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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 · 39 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. TickTick
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. TickTick
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. TickTick
    39. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 125 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. StoutStout
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick ×4
    36. SentrySentry
    37. TickTick ×5
    38. SentrySentry
    39. TickTick ×3
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:11 · typical 9:36
    41. TickTick ×4
    42. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind ×2
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Advanced solar
    53. Wind ×4
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind ×2
    56. TickTick
    57. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    58. Wind
    59. SentrySentry
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind ×4
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. Wind ×2
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    72. Wind ×8
    73. Converter ×3
    74. Pit BullPit Bull
    75. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:58
    76. Converter ×2
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind ×2
    92. TickTick
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. TickTick
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Con turret
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×5
    108. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    109. TickTick ×4
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick
    112. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    113. Con turret
    114. TickTick ×8
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. Con turret ×2
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind ×2
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hainTsu's (36 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

hainTsu

35.5 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
170 metal received · 7877 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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