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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2020 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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. MaceMace
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. OverwatchOverwatch
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Wind
    33. NettleNettle
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. TickTick
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 126 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Converter
    7. OverwatchOverwatch
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Converter
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Con turret
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret ×3
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Con turret
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. TickTick
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. TickTick
    45. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    46. Energy storage
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:17 · typical 9:46
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. GauntletGauntletdone 11:21
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Converter
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×9
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×3
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×6
    70. RocketeerRocketeer
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind ×4
    74. Converter
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. Energy storage
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Energy storage
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind ×3
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Energy storage
    88. Wind ×3
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind ×2
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. LazarusLazarus
    125. Wind ×2
    126. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _[BOBO]_'s (34 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_[BOBO]_

33.8 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
14 metal received · 8718 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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