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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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. 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 · 155 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. Con turret
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Energy storage
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×4
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Con turret
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:37
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. SentrySentry
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:28
    56. SentrySentry
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×2
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Solar ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Solar ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Solar
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Wind
    74. Solar
    75. Wind
    76. Solar
    77. Wind
    78. Solar
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Con turret
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:52
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. CenturionCenturion
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Wind
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Wind
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. OspreyHeavy transport
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Wind
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:20
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. PawnPawn ×2
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. BlinkScout plane
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Wind
    132. BlinkScout plane
    133. Wind
    134. BeamerBeamer
    135. PawnPawn ×3
    136. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. LazarusLazarus ×2
    140. Wind
    141. LazarusLazarus
    142. BlinkScout plane
    143. LazarusLazarus
    144. Wind
    145. LazarusLazarus
    146. PawnPawn
    147. BeamerBeamer
    148. Construction BotCon bot
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

Immort

54.7 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 45625 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

Played most by

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