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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Mex
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    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 · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 137 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Energy storage
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Converter
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Converter
    42. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Converter
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    58. TickTick
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    61. TickTick
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. PawnPawn
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. PawnPawn ×7
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawn ×4
    68. Con turret
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Wind ×4
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×2
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Converter
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Converter
    113. PawnPawn
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. Wind
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. Wind
    118. Mex
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Converter
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:37
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. Mex
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (40 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

Soliloqueur

40.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
33 metal received · 17146 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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