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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. TickTick
    11. PawnPawn ×4
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Energy storage
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Mex
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Mex
    37. TickTick
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. SentrySentry
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. SentrySentry
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Con turret
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    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 · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 169 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. TickTick
    9. CenturionCenturion ×2
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. CenturionCenturion ×2
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Con turret
    28. CenturionCenturion ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. GauntletGauntletdone 11:28
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. TickTick
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. TickTick
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. TickTick
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. TickTick
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. TickTick
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. TickTick
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Converter
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    101. TickTick
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×2
    110. TickTick
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Converter
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:55 · typical 9:37
    138. Converter
    139. Con turret
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Construction BotCon bot
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    147. Converter
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    149. Mex
    150. Wind
    151. SentrySentry
    152. Construction BotCon bot
    153. Wind
    154. Mex
    155. Wind
    156. Converter ×2
    157. Wind
    158. Construction BotCon bot
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×2
    167. Construction BotCon bot
    168. Wind
    169. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

40.3 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
354 metal received · 27943 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

Played most by

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Standard suicide front · Armada Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas