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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2010 distinct matches · 229 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2383 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2010 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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Con turret
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 59 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×14
    38. Con turret
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Con turret
    41. Mex
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:46
    43. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    44. Wind
    45. Mex
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Converter ×2
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Mex
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Mex
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Mex
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Pit BullPit Bull
    59. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GazzGrim's (30 OS, 21/09/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2383 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645501
5:00418513571000
6:00534921831712
7:00653930512597
8:00776039393502
9:00904647004376
10:001041853145163
11:001189458585965
12:001360664076686
13:001540768797437
14:001729875058212
15:001926981098991
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

GazzGrim

30.3 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
328 metal received · 15038 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2375
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1723

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