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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 · 2007 distinct matches · 229 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2381 · 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 2007 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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  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 (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×3
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
  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 (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · 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 · 67 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Wind
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind ×4
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Mex
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Twilight
    34. Wind ×3
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind ×2
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind ×10
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:10 · typical 9:46
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. Wind
    46. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. BeamerBeamer ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. Wind ×3
    61. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:06
    62. Wind ×8
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret ×5
    66. RattlesnakeRattlesnake ×2
    67. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BigJohnny2's (32 OS, 06/10/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

2381 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645502
5:00418513571001
6:00534921831713
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383502
9:00904546934382
10:001041853145176
11:001189258555965
12:001360364066686
13:001541268767439
14:001729875038212
15:001926981098997
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

BigJohnny2

32.5 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
388 metal received · 12316 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2373
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1721

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