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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 · 1370 distinct matches · 134 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1622 · 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 1370 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 (36%)

  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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    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 · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 151 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. GauntletGauntletdone 6:45
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Converter
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. OverwatchOverwatch
    15. PawnPawn ×4
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 9:37
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus ×3
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. PawnPawn ×9
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. PawnPawn ×15
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn ×2
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:29
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×5
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. PawnPawn ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind ×2
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. FerretFerret
    120. PawnPawn ×2
    121. Wind ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. FerretFerret
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn ×23
    133. Con turret
    134. PawnPawn ×3
    135. Con turret
    136. PawnPawn ×3
    137. Con turret
    138. PawnPawn ×9
    139. Con turret
    140. PawnPawn ×3
    141. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    142. PawnPawn ×6
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn ×8
    145. Con turret
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:55
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:59
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1622 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022500
2:0088800
3:002046182106
4:003153660497
5:00424214231017
6:00543423021780
7:00667131742707
8:00792440303620
9:00928547894504
10:001067154195322
11:001222558976059
12:001407665136804
13:001614670297522
14:001797976778330
15:002028882939186
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

TrapCaT

42.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
1526 metal received · 76694 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=1615
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1197

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