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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    24. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. GauntletGauntletdone 6:15
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. OverwatchOverwatch
  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 · 121 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Solar
    8. Wind ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Energy storage
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Energy storage
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced solar
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Advanced solar
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:46
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Advanced solar
    68. Mexfor Front
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Mex
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. NettleNettle
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:30
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:28
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. RecluseReclusedone 13:42
    100. Converter
    101. RecluseRecluse
    102. VeilVeil
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter
    105. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    106. TracerTracer
    107. WebberWebber
    108. Converter
    109. RecluseRecluse ×2
    110. Converter
    111. ButlerButler
    112. Con turret ×2
    113. Converter
    114. ButlerButler
    115. Pit BullPit Bull
    116. Con turret ×2
    117. ButlerButler
    118. Bot LabBot Labdone 15:00
    119. Con turret
    120. ButlerButler
    121. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheGeneraI's (33 OS, 12/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

TheGeneraI

32.8 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
23 metal received · 83530 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=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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