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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard play: bot lab first, Rocketeer/Centurion/Pawn based force pushes into the middle to contest and hold it until T2 arrives.

Usually lab first (63%)

#rush #push · 1309 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1550 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and wind, drop Bot Lab immediately.
  2. Push out first "Centurion" as Pond's boost lands.
  3. Send "Rocketeer", "Centurion", "Pawn" mix to contest middle.
  4. Add Dragon's Teeth and Sentries to hold the line.
  5. Get Advanced Metal Extractor up as T2 nears.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1309 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 ~0:20, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (37%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer17 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (35%) · pawn (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn ×4
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Con turret
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Energy storage
    33. BeamerBeamer ×3
    34. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    35. BeamerBeamer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (47%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MADO]ItsNoGood's (47 OS, 13/08/2026); 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:30 · in 59% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

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

1550 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002051180106
4:003161660496
5:00424314171026
6:00543423001787
7:00667231752706
8:00792440303613
9:00931647974495
10:001069854325318
11:001225359116059
12:001410665186829
13:001622670297536
14:001809577098373
15:002043283489240
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard suicide front play wins slightly more than half its games with fast kills but also fast losses, matching the raw grind of the role.

  • + First kill lands by 2:04 in all games
  • + Metal produced reaches 19882 by 15:00
  • − Own metal lost hits 9208 by 15:00, near metal destroyed of 8172
  • − First unit lost as early as 2:08 in every game
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[MADO]ItsNoGood

47.2 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
72 metal received · 18293 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:20Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=1543
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1143

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