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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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Mex
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. Solar
    24. GauntletGauntletdone 4:07 · 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 · 185 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Solar
    3. Wind
    4. Solar ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. TickTick
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. Energy storage
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TickTick
    23. GauntletGauntlet
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. Wind ×3
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind ×2
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. TickTick
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. TickTick
    57. Mex
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Con turret
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Converter
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Metal storage
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Converter
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46 · typical 9:25
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:21
    88. Wind
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind ×2
    121. FerretFerret
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind ×2
    126. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:57
    127. Wind ×2
    128. FerretFerret
    129. Wind
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Wind ×3
    132. TickTick
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Con turret
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. FerretFerret
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Con turret
    143. TickTick
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:47
    149. Construction BotCon bot
    150. TickTick ×3
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Con turret
    154. TickTick
    155. Construction BotCon bot
    156. Mex
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×4
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×7
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×5
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×3
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×5
    171. Wind
    172. Mex
    173. TickTick ×3
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    177. TickTick ×3
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×3
    180. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete ×2
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick ×7
    184. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    185. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (39 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 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

El_Turco

39.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
71 metal received · 65120 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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