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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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentryfor Geo
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 177 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. Energy storagefor Front
    10. TickTick
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. Energy storagefor Front
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39 · typical 9:36
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    64. Mex
    65. Wind
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. Energy storage
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Energy storage
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Energy storage
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. LazarusLazarus
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind ×5
    104. Tidal
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Tidal
    112. PawnPawn
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Tidal
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:47
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Tidal
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:02
    129. Wind ×2
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Con turret
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind ×2
    136. DolphinDolphin
    137. Converter
    138. Con turret
    139. PawnPawn
    140. DolphinDolphin
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. Wind ×2
    146. DolphinDolphin
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. TickTick
    150. Con turret
    151. TickTick
    152. DolphinDolphin
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind ×2
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. DolphinDolphin
    157. Converter
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:51
    160. Wind
    161. DolphinDolphin
    162. Wind
    163. SkaterSkater
    164. Wind ×3
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. DolphinDolphin
    167. TickTick
    168. Converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. TickTick
    171. PawnPawn
    172. TickTick
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind
    175. SkaterSkater
    176. TickTick
    177. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.0 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
119 metal received · 37582 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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