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Suicide front / Armada / Factory first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. PawnPawn
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. PawnPawn ×4
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. PawnPawn
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. PawnPawn
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
  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 · 102 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. AnemoneAnemone
    10. PawnPawn
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. PawnPawn
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. SentrySentry
    34. PawnPawn
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. Con turret
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Energy storage
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:06 · typical 9:36
    45. Wind
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. CenturionCenturion
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind ×2
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind
    66. Mex
    67. NettleNettle
    68. Wind
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    72. Wind
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Wind
    78. NettleNettle
    79. Wind
    80. Mex ×2
    81. Wind
    82. SentrySentry ×2
    83. Mex
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. TickTick
    86. CenturionCenturion
    87. Con turret
    88. Pit BullPit Bull
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Wind
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. Wind
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. Wind
    95. CrossbowCrossbow
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind ×3
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    102. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (42 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

HotDawg

42.1 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
206 metal received · 10241 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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