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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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. PawnPawn
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Mex
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Con turret
  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 · 182 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. Energy storage
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. GauntletGauntletdone 6:33
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Con turret
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    16. BeholderBeholder
    17. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    18. ShipyardShipyarddone 8:00
    19. Con turret
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 9:36
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. BeholderBeholder
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Mex
    29. Wind ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. AnemoneAnemone
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GauntletGauntlet
    35. TickTick
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. BeholderBeholder
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. AnemoneAnemone
    47. BeholderBeholder
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. TickTick
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. EelSubmarinedone 10:49
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. TickTick
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind ×3
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. EllysawFrigate
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. EllysawFrigate ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. EllysawFrigate
    70. Wind
    71. EllysawFrigate ×11
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. TickTick ×4
    88. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:49
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. TickTick
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. TickTick
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. GraverobberGraverobber
    98. TickTick
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. TickTick
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. TickTick
    104. Converter
    105. GraverobberGraverobber
    106. TickTick
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. TickTick
    111. Converter
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. TickTick
    114. Con turret
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick
    118. GuardGuard
    119. GraverobberGraverobber
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. TickTick ×3
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. GraverobberGraverobber
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. PawnPawn
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. CenturionCenturion
    138. AggravatorAggravator
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Mex
    143. TickTick
    144. GraverobberGraverobber
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. AggravatorAggravator
    148. PawnPawn
    149. CenturionCenturion
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. RocketeerRocketeer
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. TickTick
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. GraverobberGraverobber
    160. RocketeerRocketeer
    161. PawnPawn
    162. CenturionCenturion
    163. GruntGrunt ×2
    164. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:48
    165. Wind
    166. AggravatorAggravator
    167. Mex
    168. TickTick
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    171. Wind
    172. GraverobberGraverobber
    173. PawnPawn
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Wind
    179. GruntGrunt
    180. CenturionCenturion
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

Gieds

45.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
2660 metal received · 94754 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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