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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 · 27 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. MaceMace
    19. SentrySentry
    20. MaceMace
    21. Mex
    22. MaceMace ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. MaceMace ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. MaceMace
    27. Con turret
  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 · 48 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace
    4. Wind
    5. MaceMace
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. MaceMace
    8. Wind ×2
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    12. MaceMace ×2
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. MaceMace
    21. Wind ×2
    22. MaceMace
    23. OverwatchOverwatch
    24. MaceMace
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:51 · typical 9:46
    30. Wind
    31. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    32. MaceMace
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×4
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. TickTick ×21
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. CenturionCenturion ×4
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. SentrySentry
    46. CenturionCenturion ×2
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. CenturionCenturion ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Stefan1156's (35 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

35.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
310 metal received · 12154 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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