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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is LLT's (30 OS, 11/10/2026); 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

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

LLT

30.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
766 metal received · 5420 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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