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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Espera's (37 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Espera

37.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
105 metal received · 19626 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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