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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 · 19 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Mex
  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 · 106 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. TickTick ×4
    5. SentrySentry
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus ×2
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. PawnPawn
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:37
    27. PawnPawn
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. SentrySentry ×2
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. SentrySentry
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. NettleNettle
    55. TickTick
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. NettleNettle
    59. Wind
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:12
    61. NettleNettle
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. SentrySentry ×2
    65. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:24
    72. Wind ×4
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind ×2
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Mex
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Wind ×2
    80. CenturionCenturion
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Metal storage
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Wind
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Wind
    102. CenturionCenturion
    103. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    104. CenturionCenturion
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle

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

51.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
330 metal received · 40767 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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