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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 · 36 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    35. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    36. 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 · 158 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    10. Energy storage
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Con turret
    15. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09 · typical 9:36
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter ×4
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:04
    26. Wind ×4
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Wind ×10
    31. Metal storage
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Converter ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    40. Wind
    41. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:03
    45. Wind
    46. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    47. Wind
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    52. Converter
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Converter
    55. Con turret
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 12:51
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind ×2
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind ×2
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind ×3
    80. TickTick
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Converter
    91. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    92. TickTick
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind ×3
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactor
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind ×3
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. NettleNettle
    126. Wind
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. NettleNettle
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. NettleNettle
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind ×4
    143. TickTick
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind ×3
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind ×3
    149. LazarusLazarus
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×3
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Wind ×2
    155. LazarusLazarus
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ITz_HonestAbee's (38 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

ITz_HonestAbee

37.6 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
30 metal received · 108757 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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