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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (35 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

JesterB

35.1 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
467 metal received · 7690 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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