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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. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. OverwatchOverwatch
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. TickTick
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    24. TickTick
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 117 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. TickTick ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind ×2
    21. TickTick
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:36
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. Wind
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. TickTick
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. TickTick
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. RocketeerRocketeer
    64. Wind
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind ×2
    67. TickTick
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:59
    70. Wind ×2
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. BeamerBeamer
    88. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:20
    89. Con turret
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Con turret
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:07
    110. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Pit BullPit Bull
    114. Wind
    115. LazarusLazarus
    116. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    117. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is StoicMoose42's (36 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

StoicMoose42

36.4 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1645 metal received · 16313 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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