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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 · 31 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Energy storage
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. TickTick
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Metal storage
  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 · 69 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. TickTick
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. GauntletGauntletdone 9:03
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:50 · typical 9:37
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. Con turret
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

Xad

40.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
133 metal received · 29065 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

Played most by

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Standard suicide front · Armada Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas