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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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Mex
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. 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 · 164 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Energy storage
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Converter
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Converter
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Converter
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Converter
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Metal storage
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. CrossbowCrossbow
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Wind
    45. CrossbowCrossbow
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind
    55. CrossbowCrossbow
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Mex
    66. CrossbowCrossbow
    67. Wind
    68. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:15
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Wind ×2
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. Mex
    77. CrossbowCrossbow
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×8
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Mex
    86. CrossbowCrossbow
    87. Wind
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. Wind
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. ButlerButler
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. ButlerButler
    99. TickTick
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:51 · typical 9:46
    101. TickTick
    102. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. Mex
    106. TickTick
    107. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:58
    108. Wind ×2
    109. TickTick
    110. SmugglerJammer bot
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. CompassRadar bot
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. SprinterSprinter
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. SprinterSprinter
    120. Wind
    121. CrossbowCrossbow
    122. SprinterSprinter
    123. Wind
    124. Construction ShipCon ship
    125. CenturionCenturion
    126. SprinterSprinter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. CenturionCenturion
    129. SprinterSprinter
    130. Construction ShipCon ship
    131. Wind
    132. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    133. Mex
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Construction ShipCon ship
    137. TickTick
    138. SharpshooterSniper botdone 14:21
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. RiptideFrigatedone 13:59
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. Mex
    150. RiptideFrigate
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Wind ×2
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. HoundHound
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. HoundHound
    160. LazarusLazarus
    161. Wind
    162. Mex
    163. HoundHound
    164. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (31 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

30.9 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

25 received units · includes a constructor
3643 metal received · 32514 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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