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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. TickTick
    6. Mex
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    13. SentrySentry
    14. MaceMace
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. 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 · 131 steps
    1. JanusJanus
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×6
    4. Energy storage
    5. GauntletGauntletdone 9:19
    6. Mex
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Mex
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:03
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:11 · typical 9:36
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Con turret
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. PawnPawn
    68. TickTick
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind ×2
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×4
    102. LazarusLazarus
    103. Wind
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Converter
    107. Con turret
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. LazarusLazarus
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind ×3
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn ×2
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn ×4
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn ×2
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. CenturionCenturion
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 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

Xad

43.4 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1270 metal received · 56605 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

Played most by

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