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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is derkarl's (39 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

derkarl

39.1 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

47 received units · includes a constructor
704 metal received · 29839 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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