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

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 ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
242 metal received · 37204 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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