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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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. Mex
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 4:47 · 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 · 163 steps
    1. Wind ×6
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Con turret
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Converter
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×5
    52. Con turret
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Converter
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Con turretfor Geo sea
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×6
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Con turretfor Geo sea
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Converter ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn
    99. AnemoneAnemonefor Geo sea
    100. Converter
    101. Energy storage
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. AnemoneAnemonefor Geo sea
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 9:25
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Wind
    113. AnemoneAnemonefor Geo sea
    114. Wind ×5
    115. Con turretfor Geo sea
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Wind
    121. Con turretfor Geo sea
    122. Wind ×3
    123. ShipyardShipyardfor Geo seadone 11:12
    124. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    125. Wind ×8
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind ×4
    131. EelSubmarinefor Geo seadone 12:10
    132. Wind ×2
    133. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    134. Wind ×2
    135. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    136. Wind
    137. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:14
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    143. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    145. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    147. Wind
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    149. Wind
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind ×4
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. PulsarPulsardone 14:44
    157. Wind ×28
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind
    160. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    161. Con turret
    162. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    163. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

45.4 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
199 metal received · 34360 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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