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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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Windfor Tech
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Windfor Tech
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Windfor Tech
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. GauntletGauntletdone 4:02 · 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 · 204 steps
    1. Windfor Tech
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Windfor Tech
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. Windfor Tech
    21. Converter
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. GauntletGauntlet
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Windfor Tech
    46. Wind
    47. Windfor Tech
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Converter
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. Converter
    60. AnemoneAnemone
    61. Con turret
    62. Converter
    63. Con turret
    64. Converter ×2
    65. Con turret
    66. AnemoneAnemone
    67. Con turret
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:25
    69. Converter
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    71. Con turret
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Converter
    74. Con turret ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Mex
    82. Wind ×12
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Wind ×5
    85. ShipyardShipyarddone 10:35
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×3
    89. T2 converter
    90. Wind ×7
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×4
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:33
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Wind
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind ×5
    106. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. Wind
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. AnemoneAnemone
    120. DolphinDolphin ×3
    121. Wind
    122. DolphinDolphin
    123. Converter
    124. DolphinDolphin ×2
    125. Wind
    126. DolphinDolphin ×3
    127. Converter
    128. DolphinDolphin
    129. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. Construction ShipCon ship
    133. Con turret
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    139. Con turret ×2
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    145. Wind ×5
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Con turret
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. Con turret
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:53
    162. Con turret
    163. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    164. Converter
    165. Con turret
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    167. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    168. Con turret
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×2
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. Con turret
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×3
    176. Con turret ×2
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Converter
    180. Wind
    181. Con turret
    182. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×3
    190. Converter
    191. Wind ×5
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×5
    194. Converter
    195. T2 converter
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    198. Wind ×2
    199. Converter
    200. Wind ×4
    201. Converter
    202. Wind ×7
    203. Converter
    204. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

44.6 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
3257 metal received · 8761 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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