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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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind ×2
    9. TickTick ×3
    10. PawnPawn
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    33. TickTick
    34. 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 · 176 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. TickTick
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. PawnPawn ×8
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. GuardGuard
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. GuardGuard
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:52 · typical 9:36
    63. Mex
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Con turret
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. SentrySentry
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:02
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. PawnPawn
    88. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:31
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Con turret
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Con turret
    99. IncisorIncisor
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Con turret
    102. IncisorIncisor
    103. PawnPawn
    104. IncisorIncisor
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. PawnPawn
    107. IncisorIncisor ×2
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn
    111. IncisorIncisor ×2
    112. PawnPawn
    113. SentrySentry
    114. IncisorIncisor
    115. PawnPawn
    116. IncisorIncisor
    117. PawnPawn
    118. SentrySentry
    119. IncisorIncisor
    120. PawnPawn
    121. IncisorIncisor ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. IncisorIncisor
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Con turret
    126. IncisorIncisor
    127. PawnPawn
    128. IncisorIncisor ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. IncisorIncisor
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Con turret
    133. IncisorIncisor
    134. PawnPawn
    135. IncisorIncisor
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. IncisorIncisor
    138. PawnPawn
    139. IncisorIncisor
    140. PawnPawn
    141. IncisorIncisor
    142. PawnPawn
    143. IncisorIncisor ×2
    144. PawnPawn
    145. IncisorIncisor
    146. PawnPawn
    147. IncisorIncisor
    148. PawnPawn
    149. IncisorIncisor
    150. PawnPawn
    151. IncisorIncisor ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. IncisorIncisor
    154. PawnPawn
    155. IncisorIncisor
    156. CrossbowCrossbow
    157. IncisorIncisor ×2
    158. PawnPawn
    159. IncisorIncisor
    160. PawnPawn
    161. IncisorIncisor
    162. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    163. PawnPawn
    164. IncisorIncisor
    165. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    166. IncisorIncisor
    167. CrossbowCrossbow
    168. IncisorIncisor
    169. PawnPawn
    170. IncisorIncisor
    171. PawnPawn
    172. IncisorIncisor ×2
    173. PawnPawn
    174. IncisorIncisor
    175. CrossbowCrossbow
    176. IncisorIncisor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lincrono's (37 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

Lincrono

37.2 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

102 received units · includes a constructor
250 metal received · 11024 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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