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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 · 1309 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1550 · 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 1309 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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Con turret
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
  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 (47%) · 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 · 68 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. MaceMace
    14. Wind
    15. MaceMace
    16. Wind
    17. MaceMace
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMace
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. MaceMace
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace
    26. Energy storage
    27. Wind
    28. Metal storage
    29. MaceMace ×2
    30. Wind
    31. MaceMace
    32. Wind
    33. MaceMace
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. MaceMace ×4
    38. Wind
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind
    41. MaceMace
    42. Mex
    43. MaceMace ×2
    44. Wind
    45. LazarusLazarus ×2
    46. MaceMace
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace ×2
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace ×3
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. Wind
    54. MaceMace ×2
    55. Wind
    56. MaceMace
    57. LazarusLazarus ×3
    58. MaceMace
    59. Mex
    60. MaceMace
    61. Wind
    62. MaceMace ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Mex
    65. MaceMace ×3
    66. Wind
    67. MaceMace ×3
    68. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (38 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:30 · 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

1550 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002051180106
4:003161660496
5:00424314171026
6:00543423001787
7:00667231752706
8:00792440303613
9:00931647974495
10:001069854325318
11:001225359116059
12:001410665186829
13:001622670297536
14:001809577098373
15:002043283489240
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

Zippo9

37.6 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
328 metal received · 7789 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=1543
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1143

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