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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 · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    21. OverwatchOverwatch
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. OverwatchOverwatch
  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 · 146 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Energy storage
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. OverwatchOverwatch
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. GauntletGauntletdone 7:44
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind ×4
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Wind ×5
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×5
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:00 · typical 9:46
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Converter
    60. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:59
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Wind ×2
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:40
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind
    99. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:32
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Converter
    107. Energy storage
    108. Wind ×2
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Converter
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Wind ×2
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Wind ×2
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. Construction BotCon bot
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Converter
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. Converter
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Construction BotCon bot
    138. Wind ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is gamercore's (31 OS, 10/10/2026); 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

gamercore

30.5 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
117 metal received · 29652 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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