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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 · 29 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Solar
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 103 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. Con turret
    14. PawnPawn
    15. SentrySentry
    16. PawnPawn
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Mex
    36. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:18
    37. Wind ×5
    38. Energy storage
    39. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 9:36
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. ButlerButler
    46. Wind
    47. ButlerButler
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. ButlerButler
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. SharpshooterSniper botdone 11:21
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Mex
    56. Wind ×4
    57. ArchangelArchangeldone 11:50
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×4
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind ×3
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind ×3
    64. ButlerButler
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. ButlerButler
    68. Wind ×2
    69. ButlerButler
    70. Wind
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Energy storage
    74. Wind ×2
    75. SharpshooterSniper bot
    76. Wind ×8
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind ×6
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind ×6
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Wind ×2
    83. ButlerButler
    84. Wind ×3
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Wind
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Wind ×2
    89. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:34
    90. ButlerButler
    91. Wind ×2
    92. UmbrellaAnti-nukedone 14:23
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    95. Wind ×15
    96. WelderWelder
    97. Wind ×5
    98. WelderWelder
    99. Wind ×2
    100. WelderWelder
    101. Wind
    102. WelderWelder
    103. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BeanBro's (45 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

BeanBro

44.9 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
21 metal received · 424 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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