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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 · 1309 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1550 · 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 1309 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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. OverwatchOverwatch
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 116 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick ×5
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. TickTick ×3
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. TickTick
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. TickTick
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. SentrySentry
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. SentrySentry
    52. TickTick ×6
    53. Mex
    54. TickTick ×6
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. Wind
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Wind
    66. Energy storage
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:30
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Energy storage
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×8
    90. SentrySentry
    91. TickTick ×5
    92. ScorpionScorpion
    93. SentrySentry
    94. TickTick ×6
    95. SentrySentry
    96. TickTick ×5
    97. SentrySentry
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Advanced solar
    100. TickTick
    101. SentrySentry
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. SentrySentry
    104. Advanced solar
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. SentrySentry
    107. TickTick
    108. Con turret
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. Advanced solar
    112. TickTick
    113. Mex
    114. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. TickTick ×22

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is matje2o's (37 OS, 17/09/2026); 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 7:30 · 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

1550 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002051180106
4:003161660496
5:00424314171026
6:00543423001787
7:00667231752706
8:00792440303613
9:00931647974495
10:001069854325318
11:001225359116059
12:001410665186829
13:001622670297536
14:001809577098373
15:002043283489240
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

matje2o

36.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
252 metal received · 15017 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=1543
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1143

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