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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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×11
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. 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 · 161 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Energy storage
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. GauntletGauntletdone 7:19
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×6
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Converter
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Converter
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Converter
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Converter
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:15 · typical 9:37
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Mex
    55. Wind
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. LazarusLazarus ×3
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Con turret
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. LazarusLazarus ×3
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn ×6
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×3
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:21
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Con turret
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. ArbalestArbalest
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Wind
    135. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    136. Wind
    137. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×2
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn ×2
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×2
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×4
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×2
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn ×3
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
75 metal received · 71821 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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