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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 · 149 distinct matches · 47 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 57% of 154 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:42 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:32

Where those units first fight, in 149 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,319 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into rocketeer (14% of army), Rattlesnake (12% 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 149 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 ~5:05, middle half 4:25–5:35
    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 (47%)

    By 3:41 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Mex
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Mex
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. OverwatchOverwatch
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Mex
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. GauntletGauntletdone 4:25 · typical 5:05
  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 Teeth5 Dragon's Teeth +5 vs standard

    Some games also: tick (44%) · Sneaky Pete (42%) · converter (38%) · pawn (38%) · Gauntlet (38%) · eat Bot Lab (43%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

154 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
2:0087988700210
3:0019722009186184127130
4:0031803110462645314501
5:004326418589913576911000
6:00545853491430218311631712
7:00656865392531305119012597
8:00788477603336393925353502
9:00929590464125470032574376
10:0011024104185074531438405163
11:0012941118945495585847155965
12:0015253136066100640753346686
13:0018170154076586687962347437
14:0021634172987400750568778212
15:0024886192698461810980718991
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

41.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
95 metal received · 69085 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=154
Gauntlet5:05Middle 50%: 4:25–5:35 · n=142
Advanced Metal Extractor9:26Middle 50%: 8:39–10:22 · n=132

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