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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 · 27 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. PawnPawn ×5
    20. LazarusLazarus ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. 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 · 79 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind ×3
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. GauntletGauntletdone 8:25
    26. Wind ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×10
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:48 · typical 9:36
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Energy storage
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×3
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:17
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×4
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    77. PawnPawn ×3
    78. JunoJuno
    79. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

35.4 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
1558 metal received · 12410 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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