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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 · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. TickTick
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Energy storage
    26. Mex
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Mex
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 110 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. SentrySentry
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:12 · typical 9:36
    18. TickTick ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. TickTick ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. TickTick ×12
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. LazarusLazarus ×2
    29. TickTick ×4
    30. Con turret
    31. TickTick ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. TickTick
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Con turret ×2
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. TickTick ×15
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:01
    50. Converter
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind ×5
    56. Converter
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    60. Wind
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind
    64. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Pit BullPit Bull
    68. Wind ×5
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:59
    75. Wind ×2
    76. CenturionCenturion
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×4
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Wind ×2
    93. RecluseReclusedone 14:29
    94. Wind
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. Wind ×2
    98. RecluseRecluse
    99. Converter
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Wind
    102. RecluseRecluse
    103. Wind
    104. CenturionCenturion
    105. Wind ×3
    106. RecluseRecluse
    107. Converter
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. Wind
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 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

Xad

43.1 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
103 metal received · 42460 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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