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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 · 2007 distinct matches · 229 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2381 · 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 2007 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 (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
  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 · 39 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    4. Mex ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:46
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:22
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. BlitzBlitz ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. Wind ×12
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. StoutStout
    25. Wind
    26. StoutStout
    27. Wind
    28. StoutStout
    29. Wind
    30. StoutStout
    31. Wind
    32. StoutStout
    33. Wind
    34. StoutStout
    35. Wind
    36. StoutStout
    37. Wind
    38. StoutStout ×2
    39. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is q[o_o]p's (33 OS, 08/09/2026); 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 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

2381 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645502
5:00418513571001
6:00534921831713
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383502
9:00904546934382
10:001041853145176
11:001189258555965
12:001360364066686
13:001541268767439
14:001729875038212
15:001926981098997
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

q[o_o]p

32.8 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
273 metal received · 3754 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=2373
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1721

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