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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 42 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. TickTick
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. MaceMace ×2for Front
    16. MaceMace
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. MaceMacefor Front
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Energy storage
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Mex
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. LazarusLazarus ×2
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Construction BotCon bot ×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 (48%) · 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 · 237 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. SentrySentry
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Con turret ×3
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Con turret
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Metal storage
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Converter
    61. SentrySentry
    62. RocketeerRocketeer
    63. Wind ×3
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind ×2
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Wind
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Converter
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind ×2
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Converter
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×2
    101. CenturionCenturion
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick ×5
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:18
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. SentrySentry
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×2
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Converter
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Con turret
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Con turret
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Converter
    164. TickTick ×4
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Converter
    170. TickTick
    171. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick
    179. Converter
    180. TickTick
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick
    183. Converter
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Converter
    188. Con turret
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick
    196. Wind
    197. Converter
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. TickTick
    202. Converter
    203. TickTick
    204. Converter
    205. TickTick
    206. Converter
    207. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    208. TickTick
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick
    214. Converter
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick
    217. Converter
    218. TickTick
    219. Wind
    220. TickTick
    221. Converter
    222. TickTick
    223. Converter
    224. TickTick ×2
    225. Wind
    226. TickTick ×2
    227. Wind
    228. TickTick ×2
    229. Converter
    230. TickTick
    231. Converter
    232. Con turret
    233. TickTick ×3
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick
    236. Wind
    237. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (41 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

Xad

41.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
486 metal received · 16219 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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