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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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. CrossbowCrossbow
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Energy storage
  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 · 116 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. OverwatchOverwatch
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. NettleNettle ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. CrossbowCrossbow
    34. Wind
    35. CrossbowCrossbow
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. CrossbowCrossbow
    39. Wind
    40. CrossbowCrossbow
    41. MaceMace
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. ThugThug
    48. SentrySentry
    49. MaceMace
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. ThugThug
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. PawnPawn ×2
    56. MaceMace
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Con turret
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. RocketeerRocketeer
    68. Wind
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Wind
    71. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. RocketeerRocketeer
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. RocketeerRocketeer
    78. Con turret
    79. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    80. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:34
    81. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    82. HoundHound
    83. Wind
    84. HoundHound
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:10 · typical 9:36
    86. Wind
    87. HoundHound
    88. Wind
    89. HoundHound
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. HoundHound
    93. Wind ×3
    94. HoundHound
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. HoundHound
    97. Wind ×3
    98. HoundHound ×2
    99. Wind
    100. HoundHound
    101. Wind ×2
    102. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    103. HoundHound
    104. Wind ×2
    105. HoundHound
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Wind
    109. HoundHound ×3
    110. Wind
    111. HoundHound
    112. WelderWelder
    113. Wind
    114. WelderWelder ×2
    115. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    116. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jonathanb's (52 OS, 18/08/2026); 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

jonathanb

52.2 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
3852 metal received · 100273 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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