
    110. Wind
    111. BlinkScout plane
    112. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. StorkLight transport
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    123. Wind
    124. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×4
    132. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:34
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×8
    136. Converter ×9
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind
    140. Converter ×2
    141. Wind
    142. Converter ×3
    143. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter ×2
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Converter ×3
    155. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (48 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

_X_

48.4 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2721 metal received · 83394 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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