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Gauntlet defence

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

A Bot Lab opening transitions into an early Gauntlet around 3:41, far earlier than usual, giving the suicide front a static artillery piece to anchor the middle before the normal T2 transition.

#defence #artillery · 148 distinct matches · 48 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 57% of 153 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:41 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:31

Where those units first fight, in 148 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,308 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (14% of army), Rattlesnake (13% of army), Beamer (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Gauntlet by 3:42

  1. Open mex and Bot Lab as usual for Suicide front.
  2. Add early Beamers to start anchoring the middle.
  3. Push out a Gauntlet well ahead of the field to hold middle.
  4. Reclaim Bot Lab in many games to recycle metal into eco.
  5. Transition into Rocketeer and Rattlesnake army as T2 nears.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 148 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 ~0:26, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (48%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 3 winddone ~5:03, middle half 4:25–5:30
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry2 Sentry −2 vs standard
    • Beamer2 Beamer +2 vs standard
    • Rocketeer6 Rocketeer −4 vs standard
    • Tick1 Tick
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · centurion (48%)

    By 3:41 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. BeamerBeamer ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Mex
    14. OverwatchOverwatch
    15. Mex
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:03
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine24Wind+6 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Beamer1 Beamer
    • Rocketeer2 Rocketeer −13 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth4 Dragon's Teeth +4 vs standard

    Some games also: tick (44%) · Sneaky Pete (41%) · converter (39%) · pawn (39%) · Gauntlet (38%) · eat Bot Lab (42%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 27 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 128 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind ×4
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. GauntletGauntlet
    12. PawnPawn
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Con turret
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Mex
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Con turret
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Wind
    61. Energy storage
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:25
    64. Wind
    65. NettleNettle
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. NettleNettle
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:21
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    105. Wind ×2
    106. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    107. Wind
    108. Converter ×2
    109. Wind
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. Converter
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Wind
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    115. Converter
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. Converter ×4
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. BeamerBeamer ×3
    128. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (40 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:40 · in 72% 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

153 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
1:002302300000
2:0087888600210
3:0019692007190184127130
4:0031793108463643314501
5:00432641849021352689998
6:00546453491446218311621707
7:00656865442577305118892590
8:00789077603417393525623502
9:00929990354152469032804383
10:0011055104125075531438645163
11:0012988118895498585847185965
12:0015316135836111640653356686
13:0018261154046605687562557453
14:0021718172987410750368808214
15:0025008192928450810981689007
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Slightly lower team win rate than standard but produces more metal and loses less by 15:00, trading some kills for safety.

  • + Own metal lost drops to 8453 vs 9182 standard by 15:00.
  • + Metal production climbs to 24621 vs 20088 standard by 15:00.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed lags standard at every checkpoint.
  • − Team win rate falls to 51% vs 58% standard.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

XXMACGAMERXX

39.6 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
1256 metal received · 9104 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:26Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=153
Gauntlet5:03Middle 50%: 4:25–5:30 · n=141
Advanced Metal Extractor9:25Middle 50%: 8:38–10:23 · n=131

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