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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 · 1373 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1625 · 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 1373 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. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex ×2
    8. MaceMace
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    31. Mex
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 168 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Energy storage
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 9:37
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Converter
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Mex
    22. Con turret
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×2
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:42
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×3
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×4
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×4
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×6
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Con turret
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. PawnPawn ×5
    107. Con turret
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:41
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Con turret
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:46
    116. PawnPawn ×8
    117. LazarusLazarus ×2
    118. PawnPawn ×55
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×4
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn ×5
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn ×3
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×5
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×5
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×8
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×6
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×5
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×4
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn ×6
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×5
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×5
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Con turret
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn ×3
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn ×4
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn ×4
    157. Con turret
    158. Wind ×2
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Con turret
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn ×3
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1625 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002047182106
4:003155660496
5:00424314221016
6:00543423031777
7:00667131722705
8:00792440293617
9:00929347894498
10:001067154225316
11:001222758996057
12:001407765156803
13:001619070337523
14:001800176828334
15:002029883029186
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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
68 metal received · 59601 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=1618
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1198

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