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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 40 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Energy storage
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 (48%) · 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 · 113 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. GauntletGauntletdone 7:40
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Converter
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Converter
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Converter
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. Mex ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Converter
    39. Mex
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:36
    42. Converter
    43. Mex
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Con turret
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Con turret
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Wind ×4
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×2
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×3
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×3
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind ×2
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind ×2
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Wind ×2
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. Converter
    102. PawnPawn ×3
    103. Converter
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Converter
    106. PawnPawn ×11
    107. Con turret
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn ×6
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. PawnPawn ×7
    113. Con turret ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
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

TrapCaT

41.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
289 metal received · 12987 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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