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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Naigel's (47 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

Naigel

47.5 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 36196 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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