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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 · 4% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 58% of 152 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GauntletEarly defence from 3:39 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 8:24

Where those units first fight, in 147 games with kill data: in the middle 100%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,331 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 (48%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Early defence

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. GauntletEarly defence after 5 mex, 3 winddone ~5:01, middle half 4:23–5:28
    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 3:38 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. PawnPawn
    8. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. BeholderBeholder
    17. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Mex ×3
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 4:54 · typical 5:01
  3. 3

    Early defence to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine25Wind+7 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Beamer1 Beamer
    • Rocketeer2 Rocketeer −14 vs standard
    Other
    • Dragon's Teeth4 Dragon's Teeth +4 vs standard

    Some games also: tick (43%) · Sneaky Pete (41%) · converter (40%) · pawn (38%) · Gauntlet (38%) · eat Bot Lab (41%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 27 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 116 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. SentrySentry
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. GauntletGauntlet
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind ×3
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Wind
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. Wind ×2
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. Energy storage
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×4
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×3
    38. Con turret
    39. NettleNettle
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. FerretFerret
    44. TickTick
    45. Con turret
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind ×5
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:20
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. FerretFerret
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind ×2
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind ×3
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×2
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×6
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick ×3
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. TickTick ×4
    91. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:28
    92. TickTick
    93. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    94. TickTick ×9
    95. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    96. Con turret
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. Con turret
    102. TickTick
    103. Con turret
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. Converter
    107. Con turret
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. Con turret
    111. BeamerBeamer
    112. VeilVeil
    113. Converter
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    116. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (62 OS, 05/10/2026); 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
1:002292300000
2:0087988600210
3:0019722007193185129130
4:0031813108470643312501
5:00434641849041350687998
6:00548853481476218410771707
7:00662965412594305917802588
8:00790877553419393824593499
9:00934090344277470231814379
10:0011056103995101531238405148
11:0012995118825501585647155954
12:0015383135696147640153426674
13:0018272153936691687062347438
14:0021746172887517750368778210
15:0025026192528526811380568988
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_

62.4 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
38 metal received · 39460 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
Gauntlet5:01Middle 50%: 4:23–5:28 · n=140
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:39–10:18 · n=129

Played most by

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