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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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTickfor Pond
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. MaceMace
    29. LazarusLazarus ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. MaceMace ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 144 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. MaceMace ×2
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. MaceMace
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. MaceMace
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. MaceMace
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Con turret
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. MaceMace
    26. Con turret
    27. Energy storage
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 9:46
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. MaceMace
    40. Wind ×2
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. MaceMace
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace
    49. Wind ×3
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. MaceMace
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. MaceMace
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Con turret
    59. MaceMace
    60. Advanced solar
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Con turret
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Advanced solar
    66. TickTick ×19
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. TickTick ×5
    69. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. TickTick ×5
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×3
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. SentrySentry
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. SentrySentry
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:19
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:01
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. NettleNettle
    115. TickTick
    116. NettleNettle
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. NettleNettle
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×13
    123. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    124. TickTick
    125. Energy storage
    126. Mex
    127. TickTick
    128. PlatypusPlatypus
    129. TickTick
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Con turret
    136. TickTick
    137. SentrySentry
    138. TickTick
    139. Converter
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. PlatypusPlatypus
    143. TickTick
    144. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (39 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

ManBearPig_

38.5 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
266 metal received · 37586 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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