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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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. OverwatchOverwatch
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. MaceMace ×5
    34. NettleNettle
    35. MaceMace
  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 · 95 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. GauntletGauntletdone 6:28
    3. MaceMace ×3
    4. Wind ×5
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. MaceMace
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMace
    19. Con turret
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. MaceMace ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. Con turret
    24. MaceMace ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. MaceMace ×3
    27. Wind
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 9:36
    31. MaceMace
    32. Con turret
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Wind
    47. MaceMace
    48. Wind
    49. MaceMace
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. MaceMace
    52. Wind
    53. MaceMace
    54. Wind
    55. MaceMace
    56. Wind
    57. MaceMace
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Energy storage
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:32
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Con turret
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. TickTick
    85. Con turret
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Con turret
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

ManBearPig_

38.2 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
56 metal received · 47002 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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