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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 · 31 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion ×2
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. 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 · 154 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. PawnPawn ×16
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Con turret
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 9:36
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×3
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×4
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. TickTick
    41. Con turret
    42. TickTick ×7
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick ×8
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TickTick
    54. Con turret
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:33
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:58
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick
    112. T2 converter
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind ×2
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. OspreyHeavy transport
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×3
    127. Wind ×2
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Con turret
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×2
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Wind
    140. LazarusLazarus
    141. Wind ×3
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Con turret
    144. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    145. Wind
    146. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. LazarusLazarus
    150. Wind ×5
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind ×19
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is luxa_'s (36 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

luxa_

35.5 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

56 received units · includes a constructor
3286 metal received · 5589 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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