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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 · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · 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 1326 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. TickTick
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. TickTick
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. 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 (48%) · 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 · 99 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Con turret
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. PawnPawn ×3
    27. TickTick
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. PawnPawn ×5
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. SentrySentry
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. GauntletGauntletdone 9:56
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:36
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    59. Converter
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×11
    63. SentrySentry ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Mex
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    69. SentrySentry ×4
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    71. Pit BullPit Bull
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×19
    73. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    74. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    75. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:21
    76. Converter
    77. AnemoneAnemone
    78. Converter
    79. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    80. Converter ×2
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    82. Converter
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Converter
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. Con turret
    93. Converter ×2
    94. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    95. Con turret
    96. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:58
    97. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    98. StorkLight transport
    99. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · 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

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
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

Immort

54.5 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1472 metal received · 45548 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=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

Played most by

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