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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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion ×2
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. MaceMace ×3
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace ×2
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. MaceMace ×2
    16. Mex
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. MaceMace
    20. LazarusLazarus ×2
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. LazarusLazarus ×3
  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 · 131 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PounderPounder
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. WolverineWolverine
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Mex
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. LazarusLazarus ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. MaceMace
    20. Mex
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. MaceMace
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:40
    26. MaceMace
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Mex
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. MaceMace
    31. Mex
    32. PawnPawn
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:58
    35. PawnPawn
    36. WolverineWolverine
    37. CrossbowCrossbow
    38. ThugThug
    39. PawnPawn
    40. PounderPounder
    41. Energy storage
    42. CrossbowCrossbow
    43. Mex
    44. MaceMace
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Mex
    48. ThugThug
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. MaceMace
    51. CrossbowCrossbow
    52. Mex
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. CrossbowCrossbow
    55. IncisorIncisor ×2
    56. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:05
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. IncisorIncisor
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. IncisorIncisor
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. IncisorIncisor
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. IncisorIncisor
    68. Mex
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. IncisorIncisor
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Wind
    73. Mex
    74. Wind
    75. IncisorIncisor
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Mex
    78. OverwatchOverwatch
    79. Wind
    80. IncisorIncisor
    81. Wind
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. IncisorIncisor
    86. MaceMace
    87. ThugThug
    88. PounderPounder
    89. OverwatchOverwatch
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. MaceMace ×2
    93. IncisorIncisor
    94. ThugThug
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. Mex
    97. ThugThug
    98. Wind
    99. ThugThug
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:45
    102. GuardGuard
    103. MaceMace
    104. Wind
    105. MaceMace
    106. IncisorIncisor
    107. Mex
    108. Construction BotCon bot
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Energy storage
    112. MaceMace
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Mex
    115. IncisorIncisor
    116. Wind
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. IncisorIncisor
    119. Mex ×2
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Metal storage
    122. Wind
    123. IncisorIncisor
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    128. IncisorIncisor
    129. Wind
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_GreedyDArc's (37 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

RAM_GreedyDArc

36.6 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units
634 metal received · 93565 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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