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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Energy storage
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. TickTick
    27. LazarusLazarus ×2
    28. TickTick
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    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 · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. BeholderBeholder
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 9:37
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Con turret
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. SentrySentry
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. SentrySentry
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Con turret
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×5
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×5
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×5
    58. Converter
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:15
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. Converter
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    73. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:54
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Wind ×3
    76. BlinkScout plane
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BlinkScout plane
    79. Converter
    80. BlinkScout plane
    81. Wind ×2
    82. BlinkScout plane
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. BlinkScout plane
    87. Wind
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. Converter
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. Wind ×2
    93. BlinkScout plane
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlinkScout plane
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. BlinkScout plane
    99. Wind
    100. BlinkScout plane
    101. Wind ×3
    102. BlinkScout plane
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. BlinkScout plane
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind ×3
    109. BlinkScout plane
    110. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

Xad

40.4 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 49841 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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