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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 · 38 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 102 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus ×2
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 9:36
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Converter
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Energy storage
    34. Converter
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Converter
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. MaceMace
    40. Converter
    41. MaceMace
    42. Converter
    43. MaceMace
    44. Converter
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Energy storage
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. MaceMace
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. MaceMace
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind
    67. MaceMace
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. MaceMace
    72. Con turret
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×5
    75. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:36
    76. Wind
    77. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:46
    78. WhistlerMissile truck
    79. Wind
    80. WhistlerMissile truck ×5
    81. NettleNettle
    82. WhistlerMissile truck
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    84. WhistlerMissile truck ×2
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:05
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    88. Converter
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    90. Converter
    91. MauserMauser
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. SentrySentry
    94. MauserMauser ×2
    95. Converter
    96. MauserMauser ×2
    97. Converter
    98. ShredderShredderdone 14:59
    99. Con turret
    100. Converter
    101. Con turret
    102. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

Immort

55.0 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
2870 metal received · 57646 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

Played most by

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Standard suicide front · Armada Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas