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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 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

TrapCaT

42.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
543 metal received · 15048 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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