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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 · 47 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 8:32

Where those units first fight, in 148 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,330 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 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 4:25–5:31
    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 (47%)

    By 3:41 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GauntletGauntletdone 5:01 · 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 (43%) · Sneaky Pete (41%) · converter (39%) · pawn (39%) · Gauntlet (38%) · eat Bot Lab (42%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 26 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 231 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind ×5
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×5
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×6
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×4
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×4
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:46 · typical 9:26
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×3
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×6
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×4
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×5
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×6
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. MaceMace
    85. TickTick
    86. Converter
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. TickTick ×5
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick ×5
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×4
    103. MaceMace
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. MaceMace
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:15
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. RocketeerRocketeer
    121. Wind
    122. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:03
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Converter
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:48
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. StoutStout
    134. BlitzBlitz ×2
    135. Wind
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Converter
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz ×3
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. TickTick
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind
    153. VeilVeil
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. TickTick
    159. Con turret
    160. TickTick
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. LazarusLazarus ×2
    174. BlitzBlitz
    175. Wind ×3
    176. Converter
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Con turret
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    183. Wind
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. Converter
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. BlitzBlitz
    190. TickTick
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind ×2
    194. TickTick
    195. Wind
    196. Converter
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. TickTick
    199. Con turret
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. TickTick
    202. Wind ×2
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. TickTick
    205. Wind
    206. Construction BotCon bot
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. TickTick
    211. Wind
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. Converter
    217. BlitzBlitz
    218. TickTick ×2
    219. Wind
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. BlitzBlitz
    225. TickTick
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick
    228. Converter
    229. Wind
    230. TickTick
    231. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dr_Clone's (35 OS, 17/09/2026); 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
1:002292300000
2:0087988700210
3:0019742009186184127130
4:0031803110463645314502
5:004326418590213576891001
6:00546453491442218311621713
7:00656865392541305118892597
8:00789077603363393825083502
9:00929990454150469332344382
10:0011035104185075531438155176
11:0012944118925498585547115965
12:0015264136036111640653326686
13:0018184154126605687662127439
14:0021681172987410750368748212
15:0024921192698450810979748997
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

Dr_Clone

34.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
292 metal received · 40602 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%: 4:25–5:31 · n=141
Advanced Metal Extractor9:26Middle 50%: 8:38–10:23 · n=131

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