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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 ~0:21, 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mexfor Front
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    23. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 167 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    5. MaceMace ×6
    6. HarpoonHarpoon
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace ×2
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMace
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:24 · typical 9:46
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. MaceMace
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. MaceMace
    54. Con turret
    55. MaceMace
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:31
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×5
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. TickTick ×12
    68. BlitzBlitz ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. TickTick
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. TickTick
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. TickTick
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. TickTick
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. TickTick
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. TickTick
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. TickTick
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. TickTick
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. TickTick
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. TickTick
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. TickTick
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. TickTick
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. TickTick
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. TickTick
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. TickTick
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitz ×3
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitz ×4
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz ×3
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. TickTick
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. TickTick
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. TickTick
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. TickTick
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Con turret
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (35 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

Stefan1156

34.6 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
740 metal received · 7902 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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