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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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Energy storage
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 91 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Con turret
    17. MaceMace
    18. ThugThug
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind ×2
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. PawnPawn
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind ×2
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Wind
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:49 · typical 9:36
    67. CenturionCenturion ×2
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind
    79. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:24
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. BeamerBeamer ×2
    83. SentrySentry
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    86. Pit BullPit Bull
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. Con turret
    89. NettleNettle ×3
    90. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (44 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

HotDawg

44.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
165 metal received · 77819 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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