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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. TickTick
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Con turret
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 86 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Converter ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. FerretFerret
    28. Mex
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:36
    31. PawnPawn ×3
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Converter
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×4
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Wind
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×2
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn ×5
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×6
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (44 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

TrapCaT

43.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units
38 metal received · 43618 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

Played most by

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