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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 · 40 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTickfor Geo
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. TickTick
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. TickTick
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. TickTick
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Energy storage
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Mex
    39. SentrySentry
    40. 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 · 178 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. PawnPawn
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 9:37
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. TickTick
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. SentrySentry
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:08
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Con turret ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. PawnPawn
    70. OspreyHeavy transport
    71. Con turret
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×4
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn ×2
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Converter
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. FalconFighter
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind
    130. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:30
    131. Wind
    132. FalconFighter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Con turret ×2
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    149. PawnPawn ×2
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn ×2
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn ×3
    154. Converter
    155. PawnPawn
    156. CrossbowCrossbow
    157. PawnPawn
    158. CrossbowCrossbow
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. CrossbowCrossbow
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. CrossbowCrossbow
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind
    168. CrossbowCrossbow
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Wind
    171. PawnPawn
    172. CrossbowCrossbow
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn
    176. CrossbowCrossbow
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 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

Xad

40.3 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
155 metal received · 67383 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

Played most by

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