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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 · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×5
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 192 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×5
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Energy storage
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:42 · typical 9:37
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×6
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind ×7
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Energy storage
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Energy storage
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:36
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Con turret
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×3
    62. PawnPawn ×4
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×4
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Converter
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Converter
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Converter
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×8
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×5
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn ×6
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn ×4
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn ×4
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×7
    129. Wind ×2
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn ×4
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Converter
    138. PawnPawn ×3
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×3
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. PawnPawn ×2
    149. Con turret
    150. Converter
    151. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:50
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn ×9
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn ×4
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Converter
    161. PawnPawn ×3
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×7
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn ×3
    166. Converter
    167. PawnPawn ×4
    168. Wind
    169. Converter
    170. PawnPawn ×5
    171. Wind
    172. PawnPawn ×4
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn ×7
    175. Converter
    176. PawnPawn ×2
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn ×4
    179. Converter
    180. PawnPawn ×6
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×3
    183. Wind
    184. PawnPawn ×5
    185. Wind
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Converter
    188. PawnPawn ×4
    189. Converter
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
14 metal received · 110426 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

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