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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 · 27 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex ×2
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. OverwatchOverwatch
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. GauntletGauntletdone 5:44 · 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 · 139 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind
    10. Energy storage
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Con turret
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:47 · typical 9:25
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×3
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:37
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. OverwatchOverwatch
    43. Wind
    44. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:13
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Energy storage
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Con turret
    52. TickTick
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Con turret
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. StoutStout
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. StoutStout
    66. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:59
    67. TickTick
    68. StoutStout
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Con turret
    72. StoutStout
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. JanusJanus
    77. StoutStout ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. StoutStout ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. StoutStout
    87. Wind ×2
    88. StoutStout
    89. Converter
    90. StoutStout
    91. Wind
    92. StoutStout
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. StoutStout ×2
    98. Wind
    99. StoutStout
    100. Wind
    101. StoutStout ×2
    102. Wind
    103. StoutStout
    104. JunoJuno
    105. StoutStout
    106. Wind
    107. StoutStout ×2
    108. Wind
    109. StoutStout ×2
    110. Wind
    111. StoutStout ×2
    112. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    113. Converter
    114. StoutStout
    115. Wind
    116. StoutStout
    117. Wind
    118. StoutStout ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. StoutStout
    123. Converter
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. StoutStout
    129. Wind
    130. LazarusLazarus
    131. StoutStout
    132. Converter
    133. StoutStout
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. StoutStout ×2
    136. LazarusLazarus
    137. Wind
    138. StoutStout ×2
    139. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Etherift's (32 OS, 07/10/2026); 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

Etherift

32.4 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
403 metal received · 86397 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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