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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2245 distinct matches · 261 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2635 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2245 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 ~0:26, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (47%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (39%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Mex
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. MaceMace
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. MaceMace
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. MaceMace
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. MaceMace
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. Mex
    37. MaceMace
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Wind
    44. GauntletGauntletdone 6:12
    45. Wind ×3
    46. LazarusLazarus
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · centurion (44%) · tick (43%) · energy storage (42%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 144 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind ×2
    12. TickTick
    13. Con turret
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. AnemoneAnemone
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. Mex
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:19
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:59 · typical 9:49
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. RoverScout
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. RoverScout
    57. Wind
    58. RoverScout ×2
    59. Wind
    60. RoverScout
    61. Wind
    62. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    65. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:27
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. RoverScout
    72. Wind ×2
    73. RoverScout ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. RoverScout
    76. Wind
    77. RoverScout
    78. Wind
    79. RoverScout ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. RoverScout ×3
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Pit BullPit Bull
    87. RoverScout ×2
    88. Wind
    89. RoverScout
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind
    92. RoverScout
    93. Wind
    94. NettleNettle
    95. RoverScout
    96. Wind
    97. NettleNettle
    98. RoverScout
    99. Converter
    100. RoverScout
    101. Wind
    102. RoverScout
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. RoverScout
    105. Wind
    106. RoverScout
    107. Wind
    108. ArbalestArbalest
    109. RoverScout
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:14
    112. RoverScout
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. RoverScout
    115. Wind ×2
    116. RoverScout
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. RoverScout ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:06
    122. RoverScout
    123. Wind
    124. RoverScout
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. Pit BullPit Bull
    131. Wind
    132. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    133. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    134. Wind ×4
    135. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×5
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Con turret
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (38 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:45 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2635 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002006193130
4:003105646502
5:0041861357990
6:00535222011677
7:00654530812547
8:00775239633443
9:00903447304337
10:001040053465119
11:001185058925901
12:001353664446633
13:001533969177393
14:001720375528179
15:001915081878947
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Zippo9

37.9 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
834 metal received · 48304 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:26Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2626
Advanced Metal Extractor9:49Middle 50%: 8:52–11:00 · n=1888

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