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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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTickfor Pond
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. MaceMace
    14. TickTick
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. PawnPawn
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Energy storage
    27. Mex
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 123 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Metal storage
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind ×4
    27. TickTick
    28. Converter
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Converter
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. Converter
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Mex
    56. Wind ×4
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Mex
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:24 · typical 9:36
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×5
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Con turret
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Con turret
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret ×2
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Con turret ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    89. Wind
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Converter
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Converter ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. Converter ×4
    117. SentrySentry
    118. Converter ×3
    119. Con turret
    120. BeamerBeamer ×4
    121. Con turret
    122. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    123. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (41 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

Xad

41.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
4837 metal received · 87046 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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