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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 · 147 distinct matches · 48 players · 5% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 57% of 152 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:40 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:27

Where those units first fight, in 147 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 147 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 (49%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 3 winddone ~5:02, middle half 4:25–5:29
    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 (50%) · centurion (47%)

    By 3:39 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Mex
    6. BeamerBeamerfor Pond
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. BeamerBeamerfor Front
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. BeamerBeamerfor Front
    14. GauntletGauntletdone 3:49 · typical 5:02
  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 (43%) · Sneaky Pete (41%) · converter (39%) · pawn (38%) · 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 · 133 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Mex
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:54
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. TickTick
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. NettleNettle
    23. TickTick
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. FerretFerret
    27. Energy storage
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. GauntletGauntlet
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. CrossbowCrossbow
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Wind ×4
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Wind ×3
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. Energy storage
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind ×2
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. AggravatorAggravator
    69. Mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Mex
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Mex
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. GraverobberGraverobber
    89. Mex
    90. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:56
    91. Con turret
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2not finished by 15:00 · typical 9:25
    93. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. ThugThug
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. ThugThug
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. ThugThug
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. RiptideFrigatefor Beach seadone 10:48
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. AnemoneAnemone
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Mex
    110. RoverScout ×9
    111. Mex
    112. RoverScout ×3
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. RoverScout ×8
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. RoverScout ×5
    117. SentrySentry
    118. RoverScout ×2
    119. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:31
    120. RoverScout ×2
    121. NettleNettle ×2
    122. RoverScout
    123. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    124. SentrySentry
    125. RoverScout ×9
    126. Energy storage
    127. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    128. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:46
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. JaguarJaguar
    131. BlitzBlitz ×2
    132. Con turret
    133. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 71% 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

152 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
3:0019692009193184127130
4:0031803109470644309501
5:00433341829031350684999
6:00548553471462218310671707
7:00659465392583305417802589
8:00789877553390393824593499
9:00930290404210469231814371
10:0011045104105101531238405156
11:0012966118885501585647155965
12:0015290135786147640153426685
13:0018223153966691687062347455
14:0021700173027474750368778213
15:0024965192578461811380718994
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

_Hawkey_

65.4 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
89 metal received · 28291 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=152
Gauntlet5:02Middle 50%: 4:25–5:29 · n=140
Advanced Metal Extractor9:25Middle 50%: 8:39–10:21 · n=129

Played most by

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