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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. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×3
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Energy storage
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Energy storage
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Converter
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Converter
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 126 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×7
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×3
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Converter
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Mex
    24. Converter
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    28. LazarusLazarus ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. ThugThug
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. ThugThug
    41. Metal storage
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:10 · typical 9:36
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×11
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. Wind ×4
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. Wind ×5
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×4
    65. OverwatchOverwatch
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind
    75. Mex
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:34
    82. Wind ×6
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. TickTick
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Wind ×3
    96. LazarusLazarus
    97. Wind ×3
    98. LazarusLazarus
    99. TickTick ×17
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Con turret
    102. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:36
    103. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick ×5
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick
    108. ButlerButler
    109. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    110. TickTick
    111. Mex
    112. TickTick
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. CenturionCenturion
    115. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. Wind ×2
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Wind
    126. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [UNN]Prime'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

[UNN]Prime

36.3 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 22288 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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