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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 · 35 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Energy storage
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    29. ThugThug
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Con turret
  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 · 152 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ThugThug
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Con turret
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:09
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind ×2
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. BlitzBlitz ×3
    50. Con turret
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:30 · typical 9:36
    53. BlitzBlitz ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. BlitzBlitz ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Mex
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. AnemoneAnemone
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. Pit BullPit Bull
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. AnemoneAnemone
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. TickTick
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. BlitzBlitz ×2
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. Wind
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Con turret
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. BlitzBlitz ×2
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:24
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. TickTick
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Con turret
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Con turret
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. ArbalestArbalest
    146. Wind
    147. Con turret
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz ×2
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GuiTou's (35 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

GuiTou

35.4 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
260 metal received · 31757 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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