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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 · 30 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentryfor Geo
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentryfor Geo
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BeamerBeamerfor Geo
    30. BeholderBeholder ×2
  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 · 151 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn
    5. LazarusLazarus ×3
    6. PawnPawn ×3
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 9:36
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Mex
    14. TickTick ×3
    15. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×3
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. AnemoneAnemone
    32. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    36. TickTick
    37. AnemoneAnemone
    38. TickTick
    39. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. TickTick
    44. Energy storage
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. AnemoneAnemone ×2
    47. TickTick ×5
    48. Energy storage
    49. TickTick
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. TickTick ×4
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    60. Wind ×2
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Con turret
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:25
    109. TickTick
    110. AnemoneAnemone
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×5
    114. AnemoneAnemone
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. TickTick
    119. PawnPawn ×3
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Mex
    123. PawnPawn ×3
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×4
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn ×4
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Con turret
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:47
    137. PawnPawn ×3
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. DolphinDolphin
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn ×3
    149. DolphinDolphin
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (52 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

[Grump]_Doni

51.7 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
192 metal received · 48162 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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