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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 · 2007 distinct matches · 229 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2381 · 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 2007 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 (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
  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 · 166 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. CenturionCenturion ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. Metal storage
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Energy storage
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. NettleNettle
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 9:46
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Solar
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Solar
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. CrossbowCrossbow
    86. Wind ×2
    87. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. CrossbowCrossbow
    90. Con turret
    91. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:23
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind ×2
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Con turret
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Energy storage
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind ×2
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. ArbalestArbalest
    135. Wind ×2
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind ×2
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind ×2
    142. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:13
    143. LazarusLazarus
    144. Wind ×2
    145. LazarusLazarus
    146. Wind ×3
    147. LazarusLazarus
    148. Wind ×2
    149. LazarusLazarus
    150. Wind ×2
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×2
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    158. Wind
    159. Mex
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn ×8
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is NEXUS_VI's (34 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 0:10 · 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

2381 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645502
5:00418513571001
6:00534921831713
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383502
9:00904546934382
10:001041853145176
11:001189258555965
12:001360364066686
13:001541268767439
14:001729875038212
15:001926981098997
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

NEXUS_VI

34.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 18143 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=2373
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1721

Played most by

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