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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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×14
    19. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 87 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion ×4
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind ×3
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:58 · typical 9:36
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Converter
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Converter
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Converter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Converter
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Converter
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Converter
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Converter ×2
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Con turret
    78. Converter
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Energy storage
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Con turret
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Energy storage
    85. PawnPawn ×9
    86. Con turret
    87. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FCRD]GlazedByAfussy's (36 OS, 17/08/2026); 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 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

[FCRD]GlazedByAfussy

35.6 OS · 17/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
733 metal received · 8204 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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