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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 · 2043 distinct matches · 235 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2421 · 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 2043 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 ~0:25, 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    2. Windfor Geo
    3. Mex
    4. Mexfor Geo
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mexfor Geo
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentryfor Geo
    9. PawnPawn
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn ×5
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    15. Mex
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeerfor Geo
    25. Windfor Geo
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. LazarusLazarus
  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 (42%) · 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 · 79 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Windfor Geo
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Windfor Geo
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Windfor Geo
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:51
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. OspreyHeavy transportfor Front
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. RocketeerRocketeerfor Geo
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Windfor Geo
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. OspreyHeavy transport
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. PawnPawn ×3
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. PawnPawn ×2
    33. BlinkScout plane
    34. PawnPawn
    35. BlinkScout plane ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. BlinkScout plane
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Windfor Geo
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. PawnPawn ×2for Geo
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Windfor Geo
    44. PawnPawnfor Geo
    45. PawnPawn ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. PawnPawn ×3for Geo
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 10:42 · typical 9:46
    52. PawnPawn ×2for Geo
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Converter
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. PawnPawn
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Converter
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick ×12
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. TickTick
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick
    66. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    67. TickTick ×5
    68. Con turret
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. Metal storage
    72. TickTick
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced solar
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (43 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

2421 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108642501
5:0041841348997
6:00534921851706
7:00653930602588
8:00775739393500
9:00903347044382
10:001040053145148
11:001188458575955
12:001357264066673
13:001539468757437
14:001729075038209
15:001925781168981
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

Damsko

42.7 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

40 received units · includes a constructor
349 metal received · 6494 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:25Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2413
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:59 · n=1749

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