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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 · 40 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
  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 · 124 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mexfor Front
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. LazarusLazarus ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:21 · typical 9:36
    47. Mex
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. SentrySentry
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Converter
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Converter
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Wind
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Converter
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Con turret
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Con turret ×2
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:13
    104. Wind
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Energy storage
    107. Wind ×2
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. BeamerBeamer
    110. Energy storage
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. Wind ×2
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. Wind
    117. CenturionCenturion
    118. Wind
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PixelPeeker's (44 OS, 08/09/2026); 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

PixelPeeker

44.1 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
30 metal received · 14531 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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