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Suicide front / Armada / Factory first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2188 distinct matches · 253 players · 72% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 58% of 2574 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2188 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 ~0:26, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (46%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (39%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. TickTick ×4
    8. SentrySentry
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. BeamerBeamer ×2
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind ×2
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer ×3
    26. SentrySentry
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · centurion (43%) · tick (43%) · energy storage (42%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 64 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Con turret
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Converter
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Converter
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Con turret
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Mex
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Energy storage
    44. PawnPawn ×4
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Converter
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Mex
    49. Converter
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Converter
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Converter
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Converter
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Mex
    62. PawnPawn ×4
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:48
    64. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PetraTetra's (31 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:45 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
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

2574 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088700
3:002005192130
4:003109646504
5:0041881357992
6:00535322001684
7:00654930692561
8:00775539443460
9:00903147154347
10:001039553355134
11:001184558815911
12:001352964326644
13:001534568937417
14:001723775248200
15:001917981468971
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

PetraTetra

31.1 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
5 metal received · 18229 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:26Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2565
Advanced Metal Extractor9:48Middle 50%: 8:52–11:00 · n=1843

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