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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 · 31 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    27. Energy storage
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    30. Con turret
    31. PawnPawn ×4
  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 · 119 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×12
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn ×3
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind ×2
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Converter
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Converter
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Mex
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Converter
    43. PawnPawn ×3
    44. Converter
    45. PawnPawn ×3
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×4
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×3
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn ×2
    54. Converter
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Converter
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×3
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn ×2
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×3
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Converter
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Converter
    77. CenturionCenturion ×2
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Wind ×2
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. Wind
    85. CenturionCenturion ×2
    86. Wind
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Converter
    91. LazarusLazarus ×2
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:01 · typical 9:36
    93. Converter
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. Wind ×3
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind
    101. CenturionCenturion
    102. Wind
    103. Converter ×2
    104. CenturionCenturion
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Wind ×2
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Wind ×2
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. CenturionCenturion
    117. Converter
    118. CenturionCenturion
    119. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OldSpanker's (51 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

OldSpanker

50.7 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
325 metal received · 19485 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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