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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 · 30 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Energy storage
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 5:41 · 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 · 186 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. GauntletGauntlet
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. Wind
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Wind
    15. OverwatchOverwatch
    16. Con turret
    17. Metal storage
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:31 · typical 9:36
    20. Energy storage
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×7
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:34
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. SentrySentry
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. SentrySentry
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. SentrySentry
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×5
    69. Wind
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind ×2
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret ×2
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Wind
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. LazarusLazarus ×2
    112. PawnPawn ×4
    113. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:45
    114. PawnPawn
    115. LazarusLazarus ×3
    116. PawnPawn
    117. LazarusLazarus ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×5
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. PawnPawn
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. PawnPawn
    129. ButlerButler
    130. PawnPawn
    131. BlitzBlitz ×2
    132. ButlerButler
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Advanced solar
    135. ButlerButler
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Advanced solar
    138. ButlerButler
    139. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    140. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Advanced solar
    143. PawnPawn
    144. ButlerButler
    145. PawnPawn
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:21
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. PawnPawn ×2
    151. SprinterSprinter
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. Wind
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. SprinterSprinter
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind ×2
    173. WelderWelder
    174. PawnPawn ×2
    175. Wind
    176. WelderWelder
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. WelderWelder
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Wind
    183. WelderWelder
    184. PawnPawn
    185. Wind
    186. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

54.3 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
5365 metal received · 112079 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