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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 · 2088 distinct matches · 238 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2466 · 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 2088 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 ~0:26, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (45%)

  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 · 40 steps
    1. TickTick ×4
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Mex
    19. Mex
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Con turret
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GuardGuard
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. GuardGuard
    40. ThugThug
  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 (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (44%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (42%) · 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 · 146 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. GuardGuard
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. ThugThug
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. MaceMace
    12. ThugThug
    13. MaceMace
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. MaceMace
    16. ThugThug
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. ThugThug
    19. MaceMace
    20. Con turret
    21. ThugThug
    22. Mex
    23. MaceMace
    24. SentrySentry
    25. ThugThug
    26. MaceMace
    27. Mex
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. MaceMace
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. ThugThug
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. MaceMace
    47. ThugThug
    48. Wind
    49. SentrySentry
    50. ThugThug
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug
    58. MaceMace
    59. Wind
    60. SentrySentry
    61. ThugThug
    62. Wind
    63. ThugThug
    64. Wind
    65. MaceMace
    66. ThugThug
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug
    69. Wind
    70. MaceMace
    71. ThugThug
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. MaceMace
    75. Wind
    76. GuardGuard
    77. ThugThug
    78. MaceMace
    79. Wind
    80. ThugThug
    81. MaceMace
    82. Wind
    83. ThugThug
    84. MaceMace
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:17 · typical 9:47
    87. ThugThug
    88. MaceMace ×2
    89. Wind
    90. MaceMace
    91. ThugThug
    92. MaceMace
    93. Wind
    94. MaceMace
    95. ThugThug
    96. Wind
    97. MaceMace
    98. ThugThug
    99. Wind
    100. MaceMace
    101. ThugThug
    102. Wind
    103. ThugThug
    104. MaceMace
    105. Wind
    106. ThugThug
    107. MaceMace
    108. ThugThug
    109. MaceMace
    110. ThugThug ×2
    111. MaceMace
    112. ThugThug
    113. MaceMace
    114. ThugThug
    115. Mex
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. ThugThug
    118. MaceMace ×2
    119. Con turret
    120. ThugThug
    121. MaceMace
    122. ThugThug ×2
    123. MaceMace
    124. ThugThug
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. MaceMace
    127. ThugThug
    128. MaceMace
    129. ThugThug
    130. MaceMace ×2
    131. ThugThug ×2
    132. MaceMace
    133. ThugThug
    134. MaceMace
    135. ThugThug
    136. MaceMace
    137. ThugThug
    138. LazarusLazarus
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. LazarusLazarus ×2
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    146. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]soccerstud020's (32 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:42 · 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

2466 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002007187130
4:003110642502
5:0041861347996
6:00535021831698
7:00654530562580
8:00775739403488
9:00903547064362
10:001039753225142
11:001186458605952
12:001356164256647
13:001538668767428
14:001728875048206
15:001925281068974
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

[Grump]soccerstud020

31.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
126 metal received · 18542 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:26Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:47Middle 50%: 8:50–10:59 · n=1782

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