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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 · 37 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. TickTick
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. SentrySentry
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
  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 · 70 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. Energy storage
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Energy storage
    28. Mex ×2
    29. Metal storage
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Mex
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:36
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. AnemoneAnemone
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Mex
    59. Wind
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind
    62. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    63. AnemoneAnemone
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Wind
    66. NettleNettle
    67. Wind
    68. RocketeerRocketeer
    69. Wind
    70. RocketeerRocketeer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (35 OS, 08/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.4 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
537 metal received · 8700 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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