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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is q[o_o]p's (34 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 0:11 · 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

q[o_o]p

34.0 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
0 metal received · 399 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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