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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vacation's (31 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

Vacation

31.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
130 metal received · 7995 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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