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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 · 1373 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1625 · 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 1373 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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Con turret
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. 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 · 105 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:56
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. TickTick
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick ×6
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. TickTick ×4
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×6
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Mex
    54. TickTick
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. TickTick ×7
    57. PawnPawn ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. PawnPawn
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. TickTick ×2
    63. MaceMace
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. SentrySentry
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Wind
    72. LazarusLazarus ×2
    73. SentrySentry
    74. PawnPawn
    75. TickTick
    76. PawnPawn
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. ScorpionScorpion
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. MaceMace
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. PawnPawn ×3
    86. TickTick
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:44
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. MaceMace
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. PawnPawn ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    102. ShroudShroud
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1625 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002047182106
4:003155660496
5:00424314221016
6:00543423031777
7:00667131722705
8:00792440293617
9:00929347894498
10:001067154225316
11:001222758996057
12:001407765156803
13:001619070337523
14:001800176828334
15:002029883029186
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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
773 metal received · 1723 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=1618
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1198

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