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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 45 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex ×2
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. PawnPawn
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
  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 (48%) · 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 · 132 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. GauntletGauntlet
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind ×2
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:13
    19. Wind ×4
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. StorkLight transport
    24. Wind ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. StorkLight transport
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:36
    30. Wind ×5
    31. Con turret
    32. Pit BullPit Bull
    33. Wind ×6
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×3
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×2
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:30
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Energy storage
    62. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Energy storage
    66. Wind
    67. StorkLight transport
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. StorkLight transport
    72. Energy storage
    73. Wind
    74. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:15
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BlinkScout plane
    89. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:54
    90. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:37
    91. BlinkScout plane ×2
    92. Wind
    93. NettleNettle ×2
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. BlinkScout plane
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Converter ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Converter
    106. LicheLichenot finished by 15:00
    107. TickTick
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Converter
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Con turret
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. SentrySentry
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Con turret
    129. TickTick
    130. SentrySentry
    131. TickTick
    132. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

PRO_Rerory

50.5 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
52 metal received · 19207 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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