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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

Xad

43.1 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
173 metal received · 29083 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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