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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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. 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 (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 · 90 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. GauntletGauntletdone 6:38
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×5
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×6
    11. Con turret
    12. PawnPawn ×9
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:36
    18. Advanced solar
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×4
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:57
    42. TickTick
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. TickTick
    47. Con turret
    48. TickTick
    49. Con turret
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Con turret ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TickTick
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Con turret
    56. TickTick
    57. BlitzBlitz ×2
    58. TickTick
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. TickTick
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. TickTick
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick
    69. Energy storage
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. TickTick ×3
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. TickTick ×11
    76. BlitzBlitz ×6
    77. Con turret
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Con turret
    80. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. BlitzBlitz ×2
    84. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    85. Con turret
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2
    87. RoverScout ×5
    88. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:58
    89. Con turret
    90. StoutStout ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Etherift's (35 OS, 23/08/2026); 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

Etherift

35.4 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
90 metal received · 142620 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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