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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 · 2245 distinct matches · 261 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2635 · 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 2245 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 (47%)

  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 (39%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SHOGVN's (34 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:45 · 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

2635 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002006193130
4:003105646502
5:0041861357990
6:00535222011677
7:00654530812547
8:00775239633443
9:00903447304337
10:001040053465119
11:001185058925901
12:001353664446633
13:001533969177393
14:001720375528179
15:001915081878947
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

SHOGVN

33.8 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

30 received units · includes a constructor
505 metal received · 29986 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=2626
Advanced Metal Extractor9:49Middle 50%: 8:52–11:00 · n=1888

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