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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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
  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 · 302 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Energy storage
    10. Con turret
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Con turret
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:44 · typical 9:36
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind ×8
    23. TickTick
    24. Converter
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind ×3
    39. TickTick
    40. CrossbowCrossbow
    41. Wind ×2
    42. CrossbowCrossbow
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×3
    46. CrossbowCrossbow
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. TickTick
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. TickTick
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. TickTick
    63. Converter
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick
    74. Con turret
    75. TickTick
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:38
    86. TickTick
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:18
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Con turret
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. StoutStout
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. StoutStout
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. StoutStout
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. TickTick
    128. StoutStout
    129. TickTick
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. Wind
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. StoutStout
    134. TickTick
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. StoutStout
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. StoutStout
    146. Con turret
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind ×2
    151. StoutStout
    152. TickTick
    153. Wind ×2
    154. TickTick
    155. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. StoutStout
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind ×2
    163. StoutStout
    164. TickTick ×4
    165. StoutStout
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×2
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick ×4
    174. Wind ×2
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    183. TickTick
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    187. TickTick
    188. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick ×2
    191. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    192. TickTick ×2
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    195. Con turret
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick ×4
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    205. TickTick ×3
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×3
    208. Con turret
    209. TickTick
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick ×3
    214. Wind
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. Con turret
    217. TickTick ×2
    218. Wind
    219. LazarusLazarus
    220. Con turret
    221. LazarusLazarus
    222. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    223. LazarusLazarus
    224. Wind
    225. LazarusLazarus
    226. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:42
    227. Con turret
    228. Wind
    229. LazarusLazarus
    230. Con turret
    231. Wind
    232. LazarusLazarus
    233. Wind
    234. IncisorIncisor
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick
    238. Construction ShipCon ship
    239. Con turret
    240. TickTick ×5
    241. RocketeerRocketeer
    242. TickTick ×4
    243. SentrySentry
    244. Wind
    245. TickTick ×2
    246. IncisorIncisor
    247. TickTick
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick
    250. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    251. TickTick
    252. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    253. Wind
    254. IncisorIncisor
    255. Wind
    256. TickTick ×2
    257. JaguarJaguar
    258. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    259. Wind
    260. TickTick
    261. Wind
    262. IncisorIncisor
    263. TickTick
    264. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    265. IncisorIncisor
    266. TickTick
    267. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    268. TickTick
    269. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    270. Wind
    271. IncisorIncisor
    272. JaguarJaguar
    273. TickTick
    274. Metal storage
    275. TickTick ×2
    276. Wind
    277. TickTick
    278. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:37
    279. Wind
    280. TickTick ×3
    281. Wind ×2
    282. TickTick ×3
    283. Wind
    284. TickTick ×5
    285. Wind
    286. TickTick
    287. Naval Construction Turret
    288. TickTick
    289. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    290. TickTick ×3
    291. Naval Construction Turret
    292. Con turret
    293. TickTick ×2
    294. Converter
    295. TickTick ×3
    296. Naval Construction Turret
    297. TickTick ×3
    298. Converter
    299. TickTick ×2
    300. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    301. TickTick
    302. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jonathanb's (53 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

jonathanb

52.5 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
345 metal received · 80532 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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