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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2013 distinct matches · 230 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2387 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2013 GAMES
  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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion ×2
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 57 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Con turret
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. SentrySentry ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×4
    18. Energy storage
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. SentrySentry
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:24 · typical 9:46
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×4
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×2
    51. SentrySentry ×2
    52. Mex
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Mex ×2
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Guhhh's (30 OS, 01/10/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2387 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645501
5:00418413561000
6:00534721831708
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383503
9:00904646934376
10:001041853145163
11:001189458575965
12:001360664066686
13:001541268767439
14:001730675038212
15:001929281098997
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Guhhh

30.2 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
90 metal received · 4841 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2379
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1726

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