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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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind ×2
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Windfor Tech
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. Windfor Tech
    39. 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 · 147 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Windfor Tech
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Windfor Tech
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Windfor Tech
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick ×3
    16. Wind ×2
    17. TickTick ×6
    18. Mex
    19. TickTick
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. TickTick ×5
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. TickTick
    27. Con turret
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Converter
    30. TickTick
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick
    33. ThugThug
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Converter
    38. TickTick
    39. ThugThug
    40. TickTick ×6
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. TickTick ×5
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Techdone 8:54 · typical 9:36
    44. TickTick
    45. ThugThug
    46. Con turret
    47. PawnPawn
    48. ThugThug
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Mex
    51. ThugThug
    52. Windfor Tech
    53. NettleNettle
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:04
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Windfor Tech
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. PawnPawn
    59. NettleNettle
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Windfor Tech
    62. PawnPawn
    63. NettleNettle
    64. AggravatorAggravator
    65. PawnPawn ×3
    66. AggravatorAggravator
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Windfor Tech
    69. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    70. PawnPawn ×3
    71. Windfor Tech
    72. ThugThug
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. PawnPawn
    75. TickTick
    76. Windfor Tech
    77. TickTick
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. PawnPawn
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. SentrySentry
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. SentrySentry
    86. PawnPawn
    87. TickTick
    88. PawnPawn
    89. TickTick
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. SentrySentry
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. BeamerBeamer
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. SentrySentry
    120. PawnPawn
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. TickTick
    128. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×9
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. TickTick ×9
    138. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    139. TickTick ×3
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    141. TickTick
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    143. TickTick ×4
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. TickTick
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    147. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

BeanBro

45.7 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
2782 metal received · 28583 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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