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Gauntlet defence

Same lab-first opening as standard, but adds a Gauntlet from around 4:08 to anchor the middle with area defence before transitioning normally.

#defence · 100 distinct matches · 33 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 50% of 105 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:55 · 8% of role by thenOnly 8% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:09

Where those units first fight, in 101 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,256 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 100 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 (40%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 4 winddone ~5:23, middle half 4:33–5:48
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry3 Sentry
    • Beamer2 Beamer +2 vs standard
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer −4 vs standard
    • Tick1 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (33%) · con turret (31%)

    By 3:55 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. OverwatchOverwatch
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 4:22 · typical 5:23
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine18Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Beamer1 Beamer
    • Rocketeer3 Rocketeer −11 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth5 Dragon's Teeth +5 vs standard

    Some games also: tick (44%) · con bot (43%) · converter (40%) · Gauntlet (40%) · Sneaky Pete (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 con bot

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 24 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 108 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. GauntletGauntlet
    8. Wind ×7
    9. Energy storage
    10. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:18 · typical 9:36
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:25
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Con turret
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret
    21. Solar ×3
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. WhistlerMissile truck
    28. Solar ×2
    29. Wind
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind ×2
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Con turret
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz ×4
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:01
    46. BlitzBlitz ×4
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. WhistlerMissile truck
    52. Wind
    53. WhistlerMissile truck
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    55. WhistlerMissile truck
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. WhistlerMissile truck
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. WhistlerMissile truck
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind ×2
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:43
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz ×2
    79. Wind
    80. VeilVeil
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind ×3
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    90. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 13:19
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    94. Wind
    95. AmbassadorAmbassador
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. NettleNettle
    100. AmbassadorAmbassador
    101. Converter
    102. NettleNettle
    103. Wind
    104. NettleNettle
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. Converter
    107. JaguarJaguar
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (56 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 74% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:32 · in 69% 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

105 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
1:002262260000
2:008798880000
3:0019862051130180106106
4:0031393161475658313496
5:004346424390314138151026
6:00546454331348229813061789
7:00661566702317317522502710
8:00787879203111403129843619
9:00915793174050479637444495
10:0010938106994999542643395316
11:0012674122655581590350556054
12:0014780141136007651257856830
13:0016696162226772701370097536
14:0019212181097541769675838373
15:0020756204667948832987319249
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

Immort

56.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
149 metal received · 39954 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=105
Gauntlet5:23Middle 50%: 4:33–5:48 · n=96
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:45–10:30 · n=83

Played most by

_X_25games of this buildImmort9games of this buildSoliloqueur8games of this buildTrapCaT7games of this buildPlatinumBlonde6games of this build