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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 · 48 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    45. SentrySentry
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 95 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. CenturionCenturion ×2
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×4
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:57
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:08
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×6
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×4
    57. MauserMauser
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. MauserMauser
    61. Wind ×4
    62. JaguarJaguar
    63. Wind
    64. RoverScout
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Wind ×3
    69. RoverScout
    70. Wind ×2
    71. UmbraJammer
    72. Wind ×2
    73. RoverScout
    74. ProphetRadar vehicle
    75. Wind ×2
    76. RoverScout
    77. Wind
    78. MauserMauser
    79. RoverScout
    80. Wind ×3
    81. RoverScout
    82. MauserMauser
    83. RoverScout
    84. Wind ×3
    85. MauserMauser
    86. RoverScout
    87. Wind ×3
    88. MauserMauser
    89. RoverScout
    90. Wind
    91. RoverScout
    92. Wind
    93. MauserMauser
    94. Wind
    95. RoverScout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.7 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
70 metal received · 13724 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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