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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. TickTick
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Mex ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (48%) · 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 · 105 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    2. Energy storage
    3. Mex
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. CenturionCenturion ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. PawnPawn ×4
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:23 · typical 9:36
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Energy storage
    36. TickTick
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Con turret ×3
    40. TickTick
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Mex
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:54
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Wind
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. RocketeerRocketeer
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. Wind
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Wind
    86. RocketeerRocketeer
    87. SentrySentry
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. Converter
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    92. Converter
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

TrapCaT

41.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 46153 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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