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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 · 12 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Wind ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    11. CenturionCenturion ×7
    12. Wind ×6
  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 · 95 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Mex
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:36
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Con turret
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. Con turret
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Con turret
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Con turret
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Mex
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Mex
    34. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    35. Wind ×2
    36. BeamerBeamer ×2
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind ×5
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:44
    44. Wind
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:36
    48. Wind
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. AggravatorAggravator
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. AggravatorAggravator
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. PawnPawn
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Wind
    62. NettleNettle
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. NettleNettle
    68. Wind
    69. MaceMace
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. NettleNettle
    73. MaceMace
    74. Wind
    75. MaceMace
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. CenturionCenturion
    79. Wind
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. NettleNettle
    82. Wind
    83. RocketeerRocketeer
    84. Wind
    85. NettleNettle ×2
    86. MaceMace
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. MaceMace
    89. NettleNettle
    90. AggravatorAggravator
    91. MaceMace ×3
    92. Mex
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. AggravatorAggravator
    95. MaceMace

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_GreedyDArc's (36 OS, 13/08/2026); 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

RAM_GreedyDArc

35.8 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 22536 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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