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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 · 1323 distinct matches · 130 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1567 · 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 1323 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 · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Mex
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    35. Energy storage
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    37. SentrySentry
    38. TickTick
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 40 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55 · typical 9:36
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. TickTick
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. LazarusLazarus ×2
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. TickTick
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. TickTick
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1567 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002050180106
4:003158658496
5:00424314191026
6:00543422981788
7:00667231662706
8:00792840293614
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197523
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

Xad

43.1 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
237 metal received · 12903 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=1560
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1158

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