Choke
1. Pick choke or cover
Choose a lane pinch, rock shadow, or cover line where traffic has to pass. Ambush starts with the pocket — not with the chase.
Ambush · growth_ambush_20261002
Pick the choke. Wait in the dark. Spring the kill pocket.
CLASHROIDS ambush is the set-piece trap: pick choke or cover, wait dark, spring when a haul or rival enters the kill pocket, then scoop the drop. Free in the browser. Steam Coming Soon (app 4296990) — wishlist toward 10K+.
The ambush loop
Dark
2. Wait in the dark
Hold still and stay quiet until the mark commits. Patience is the weapon; move early and the pocket empties.
Spring
3. Spring the kill pocket
When a haul or rival enters the trap, close the angles and finish fast. The window is short — spring or lose the pocket.
Scoop
4. Scoop the drop
Claim what falls before someone else does. The score is the drop you bank from a trap you set — not a fair open duel.
Why ambush sticks
- » Pick choke or cover → wait in the dark → spring when a haul or rival enters the kill pocket → scoop the drop.
- Distinct from chase-a-fleeing-ship intercept, smash-in hit-and-run raid, cover-one-runner escort, multi-ship logistics convoy, open duel dogfight, and place-mines tool mines — ambush is the set choke, wait dark, spring the pocket.
- No invented keybinds, tech-node names, Lab steps, or weapon stats — trust what the belt shows when the pocket closes.
- Wishlist on Steam so Early Access fleets land already practicing the ambush lane.
Go deeper
- Intercept — catch a fleeing ship before it banks.
- Raid — smash in, scoop, bank, extract as hit-and-run.
- Escort — cover one loaded runner/ally through the lane.
- Convoy — multi-ship logistics column that banks together.
- Dogfight — open duel pressure in the belt.
- Mines — place mines as a tool, not a set-piece trap.
- Radar — spot marks before they see the pocket.
- Boosters — sustained afterburner for lane closes.
- Warp — short-range blink that cuts angles.
- Cargo — solo loaded haul risk: fly heavy, bank or drop.
- Extract — bank the haul, leave contested space alive.
- Wishlist — Steam app 4296990, free browser + Early Access goal.
- Play — free browser asteroid PvP, no download.