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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (41 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

Xad

41.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
332 metal received · 25009 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

Played most by

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