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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2013 distinct matches · 230 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2387 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2013 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 ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

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

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 95 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. GauntletGauntletdone 6:34
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    8. Converter
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Energy storage
    18. PawnPawn
    19. TickTick
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Windfor Front
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. SentrySentry
    39. PawnPawn ×4
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×4
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. SentrySentry
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Con turret
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:33 · typical 9:46
    71. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:12
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. TickTick
    91. Con turret
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    95. BeamerBeamer ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MADO]MyDude's (32 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2387 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002009184130
4:003110645501
5:00418413561000
6:00534721831708
7:00653930512597
8:00776039383503
9:00904646934376
10:001041853145163
11:001189458575965
12:001360664066686
13:001541268767439
14:001730675038212
15:001929281098997
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[MADO]MyDude

31.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
735 metal received · 20251 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2379
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1726

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