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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. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×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 · 161 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. TickTick
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Con turret
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 9:36
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind ×3
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×3
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Mex
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Con turret
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:23
    59. TickTick ×5
    60. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick ×17
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick ×15
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. SentrySentry
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Converter
    84. Con turret
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:27
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. Wind ×3
    93. CenturionCenturion
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Converter
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Converter
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind ×2
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Converter
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Converter
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz ×2
    134. Wind
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. Wind
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. Wind
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. LazarusLazarus
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. BlitzBlitz
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Con turret
    157. LazarusLazarus
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Con turret
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [APM]Sanae_Kochiya's (53 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

[APM]Sanae_Kochiya

53.2 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
874 metal received · 43852 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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