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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 · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. 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 (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 · 100 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. SentrySentry
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×3
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Con turret
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:36
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Con turret
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. SentrySentry
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Con turret
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind ×4
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×4
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×5
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Mex
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:06
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Mex
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. BlitzBlitz ×4
    63. AnemoneAnemone
    64. PawnPawn
    65. BlitzBlitz ×4
    66. PawnPawn
    67. BlitzBlitz ×4
    68. Mex
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. AnemoneAnemone
    71. BlitzBlitz ×10
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. BlitzBlitz ×9
    74. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:24
    75. BlitzBlitz ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PlatypusPlatypus
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. PlatypusPlatypus
    82. Wind ×3
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind ×3
    85. PlatypusPlatypus
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PlatypusPlatypus
    88. Wind
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PlatypusPlatypus
    92. Wind
    93. PlatypusPlatypus
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Wind
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (46 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

BeanBro

45.9 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
263 metal received · 8444 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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