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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.3 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
31 metal received · 35079 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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