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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 144 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. GauntletGauntletdone 6:41
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Wind
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Converter
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:34 · typical 9:46
    38. Wind ×2
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Wind ×3
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Energy storage
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Energy storage
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:35
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. Energy storage
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind ×3
    110. TickTick
    111. Pit BullPit Bull
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Converter
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Private_Gator's (31 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

Private_Gator

31.0 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

51 received units · includes a constructor
58 metal received · 6826 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=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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