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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. TickTick ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex ×2
    14. CenturionCenturion ×5
    15. MaceMace ×3
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. 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 (48%) · 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 · 104 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. TickTick
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. PawnPawn
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Energy storage
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. PawnPawn
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. SeekerSeeker
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind ×3
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Mex
    44. Wind
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Mex
    58. Converter
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Converter
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn ×3
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Con turret
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Con turret
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:30 · typical 9:36
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Mex
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind ×4
    93. Advanced solar ×2
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:43
    95. Converter ×2
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. BlitzBlitz ×4
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. BlitzBlitz ×8
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. BlitzBlitz ×9
    102. Con turret
    103. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    104. BlitzBlitz ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

54.5 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
124 metal received · 23364 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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