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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 · 2007 distinct matches · 229 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2381 · 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 2007 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 · 34 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 103 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BeholderBeholder
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind ×2
    40. BeamerBeamer ×2
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind ×2
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. BeholderBeholder
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×6
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    64. TickTick ×4
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:22 · typical 9:46
    66. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×4
    70. Con turret
    71. TickTick
    72. Metal storage
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Metal storage
    77. TickTick
    78. Con turret
    79. TickTick
    80. Con turret
    81. TickTick
    82. Metal storage
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×5
    86. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. TickTick ×3
    90. OverwatchOverwatch
    91. TickTick
    92. SentrySentry
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. SentrySentry
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Energy storage
    97. TickTick ×6
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. TickTick ×13
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. TickTick ×4
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    103. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Heidels's (31 OS, 06/10/2026); 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 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

2381 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645502
5:00418513571001
6:00534921831713
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383502
9:00904546934382
10:001041853145176
11:001189258555965
12:001360364066686
13:001541268767439
14:001729875038212
15:001926981098997
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

Heidels

30.8 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
22 metal received · 24160 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=2373
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1721

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