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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Mex ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 76 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry ×2
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex ×2
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Energy storage
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:21
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    39. OspreyHeavy transport
    40. LazarusLazarus ×2
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Con turret
    43. PawnPawn ×4
    44. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    45. PawnPawn ×10
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Converter
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:36 · typical 9:46
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Converter
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. Converter
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Converter
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

Damsko

42.0 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
1216 metal received · 23613 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=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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