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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 · 2050 distinct matches · 235 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2428 · 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 2050 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 ~0:25, 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. 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 · 62 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Energy storage
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Mex ×2
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Converter
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:17 · typical 9:47
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AcquiredTaste's (30 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

2428 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007185130
4:003108643501
5:0041841350998
6:00534821841707
7:00654130592588
8:00775539383499
9:00903447024379
10:001039953125148
11:001188258565954
12:001356964016674
13:001539368707438
14:001728875038210
15:001925281138988
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

AcquiredTaste

30.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
539 metal received · 5705 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:25Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2420
Advanced Metal Extractor9:47Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1754

Played most by

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