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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 · 23 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Energy storage
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 77 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Energy storage
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Wind ×12
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Converter
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Converter
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Converter
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Converter
    51. TickTick
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. SentrySentry
    60. TickTick
    61. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×4
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:14
    70. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. SentrySentry
    75. PawnPawn
    76. SentrySentry
    77. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (40 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

[MooDeng]NongJohn

40.2 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 64315 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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