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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 · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. GauntletGauntletdone 4:56 · 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 · 131 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Wind ×9
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Converter
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Mexfor Geo sea
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. HarpoonHarpoon
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter ×3
    51. Con turret
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 9:25
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×7
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    80. Wind ×3
    81. FerretFerret
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind ×5
    92. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:22
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Converter ×2
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Wind
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. PlatypusPlatypus
    113. Wind
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Wind
    116. Mex
    117. PlatypusPlatypus ×4
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:55
    119. PlatypusPlatypus ×6
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. Con turret
    123. GhostGhost
    124. Con turret
    125. LazarusLazarus
    126. GhostGhost
    127. LazarusLazarus ×2
    128. BeamerBeamer
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot

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

45.7 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
10 metal received · 54986 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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