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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 · 1323 distinct matches · 130 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1567 · 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 1323 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 · 30 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×10
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 102 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. SentrySentry
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Solar
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn ×6
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Energy storage
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. PawnPawn
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Wind
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw ×2
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:58
    46. Converter ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 9:36
    48. Converter
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. SentrySentry
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    58. CrossbowCrossbow
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. PawnPawn
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. PawnPawn
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. CrossbowCrossbow
    67. Con turret
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Wind ×2
    76. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:37
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind ×2
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. Wind ×4
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Energy storage
    91. PawnPawn
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (43 OS, 09/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1567 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002050180106
4:003158658496
5:00424314191026
6:00543422981788
7:00667231662706
8:00792840293614
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197523
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

HotDawg

43.0 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
83 metal received · 62258 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=1560
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1158

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