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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 · 40 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    25. SentrySentry
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Wind ×2
  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 · 164 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Con turret
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Con turret
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Energy storage
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind ×2
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind ×2
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. SentrySentry
    48. TickTick ×2
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. SentrySentry
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. SentrySentry
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×4
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×4
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×5
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×6
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×4
    72. Energy storage
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. TickTick
    77. Energy storage
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind ×2
    80. RocketeerRocketeer
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×4
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. LazarusLazarus ×2
    92. Wind
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×5
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×5
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×5
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×6
    103. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    104. TickTick ×22
    105. JunoJuno
    106. TickTick ×4
    107. Energy storage
    108. TickTick ×4
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Cortex CommanderCortex Commanderfor Front
    116. TickTick ×6
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×6
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×5
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×3
    123. BeamerBeamer
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:08 · typical 9:37
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×3
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind ×2
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Energy storage
    147. TickTick ×13
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. BeamerBeamer
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. Construction BotCon bot
    156. TickTick ×3
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×3
    159. JunoJuno
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [EMPR]mcdumper4593's (37 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

[EMPR]mcdumper4593

36.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
404 metal received · 29501 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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