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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. OverwatchOverwatch
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. OverwatchOverwatch
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. Wind
    39. GauntletGauntletdone 5:53
  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 (48%) · 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 · 167 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09 · typical 9:36
    12. Energy storage
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Solar
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×3
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×3
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Advanced solar
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Advanced solar
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Advanced solar
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced solar
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Advanced solar
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Advanced solar
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. JunoJuno
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:38
    97. PawnPawn
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. CenturionCenturion
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. PawnPawn ×3
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Mex
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Wind
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Wind
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. LazarusLazarus
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    157. PawnPawn
    158. BeamerBeamer
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn ×4
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×5
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. BeamerBeamer
    167. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (39 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

JustSomeGuy

39.2 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
173 metal received · 11955 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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