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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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 114 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. SentrySentry ×3
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Mex
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Con turret
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:47 · typical 9:36
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Energy storage
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Wind
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Pit BullPit Bull
    66. Wind
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Wind
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. Wind
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Pit BullPit Bull
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:26
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. CenturionCenturion
    95. Wind ×2
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Wind
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Wind ×2
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Wind
    102. CenturionCenturion
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Con turret
    105. Pit BullPit Bull
    106. CenturionCenturion
    107. Wind ×2
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. Wind
    110. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    111. Wind ×5
    112. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:58
    113. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    114. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (46 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

HotDawg

45.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 53384 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

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