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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 · 36 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. TickTick ×5
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. 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 · 258 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storage
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:36
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. MaceMace
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. MaceMace
    50. Con turret
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:08
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. RoverScout ×2
    67. PawnPawn
    68. RoverScout ×2
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. RoverScout
    72. PawnPawn
    73. RoverScout
    74. Wind
    75. RoverScout ×2
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. RoverScout ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. RoverScout
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. RoverScout ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. RoverScout
    86. Wind
    87. RoverScout ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. RoverScout ×2
    91. TickTick
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. RoverScout
    95. PawnPawn
    96. TickTick
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. RoverScout
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. RoverScout
    102. TickTick
    103. RoverScout ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. RoverScout
    108. TickTick
    109. RoverScout ×2
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. RoverScout
    113. TickTick
    114. RoverScout ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. RoverScout
    118. TickTick
    119. RoverScout
    120. SentrySentry
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. RoverScout
    124. TickTick
    125. RoverScout
    126. SentrySentry
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. RoverScout
    130. TickTick
    131. SentrySentry
    132. RoverScout
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. RoverScout
    136. TickTick
    137. RoverScout
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. RoverScout
    141. TickTick
    142. RoverScout
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. RoverScout ×2
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. RoverScout
    149. TickTick
    150. RoverScout
    151. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    152. TickTick
    153. RoverScout
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. RoverScout
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. RoverScout
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. RoverScout
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. RoverScout
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. RoverScout ×2
    169. TickTick
    170. Con turret
    171. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:04
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick
    174. RoverScout
    175. TickTick
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. Wind
    178. RoverScout
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. RoverScout
    182. LazarusLazarus
    183. Wind
    184. RoverScout
    185. Con turret
    186. RoverScout
    187. LazarusLazarus
    188. Wind
    189. RoverScout
    190. Wind
    191. RoverScout
    192. LazarusLazarus
    193. RoverScout
    194. Wind
    195. RoverScout
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. RoverScout
    198. Wind
    199. RoverScout ×2
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:20
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×2
    208. RoverScout
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. TickTick
    212. BlitzBlitz
    213. TickTick ×2
    214. Converter
    215. TickTick
    216. RoverScout
    217. Wind
    218. TickTick
    219. RoverScout
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. TickTick
    223. RoverScout
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick
    226. RoverScout
    227. PawnPawn
    228. TickTick
    229. Wind
    230. Converter
    231. PawnPawn
    232. RoverScout
    233. Wind ×2
    234. RoverScout
    235. TickTick
    236. RoverScout
    237. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    238. Converter
    239. Wind
    240. TickTick
    241. RoverScout
    242. Wind
    243. TickTick
    244. RoverScout
    245. Wind
    246. PawnPawn
    247. TickTick
    248. RoverScout
    249. Converter
    250. Wind
    251. PawnPawn
    252. TickTick
    253. RoverScout
    254. Wind
    255. TickTick
    256. RoverScout
    257. Wind
    258. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (36 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.7 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
531 metal received · 15393 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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