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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 · 43 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. 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 · 48 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Energy storage
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Converter
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. ThugThug
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. ThugThug
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 8:48
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Mex ×2
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Mex
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:53 · typical 9:37
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:54
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. FatboyFatboydone 13:54
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Con turret
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:46

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

TrapCaT

42.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2506 metal received · 19222 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

Played most by

_X_255games of this buildPlatinumBlonde183games of this buildXad147games of this buildImmort78games of this buildTrapCaT68games of this build
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