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Suicide front / Armada / Factory first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard suicide front

Bot Lab first into Rocketeer/Centurion/Pawn to contest the middle early and hold until T2 arrives, the role's baseline play.

Usually lab first (62%)

#rush · 1185 distinct matches · 125 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1411 · 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 1185 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
    • Rocketeer18 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (35%) · pawn (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. Mex
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. TickTick
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Energy storage
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 (47%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 127 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind ×3
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:36 · typical 9:37
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. PawnPawn ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Wind
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:43
    45. Advanced solar
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×5
    50. BlitzBlitz ×4
    51. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:42
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. AnemoneAnemone
    54. BlitzBlitz ×6
    55. Converter
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Converter
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Converter
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Converter
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:52
    64. BlitzBlitz ×2
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. Converter
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. LazarusLazarus
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:22
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Energy storage
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Con turret
    92. GhostGhost
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. GhostGhost
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PawnPawn
    102. GhostGhost
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind ×2
    105. WelderWelder
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind ×2
    108. WelderWelder
    109. PawnPawn
    110. WelderWelder
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. WelderWelder
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. WelderWelder
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind ×2
    119. WelderWelder
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    122. WelderWelder
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind ×2
    125. WelderWelder
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 58% 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

1411 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002056172106
4:003161660486
5:00423614131020
6:00543023271785
7:00666131792732
8:00791040353631
9:00929848164516
10:001068854265336
11:001224158986080
12:001402465176842
13:001604270137523
14:001796976808336
15:002029783029228
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

54.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
978 metal received · 52892 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=1405
Advanced Metal Extractor9:37Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1035

Played most by

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