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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 · 2038 distinct matches · 233 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2418 · 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 2038 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 ~0:24, 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 (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Mex
    29. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 57 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. OverwatchOverwatch
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. GauntletGauntletdone 7:48
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Converter
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Converter
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    27. Energy storage
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:10 · typical 9:46
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Mex
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Con turret
    51. Metal storage
    52. Con turret
    53. CenturionCenturion ×3
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. CenturionCenturion ×3
    56. Pit BullPit Bull
    57. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iUzername's (31 OS, 12/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

2418 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003109644501
5:0041821350999
6:00534721831707
7:00653930542589
8:00775539383499
9:00904046924371
10:001041053125156
11:001188858565965
12:001357864016685
13:001539668707455
14:001730275038213
15:001925781138994
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

iUzername

31.0 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
231 metal received · 32993 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:24Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2410
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1749

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