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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 · 28 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
  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 · 123 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Energy storage
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 9:37
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind ×2
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind ×2
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. PawnPawn
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. Wind
    114. Energy storage
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. BeamerBeamer
    117. Converter
    118. Construction BotCon bot
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Converter
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Converter
    123. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (46 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

krtf

46.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
22 metal received · 14913 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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