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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 33 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×6
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn ×5
    10. Con turret
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 (48%) · 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 · 130 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 9:36
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×4
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×6
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn ×7
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×5
    37. Con turret
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×3
    41. Con turret
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×7
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. TickTick
    49. PawnPawn ×3
    50. Converter
    51. TickTick
    52. PawnPawn ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn ×3
    57. TickTick
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. TickTick
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Converter
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. PawnPawn
    83. TickTick
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Converter
    101. PawnPawn
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PawnPawn ×3
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. PawnPawn ×3
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Converter
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. TickTick
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Converter
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FEN]Glommander's (44 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

[FEN]Glommander

44.1 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1041 metal received · 11053 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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