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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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mexfor Geo
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentryfor Geo
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. TickTick
    26. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. TickTick
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 81 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Windfor Geo
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. Windfor Geo
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Windfor Geo
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2for Geo
    32. TickTick
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Windfor Geo
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Windfor Geo
    37. Energy storage
    38. Windfor Geo
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Windfor Geo
    42. TickTick
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Windfor Geo
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Windfor Geo
    47. TickTick
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Windfor Geo
    50. TickTick
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Windfor Geo
    53. TickTick
    54. Windfor Geo
    55. TickTick
    56. Windfor Geo
    57. TickTick
    58. Windfor Geo
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. TickTick
    61. Windfor Geo
    62. PawnPawn
    63. TickTick
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. Windfor Geo
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantfor Geodone 10:59
    68. Wind ×2for Geo
    69. Con turretfor Geo
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Windfor Geo
    73. Con turretfor Geo
    74. Windfor Geo
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Windfor Geo
    77. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    78. Windfor Geo
    79. Converterfor Geo
    80. BlitzBlitzfor Geo
    81. Wind ×2for Geo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is StoicMoose42's (36 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

StoicMoose42

36.4 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units
377 metal received · 27182 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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