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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 · 2057 distinct matches · 236 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2435 · 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 2057 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 ~0:25, 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 · 49 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    45. JanusJanusfor Front
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. JanusJanusfor Front
    49. 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 (44%) · centurion (44%) · 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 · 127 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. GauntletGauntletdone 6:10
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×4
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Wind
    11. FerretFerret
    12. Wind
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter
    25. GauntletGauntlet
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:22 · typical 9:46
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Con turret
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Converter
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Converter ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Converter ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:52
    71. Converter ×7
    72. Con turret ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 11:56
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 12:31
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×10
    98. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:56
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    101. Wind ×5
    102. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 13:54
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Con turret
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret ×4
    115. T2 converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. ThorThornot finished by 15:00
    118. T2 converter
    119. Wind ×4
    120. BeamerBeamer ×4
    121. Wind
    122. T2 converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    125. Wind
    126. BeamerBeamer
    127. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

2435 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007185130
4:003109643501
5:0041851352996
6:00535021831706
7:00654530602588
8:00775739373496
9:00903546934370
10:001040253145146
11:001188658585952
12:001357264076663
13:001539768757432
14:001729875038209
15:001926981248981
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

[crd]sisa

44.8 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
6253 metal received · 116798 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:25Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2427
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:59 · n=1759

Played most by

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