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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 · 43 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 164 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Mex
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Mex
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×6
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. PawnPawn ×7
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:13 · typical 9:46
    41. PawnPawn ×3
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Mex
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Energy storage
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×3
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind ×2
    99. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:03
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×3
    106. Wind ×2
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Advanced solar
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind ×2
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Con turret
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. Wind
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Advanced solar
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    135. Con turret
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. Wind
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Energy storage
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×3
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. SentrySentry
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. Pit BullPit Bull
    151. PawnPawn ×3
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×4
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×3
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. Wind
    158. LazarusLazarus
    159. PawnPawn ×3
    160. Con turret
    161. PawnPawn
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    164. CenturionCenturion ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (43 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · 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

JustSomeGuy

43.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
679 metal received · 35666 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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