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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 · 1309 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1550 · 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 1309 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 · 28 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 125 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn ×5
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. PawnPawn ×5
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn ×3
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. PawnPawn
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×5
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:45 · typical 9:36
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×5
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Mex
    31. TickTick ×4
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×3
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×7
    42. Energy storage
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. PawnPawn ×2
    51. Mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Con turret
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Wind
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×3
    81. Wind
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. Wind
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. Wind
    90. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:02
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. PawnPawn
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind ×2
    100. PawnPawn
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. PawnPawn
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. PawnPawn
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. PawnPawn
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. PawnPawn
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (41 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 7:30 · 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

1550 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002051180106
4:003161660496
5:00424314171026
6:00543423001787
7:00667231752706
8:00792440303613
9:00931647974495
10:001069854325318
11:001225359116059
12:001410665186829
13:001622670297536
14:001809577098373
15:002043283489240
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

Nutzz

40.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
389 metal received · 56680 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=1543
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1143

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