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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SmoothOperator's (36 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

SmoothOperator

36.1 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
533 metal received · 21702 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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