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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pitacupateu's (36 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

Pitacupateu

36.1 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
208 metal received · 5099 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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