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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 · 32 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. TickTick
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. LazarusLazarus ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Wind
    32. 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 · 171 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. CenturionCenturion ×2
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:22 · typical 9:36
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Energy storage
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. RocketeerRocketeer
    68. Wind
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. Wind
    74. RocketeerRocketeer
    75. Wind
    76. RocketeerRocketeer
    77. Wind
    78. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    79. Wind
    80. RocketeerRocketeer
    81. Wind
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. RocketeerRocketeer
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Energy storage
    86. RocketeerRocketeer
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. RocketeerRocketeer
    89. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    90. RocketeerRocketeer
    91. Wind
    92. RocketeerRocketeer
    93. Wind
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Wind
    104. RocketeerRocketeer
    105. Wind
    106. RocketeerRocketeer
    107. Wind
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:06
    109. RocketeerRocketeer
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind ×2
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:24
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind ×2
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind ×2
    146. TickTick ×3
    147. Wind ×2
    148. TickTick ×2
    149. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick
    154. Converter
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Converter
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind ×2
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Converter
    168. TickTick
    169. JunoJuno ×2
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is heart_attack's (36 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

heart_attack

35.7 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
907 metal received · 13525 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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