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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 · 38 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 184 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. PawnPawn
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×5
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×3
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn ×5
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Con turret
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 9:37
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. GauntletGauntletdone 9:51
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. BeamerBeamer
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Energy storage
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Con turret
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. PawnPawn ×3
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. TickTick ×4
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:00
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×6
    97. NettleNettle
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×5
    101. Con turret
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×5
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Con turret
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×3
    127. ChainsawChainsaw
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×3
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Wind ×2
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind ×2
    138. TickTick
    139. LazarusLazarus
    140. Wind ×3
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Wind ×2
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick ×2
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick ×2
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×3
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind ×2
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. ChainsawChainsaw
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. LazarusLazarus
    175. Wind ×2
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (47 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

krtf

46.8 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
526 metal received · 35577 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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