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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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Energy storage
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. BeholderBeholder
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Mex
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind ×2
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Wind
    31. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 156 steps
    1. GauntletGauntlet ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:42
    7. Wind ×3
    8. TickTick ×2
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind ×3
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×3
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Con turret
    42. Converter
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. TickTick
    51. Converter
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Converter
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×4
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×3
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×4
    79. Energy storage
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Energy storage
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind ×2
    89. TickTick ×3
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. Wind ×2
    94. TickTick
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Mex
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:52 · typical 9:36
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. ShipyardShipyardfor Geo seadone 12:38
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Mex
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. Wind
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind ×2
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Con turretfor Geo sea
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick ×4
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×2
    143. Mex
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind
    151. Construction BotCon bot
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind
    154. Construction BotCon bot
    155. Wind
    156. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Cokeado's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

Cokeado

37.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
738 metal received · 20374 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

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