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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 · 1373 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1625 · 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 1373 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. PawnPawn
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. SentrySentry
    7. TickTick
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Con turret
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Energy storage
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 259 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Converter
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:40
    62. Con turret
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Converter
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Converter
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. Converter
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Converter
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Converter
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. NettleNettle
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Converter
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    101. Wind ×5
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:43
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:50
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×5
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×3
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Wind ×3
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind ×2
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. NettleNettle
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind ×2
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind ×2
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind ×2
    170. PawnPawn ×2
    171. Wind
    172. Converter
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×3
    176. Converter
    177. Wind ×2
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Wind
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind ×2
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Wind ×2
    184. PawnPawn ×2
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind ×2
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Con turret
    194. Wind ×2
    195. PawnPawn ×3
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×2
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn ×2
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn ×2
    204. Wind ×3
    205. PawnPawn
    206. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    207. Wind
    208. PawnPawn ×3
    209. Wind ×3
    210. Converter
    211. PawnPawn ×3
    212. Wind
    213. PawnPawn ×2
    214. Wind
    215. Converter
    216. Wind
    217. PawnPawn ×2
    218. Wind ×2
    219. PawnPawn
    220. Wind
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Wind
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Wind ×3
    225. Con turret
    226. PawnPawn ×2
    227. Converter
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn ×2
    230. Wind ×2
    231. PawnPawn
    232. Converter
    233. Wind
    234. PawnPawn ×2
    235. Wind
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Wind ×3
    238. PawnPawn ×2
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn
    241. Wind
    242. PawnPawn
    243. Con turret
    244. PawnPawn
    245. Wind ×3
    246. PawnPawn ×2
    247. Wind
    248. PawnPawn
    249. Wind
    250. Converter
    251. PawnPawn
    252. Converter
    253. PawnPawn
    254. Wind ×3
    255. PawnPawn
    256. Converter ×2
    257. Wind
    258. PawnPawn
    259. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · 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

1625 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002047182106
4:003155660496
5:00424314221016
6:00543423031777
7:00667131722705
8:00792440293617
9:00929347894498
10:001067154225316
11:001222758996057
12:001407765156803
13:001619070337523
14:001800176828334
15:002029883029186
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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
111 metal received · 31440 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=1618
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1198

Played most by

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Standard suicide front · Armada Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas