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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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 86 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Energy storage
    16. TickTick ×3
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick ×3
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. TickTick
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:01 · typical 9:36
    27. TickTick ×2
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. TickTick ×5
    43. JunoJuno
    44. TickTick
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. Mex
    48. TickTick ×4
    49. Mex
    50. VeilVeil
    51. TickTick ×16
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:09
    55. TickTick ×3
    56. SentrySentry
    57. TickTick
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. CenturionCenturion ×2
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Wind
    68. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:55
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz ×3
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×3
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz ×3
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz ×3
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. BlitzBlitz ×3
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×3
    85. Wind
    86. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Espera's (39 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 7:30 · 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

Espera

39.0 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
47 metal received · 91178 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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