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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 · 48 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×4
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn ×3
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Windfor Geo
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Con turret ×2
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. GauntletGauntletdone 5:47
    48. GuardGuard
  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 · 204 steps
    1. Wind ×3for Geo
    2. Wind
    3. Windfor Geo
    4. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    5. Wind
    6. Windfor Geo
    7. Wind
    8. Wind ×2for Geo
    9. Wind
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Windfor Geo
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind ×2for Geo
    17. Wind
    18. Wind ×2for Geo
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Windfor Geo
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Windfor Geo
    25. Wind
    26. Wind ×2for Geo
    27. Wind
    28. Windfor Geo
    29. Wind
    30. Windfor Geo
    31. Wind ×8
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind ×19
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:32 · typical 9:37
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    43. LazarusLazarus ×5
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Con turret ×5
    46. Converter ×2
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Converter
    52. Windfor Geo
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Converter
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Windfor Geo
    58. Converter ×2
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Windfor Geo
    61. Converter
    62. Con turret
    63. Windfor Geo
    64. Converter
    65. Windfor Geo
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. Con turret
    69. TickTick
    70. Converter
    71. TickTick
    72. Windfor Geo
    73. TickTick
    74. Converter
    75. AnemoneAnemone
    76. TickTick
    77. Converter
    78. TickTick
    79. Windfor Geo
    80. TickTick
    81. Converter
    82. Windfor Geo
    83. TickTick
    84. AnemoneAnemone
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Windfor Geo
    87. TickTick ×4
    88. Windfor Geo
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Windfor Geo
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:30
    97. Windfor Geo
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Windfor Geo
    100. TickTick ×4
    101. Windfor Geo
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Windfor Geo
    104. TickTick
    105. Converter
    106. TickTick
    107. Windfor Geo
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Windfor Geo
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick
    114. Windfor Geo
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick
    118. Windfor Geo
    119. TickTick
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. Windfor Geo
    123. TickTick
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick
    126. Windfor Geo
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Windfor Geo
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. CorsairDestroyerdone 13:17
    133. TickTick
    134. Converter
    135. Windfor Geo
    136. Converter
    137. TickTick
    138. Windfor Geo
    139. TickTick
    140. Windfor Geo
    141. Converter
    142. CorsairDestroyer
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Windfor Geo
    145. TickTick ×5
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. Windfor Geo
    148. EllysawFrigate
    149. LazarusLazarus
    150. Windfor Geo
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. EllysawFrigate
    153. Windfor Geo
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. DolphinDolphin
    156. Windfor Geo
    157. LazarusLazarus
    158. Converter
    159. SkaterSkater
    160. Windfor Geo
    161. TickTick
    162. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    163. TickTick
    164. Windfor Geo
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Windfor Geo
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. Windfor Geo
    169. TickTick
    170. CorsairDestroyer
    171. Windfor Geo
    172. TickTick
    173. Windfor Geo
    174. TickTick ×3
    175. Converter
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Con turret
    180. TickTick ×2
    181. Wind
    182. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    183. TickTick
    184. EllysawFrigate
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick ×2
    189. EllysawFrigate
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. DolphinDolphin
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Con turret
    202. Converter
    203. SkaterSkater
    204. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

[crd]sisa

45.3 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
39 metal received · 21016 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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