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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is C0np0c's (36 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

C0np0c

35.8 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
343 metal received · 47184 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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