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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. MaceMace
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. PawnPawn
    11. TickTick
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Con turret
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 135 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Converter ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Converter
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Converter ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Converter
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Converter
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Con turret
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. PawnPawn ×3
    54. Con turret
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:09 · typical 9:37
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×3
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. Legion DroneLegion Drone ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. Wind
    95. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    96. Wind
    97. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced solar
    103. Wind
    104. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Advanced solar
    108. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Advanced solar
    113. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced solar
    119. Converter
    120. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    121. Advanced solar
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    124. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:57
    125. Converter
    126. Advanced solar
    127. Wind
    128. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    129. Wind
    130. Legion DroneLegion Drone
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Converter ×4
    133. Mex ×3
    134. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:57
    135. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
637 metal received · 80824 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

Played most by

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