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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 · 38 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. PawnPawn
    13. SentrySentry
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Mex
    16. PawnPawn
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 93 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Energy storage
    37. Mex
    38. PawnPawn
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. NettleNettle
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Wind
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:36
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (36 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 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

heart_attack

36.0 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1374 metal received · 18317 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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