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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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Mex
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Mex
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 65 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Mex
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Con turret
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz ×2
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind ×2
    52. SentrySentry
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Wind
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. Wind ×2
    63. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (46 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

[crd]sisa

45.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
1011 metal received · 8251 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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