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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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 103 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. LazarusLazarus ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Energy storage
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Con turret
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:36
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind ×5
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    63. Con turret
    64. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:31
    65. Wind ×4
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Wind ×3
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Wind
    70. Converter ×2
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:17
    72. Con turret
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. TickTick ×10
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×3
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. TickTick
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. TickTick ×6
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×5
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×7
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×6
    100. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:56
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (44 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

43.6 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
89 metal received · 13618 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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