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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 8:29

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 · 23 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Con turret
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus ×2
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. BeamerBeamer ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    23. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 182 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind ×4
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. GauntletGauntlet
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind ×3
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×7
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:31
    31. Wind
    32. GauntletGauntlet
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Converter
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Converter ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Converter
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    74. Converter
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Converter
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. CatalystCatalystdone 13:21
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:45
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Con turret
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×5
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:26
    125. Wind ×3
    126. Converter
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Con turret
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Construction BotCon bot
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind
    149. Con turret
    150. Construction BotCon bot
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Construction BotCon bot
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Construction BotCon bot
    157. Converter
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Construction BotCon bot
    169. Converter
    170. Wind ×4
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. Fusion ReactorFusion
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×5
    177. Converter
    178. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    181. Converter
    182. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heihallo's (31 OS, 11/10/2026); 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
2:0087888700210
3:0019692008190184127130
4:0031793109463645314501
5:004326418490213536891000
6:00546453471446218311621707
7:00656865432577305118892589
8:00789077603417393625623499
9:00929990464152468932804375
10:0011055104125075531238645161
11:0012988118895498585847185966
12:0015316135786111640753356686
13:0018261153966605687662557455
14:0021718172967410750468808213
15:0025008192528450810681689007
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

heihallo

30.8 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 11280 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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