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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 · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. PawnPawn
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex ×2
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Mex
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. 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 · 157 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. TickTick
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Energy storage
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Energy storage
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 9:37
    46. Wind ×4
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×3
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×6
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×6
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×10
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:41
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. TickTick
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind ×2
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Con turret
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn ×3
    81. Pit BullPit Bull
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Energy storage
    85. TickTick
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. TickTick
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Energy storage
    96. TickTick
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Con turret
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. Energy storage
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Con turret
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. PawnPawn ×3
    117. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:40
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Energy storage
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. PawnPawn
    122. TickTick
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    125. PawnPawn ×5
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Converter
    128. PawnPawn
    129. TickTick
    130. PawnPawn ×3
    131. Converter ×3
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. PawnPawn
    135. TickTick
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Converter
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. PawnPawn
    143. TickTick
    144. PawnPawn ×7
    145. Converter
    146. Construction BotCon bot
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. PawnPawn ×5
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×2
    154. Construction BotCon bot
    155. PawnPawn
    156. TickTick
    157. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
256 metal received · 140802 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

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