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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 · 34 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot ×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 · 193 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Converter
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:10 · typical 9:36
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    47. SentrySentry
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Mex
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind ×2
    63. SentrySentry
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind
    68. RocketeerRocketeer
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. SentrySentry
    73. RocketeerRocketeer
    74. Wind ×2
    75. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. PawnPawn ×4
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. SentrySentry
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Con turret
    88. PawnPawn
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. PawnPawn
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Con turret
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Con turret
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:09
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Energy storage
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Energy storage
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Wind
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. PawnPawn
    120. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:59
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn ×6
    126. BeamerBeamer
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Con turret
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. PawnPawn ×4
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. BeamerBeamer
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    150. Wind
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. PawnPawn
    156. BeamerBeamer
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    160. Wind ×2
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Wind ×2
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Converter
    172. Wind
    173. BeamerBeamer
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Mex
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×2
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×3
    181. Converter
    182. Wind ×2
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. Converter
    186. Wind ×5
    187. Converter
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. Wind ×2
    191. Converter
    192. Wind ×2
    193. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PixelPeeker's (45 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

PixelPeeker

44.7 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
70 metal received · 42888 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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