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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 · 2013 distinct matches · 230 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2387 · 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 2013 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 · 30 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Mex
    18. Con turret
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
  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 · 136 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. SentrySentry
    10. PawnPawn ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Con turret
    16. CenturionCenturion ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. SentrySentry
    23. TickTick
    24. LazarusLazarus ×3
    25. PawnPawn ×3
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. NettleNettle
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Con turret
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:46
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. Mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. TickTick
    41. PawnPawn
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. TickTick
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. SentrySentry
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. TickTick
    66. PawnPawn
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. SentrySentry
    77. PawnPawn
    78. TickTick
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. SentrySentry
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. PawnPawn
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×3
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. TickTick
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Energy storage
    115. PawnPawn
    116. BeamerBeamer
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. TickTick
    132. LazarusLazarus
    133. Wind
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. LazarusLazarus ×2
    136. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Tink3r's (33 OS, 29/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · 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

2387 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645501
5:00418413561000
6:00534721831708
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383503
9:00904646934376
10:001041853145163
11:001189458575965
12:001360664066686
13:001541268767439
14:001730675038212
15:001929281098997
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

Tink3r

33.0 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
10 metal received · 6922 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=2379
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1726

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