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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 · 40 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 93 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Con turret
    8. TickTick
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry ×3
    11. TickTick
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Energy storage
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:44 · typical 9:36
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. TickTick
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. SentrySentry ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Pit BullPit Bull
    31. CenturionCenturion ×2
    32. Pit BullPit Bull
    33. CenturionCenturion ×2
    34. Mex
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Wind ×2
    45. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:40
    46. Converter
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind ×3
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. TickTick
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind ×2
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. TickTick
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    74. CenturionCenturion
    75. Converter
    76. TickTick
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. Converter
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. SentrySentry
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Wind
    93. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OldSpanker's (51 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

OldSpanker

50.6 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1136 metal received · 116806 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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