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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. TickTick ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Converter ×2
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 82 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Con turret
    10. Energy storage
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Energy storage
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Converter
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:36
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    27. Wind
    28. GauntletGauntlet
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Energy storage
    39. Wind ×6
    40. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:16
    41. Wind ×3
    42. TickTick
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Con turret
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nosohvost's (35 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

Nosohvost

35.5 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
331 metal received · 28094 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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