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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. CenturionCenturion
  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 (48%) · 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 · 168 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×3
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. PawnPawn
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. PawnPawn
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. PawnPawn
    25. CrossbowCrossbow
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. CrossbowCrossbow
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. PawnPawn
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Con turret
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Energy storage
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind ×2
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×5
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:48 · typical 9:36
    100. Wind ×9
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter ×2
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter ×3
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:19
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Energy storage
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Wind
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×4
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×3
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×4
    154. Con turret
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. Converter
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. Pit BullPit Bull
    162. TickTick ×3
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×3
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. Pit BullPit Bull
    168. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (46 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

HotDawg

45.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
143 metal received · 67024 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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