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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. TickTick
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 119 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Energy storage
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. GauntletGauntletdone 8:58
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Converter
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. GauntletGauntlet
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind ×7
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:40
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:29
    90. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind ×10
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×2
    105. SentrySentry
    106. Wind ×2
    107. SentrySentry
    108. Wind ×6
    109. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiterdone 14:13
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    116. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:46
    117. Wind ×4
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

Lexosis

39.4 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
40 metal received · 16832 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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