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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    15. PawnPawn
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Energy storage
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 6:16
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (48%) · 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 · 110 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Solar ×2
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Energy storage
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Energy storage
    14. GauntletGauntlet
    15. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    16. BeamerBeamer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:24 · typical 9:36
    19. Energy storage
    20. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:20
    21. Con turret
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Energy storage
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:43
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×6
    53. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:33
    54. Wind ×5
    55. PincerPincer
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PincerPincer
    58. Wind ×2
    59. JunoJuno
    60. PincerPincer
    61. Wind ×2
    62. PincerPincer ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. PincerPincer
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. PincerPincer
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. PincerPincer
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PincerPincer
    74. Converter ×2
    75. PincerPincer
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. PincerPincer
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. PincerPincer
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. PincerPincer
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PincerPincer
    89. Converter
    90. PincerPincer
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. PincerPincer
    94. Converter
    95. PincerPincer
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. PincerPincer
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. PincerPincer
    103. Wind
    104. PincerPincer
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. PincerPincer
    109. Converter
    110. PincerPincer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iyc's (49 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

iyc

49.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
736 metal received · 112361 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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