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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 · 2088 distinct matches · 238 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2466 · 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 2088 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 ~0:26, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (45%)

  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 (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
  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 (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (44%) · 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 · 77 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. BeamerBeamer ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Solar
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Windfor Beach sea
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Windfor Beach sea
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. Windfor Beach sea
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. Windfor Beach sea
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:47
    36. Windfor Beach sea
    37. Con turret
    38. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    39. Windfor Beach sea
    40. Converter
    41. Windfor Beach sea
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Converter
    45. Windfor Beach sea
    46. Converter
    47. Windfor Beach sea
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Converter
    50. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:44
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    53. Mex
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. Windfor Beach sea
    57. Wind
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:19
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×2
    61. CrossbowCrossbow
    62. Wind
    63. Mex
    64. Wind
    65. CrossbowCrossbow
    66. Wind ×6
    67. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    68. Wind ×3
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:49
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]soccerstud020's (32 OS, 05/08/2026); 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 7:42 · 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

2466 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002007187130
4:003110642502
5:0041861347996
6:00535021831698
7:00654530562580
8:00775739403488
9:00903547064362
10:001039753225142
11:001186458605952
12:001356164256647
13:001538668767428
14:001728875048206
15:001925281068974
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

[Grump]soccerstud020

31.9 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
242 metal received · 18731 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:26Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:47Middle 50%: 8:50–10:59 · n=1782

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