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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [UNN]Prime's (37 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

36.9 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
130 metal received · 36466 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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