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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 · 33 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Tidal
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex ×2
    8. TickTick
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. TickTick
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×15
    15. Mexfor Front
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×3
  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 · 114 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn ×4
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind ×2
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind ×3
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Mex
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×3
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Mex
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 9:36
    39. TickTick
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:49
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. PawnPawn ×11
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Mex
    77. PawnPawn
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Wind ×2
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Pit BullPit Bull
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. LazarusLazarus ×3
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. LazarusLazarus ×2
    86. Mex
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Mex
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Wind
    93. LazarusLazarus ×2
    94. Wind
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. Mex
    99. PawnPawn
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. Wind
    102. DecurionDecurion
    103. Wind
    104. DecurionDecurion
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.0 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

62 received units · includes a constructor
2122 metal received · 21628 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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