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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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×3
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. TickTick
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. TickTick
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. TickTick
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Mex
    26. GauntletGauntletdone 6:11
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    29. TickTick
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 71 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. TickTick
    10. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. TickTick
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. TickTick
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. TickTick
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Mex
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. PawnPawn ×3
    38. Mex
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. PawnPawn ×3
    42. Twilight
    43. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:02
    44. Con turret
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. BlitzBlitz ×3
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Con turret
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Mex
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Mex
    62. BlitzBlitz ×3
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×3
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Con turret
    69. BlitzBlitz ×8
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:36

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is StoicMoose42's (35 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · 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

StoicMoose42

35.5 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

57 received units · includes a constructor
1681 metal received · 33637 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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