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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 · 1368 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1621 · 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 1368 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. SentrySentry
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. NettleNettle
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. NettleNettle
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. NettleNettle
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. PawnPawn
  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 (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 · 121 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×30
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Metal storage
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:37
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. SentrySentry
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. SentrySentry
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Converter
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Converter
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Mex
    60. Converter
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. SentrySentry
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Energy storage
    73. PawnPawn
    74. SentrySentry
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Converter
    77. SentrySentry
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Converter
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×3
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. PawnPawn ×3
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    106. PawnPawn ×2
    107. Wind
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    109. Converter
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    121. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iyc's (51 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

1621 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046181106
4:003153660497
5:00424114221018
6:00543323011782
7:00667031722707
8:00792340313619
9:00928647894501
10:001067154225319
11:001222658996061
12:001407765146803
13:001615870297521
14:001798976828328
15:002029783029185
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

iyc

51.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
482 metal received · 37629 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=1614
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1196

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