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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 ~0:21, 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 · 33 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. CenturionCenturion ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (43%) · 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 · 141 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. CrossbowCrossbow
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. CrossbowCrossbow
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:47
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×4
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×5
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. TickTick
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. PawnPawn
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Con turret
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. TickTick
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:50
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind ×3
    81. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:29
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    86. Wind ×3
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:47
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. Mex
    101. Wind ×7
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. Con turret
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. Wind
    139. ScorpionScorpion
    140. PawnPawn
    141. ScorpionScorpion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Jonjo_13's (30 OS, 09/08/2026); 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 7:41 · 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

Jonjo_13

30.0 OS · 09/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
405 metal received · 20020 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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