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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 · 33 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Solar
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. SentrySentry
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Mex
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
  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 · 118 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:36
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×4
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Wind ×2
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:05
    50. Wind
    51. ShellshockerArty
    52. Wind
    53. ShellshockerArty
    54. Wind
    55. ShellshockerArty
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    59. ShellshockerArty
    60. Wind ×3
    61. ShellshockerArty
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×2
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz ×2
    69. Wind
    70. StoutStout
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. MaceMace
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. MaceMace
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. StoutStout
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Wind
    83. RocketeerRocketeer
    84. Wind
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Wind ×3
    87. JanusJanus
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. Mex
    93. BlitzBlitz ×3
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz ×5
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. BlitzBlitz ×2
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz ×2
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind
    105. BlitzBlitz ×3
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz ×2
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind ×2
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. Wind ×2
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SkyFireEX's (36 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

SkyFireEX

36.3 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
97 metal received · 25250 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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