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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 · 2013 distinct matches · 230 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2387 · 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 2013 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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  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 · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. CenturionCenturion ×4
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · 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 · 120 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. TickTick
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind ×2
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×3
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03
    40. TickTick ×6
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. TickTick ×5
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×3
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×5
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Energy storage
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×3
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×4
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×4
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×4
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×4
    110. Wind
    111. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GoldReasons's (32 OS, 18/09/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

2387 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645501
5:00418413561000
6:00534721831708
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383503
9:00904646934376
10:001041853145163
11:001189458575965
12:001360664066686
13:001541268767439
14:001730675038212
15:001929281098997
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

GoldReasons

32.2 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
256 metal received · 6329 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2379
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1726

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