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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 · 2021 distinct matches · 231 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2397 · 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 2021 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 · 37 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×8
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. MaceMace
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. MaceMace
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. MaceMace
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. MaceMace
    27. SentrySentry
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. SentrySentry
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. MaceMace
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Mex
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 37 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. MaceMace
    3. SentrySentry
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. LazarusLazarus ×3
    8. MaceMace
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. MaceMace
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Mex ×3
    15. SentrySentry ×5
    16. Mex ×3
    17. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:52
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    23. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. BeamerBeamer ×3
    26. Mex
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:43
    28. PawnPawn
    29. IncisorIncisor
    30. GruntGrunt ×4
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. IncisorIncisor
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. PawnPawn ×9
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. PawnPawn ×5
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NoobSlayer's (31 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

2397 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002008184130
4:003109645502
5:00418413531000
6:00534721811707
7:00653930502590
8:00776039343500
9:00904646874371
10:001041853095153
11:001189458575965
12:001360364066685
13:001540768767439
14:001729875058212
15:001926981098997
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

NoobSlayer

31.0 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
453 metal received · 25557 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=2389
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1734

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