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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 · 38 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. Wind
    38. 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 · 148 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Converter
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×4
    38. Mex
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:06 · typical 9:46
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×5
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. TickTick
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:40
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×6
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Converter
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×4
    82. Con turret
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Con turret ×2
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:59
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn ×4
    93. LazarusLazarus ×2
    94. Wind
    95. LazarusLazarus ×3
    96. Wind
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus ×6
    100. Wind
    101. LazarusLazarus ×2
    102. Converter
    103. LazarusLazarus ×2
    104. Wind
    105. LazarusLazarus
    106. Wind
    107. LazarusLazarus ×2
    108. Wind
    109. LazarusLazarus ×3
    110. PawnPawn ×3
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×7
    113. Con turret
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. Wind ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×5
    119. Converter
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn ×5
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Armada CommanderArmada Commander
    129. PawnPawn ×4
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. PawnPawn ×6
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Mex
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×12
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. PawnPawn ×4
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×3
    148. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Private_Gator's (31 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Private_Gator

31.0 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
91 metal received · 9259 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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