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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 · 34 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. TickTick
    10. PawnPawn
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. PawnPawn ×3
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Energy storage
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. TickTick
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    34. Construction BotCon bot ×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 · 121 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:17 · typical 9:37
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. GauntletGauntletdone 7:26
    12. LazarusLazarus ×4
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Con turret
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind ×2
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×4
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. SentrySentry
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. TickTick
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. CenturionCenturion ×2
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Con turret
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Con turret
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind ×3
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. Converter
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. Mex
    84. Wind
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Converter
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind ×2
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    108. Wind
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. Wind
    114. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:32
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind ×4
    121. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 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

Xad

40.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
379 metal received · 49241 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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