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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 · 1323 distinct matches · 130 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1567 · 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 1323 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 (37%)

  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 (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

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

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (47%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 72 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. CenturionCenturion ×2
    44. OverwatchOverwatch
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Converter
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. Converter
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Converter
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. Converter
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Converter
    56. SentrySentry
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Con turret
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. OverwatchOverwatch
    63. Wind
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 12/08/2026); 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

1567 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002050180106
4:003158658496
5:00424314191026
6:00543422981788
7:00667231662706
8:00792840293614
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197523
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

Thurley

35.8 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units
51 metal received · 14300 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=1560
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1158

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