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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 · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · 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 2020 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 (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. SentrySentry
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 74 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×3
    19. MaceMace ×3for Front
    20. Wind
    21. MaceMace
    22. MaceMace ×2for Front
    23. Wind
    24. MaceMace ×2for Front
    25. Con turret
    26. MaceMacefor Front
    27. Wind
    28. MaceMacefor Front
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. MaceMace
    32. Mex
    33. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:02
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz ×5
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz ×5
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz ×3
    41. SentrySentry
    42. BlitzBlitz ×3
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. SentrySentry
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:18 · typical 9:46
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz ×2
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz ×3
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. BlitzBlitz ×3
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×3
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×3
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×5
    67. BeholderBeholder
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz ×6
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×6
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (34 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 7:41 · 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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
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

Stefan1156

34.1 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
37 metal received · 3218 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=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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