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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 · 30 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×4
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. PawnPawn
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Mex
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Mex
    26. OverwatchOverwatch
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. GauntletGauntletdone 6:23 · 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 · 130 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×3
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. Wind
    12. Wind ×2for Geo
    13. Wind
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. Wind
    16. Windfor Geo
    17. Wind
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. Wind
    20. Windfor Geo
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Wind ×2for Geo
    26. Wind
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    33. Wind
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind ×3
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Wind
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Converter
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Converter ×5
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Con turret ×3
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Windfor Geo
    46. Wind
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. Windfor Geo
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Energy storage
    53. Wind ×6
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×6
    56. GauntletGauntlet
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2for Geo
    60. Wind
    61. Windfor Geo
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Windfor Geo
    65. Wind
    66. Windfor Geo
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:26 · typical 9:25
    69. Wind
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. Windfor Geo
    75. Wind
    76. Windfor Geo
    77. Wind
    78. Windfor Geo
    79. Wind
    80. Windfor Geo
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. Windfor Geo
    85. Wind
    86. Windfor Geo
    87. Wind
    88. Windfor Geo
    89. Wind
    90. Windfor Geo
    91. Wind ×5
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind ×11
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter ×2
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:14
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×6
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×4
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×3
    119. GhostGhost
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. GhostGhost
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    128. Wind ×4
    129. Converter
    130. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (46 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

[crd]sisa

46.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units
322 metal received · 28776 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

Played most by

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