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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 8:29

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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Mex
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. 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 · 134 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Con turret
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. ThugThug
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. TickTick
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. TickTick
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. TickTick
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. Wind
    50. AnemoneAnemone
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:03 · typical 9:25
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Mex
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Metal storage
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    74. Con turret
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Energy storage
    79. Mex
    80. Wind
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. Wind
    83. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:35
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. TickTick ×3
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Mex
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Mex
    105. TickTick
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Wind
    108. CrossbowCrossbow
    109. TickTick ×10
    110. SentrySentry
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. CrossbowCrossbow
    113. Con turret
    114. SentrySentry
    115. TickTick
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. TickTick ×3
    118. AnemoneAnemone
    119. TickTick
    120. SentrySentry
    121. TickTick ×4
    122. NettleNettle
    123. TickTick
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. CrossbowCrossbow
    126. NettleNettle
    127. TickTick ×5
    128. Con turret
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. NettleNettle
    131. TickTick ×3
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. CrossbowCrossbow
    134. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kontraption's (30 OS, 07/10/2026); 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
2:0087888700210
3:0019692008190184127130
4:0031793109463645314501
5:004326418490213536891000
6:00546453471446218311621707
7:00656865432577305118892589
8:00789077603417393625623499
9:00929990464152468932804375
10:0011055104125075531238645161
11:0012988118895498585847185966
12:0015316135786111640753356686
13:0018261153966605687662557455
14:0021718172967410750468808213
15:0025008192528450810681689007
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

Kontraption

30.2 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
602 metal received · 12861 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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