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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 · 1323 distinct matches · 130 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1567 · 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 1323 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 · 37 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. SentrySentry
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. NettleNettle
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Con turret
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
  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 · 108 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. GauntletGauntletdone 6:33
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storage
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Con turret
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Energy storage
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Converter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:56
    58. Converter
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. EvisceratorEvisceratordone 12:20
    75. Converter
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. EvisceratorEviscerator
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. JunoJuno
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. PerditionPerditiondone 13:52
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. ChimeraChimera
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×4
    102. JunoJuno
    103. Wind
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:46
    106. Wind ×4
    107. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    108. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (36 OS, 08/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1567 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002050180106
4:003158658496
5:00424314191026
6:00543422981788
7:00667231662706
8:00792840293614
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197523
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

heart_attack

35.7 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
612 metal received · 134705 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=1560
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1158

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