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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FCRD]GlazedByAfussy's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

[FCRD]GlazedByAfussy

35.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
50 metal received · 27880 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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