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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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Mex
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Energy storage
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. BeamerBeamer
    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 (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 · 177 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    6. PawnPawn
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. LazarusLazarus ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:33
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:36
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick ×4
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×4
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. TickTick ×4
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×5
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. TickTick
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×4
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. TickTick ×4
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. Wind ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Wind
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Pit BullPit Bull
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind ×2
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. CenturionCenturion
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:35
    122. TickTick
    123. CenturionCenturion
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×3
    127. CrossbowCrossbow
    128. TickTick
    129. CrossbowCrossbow
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. CrossbowCrossbow
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. TickTick ×4
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick ×5
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick ×4
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×3
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    162. TickTick
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. TickTick
    167. PawnPawn
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. CenturionCenturion
    171. TickTick
    172. Converter
    173. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    174. CenturionCenturion
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (44 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

HotDawg

43.7 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
76 metal received · 31582 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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