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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 · 44 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. SentrySentry ×2
    14. Mex
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Mex
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Mex
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Energy storage
  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 · 166 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Con turret
    3. BeholderBeholder
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. AnemoneAnemone
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind ×2
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Converter
    25. Con turret
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. SentrySentry
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Converter
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:50 · typical 9:37
    48. PawnPawn ×2
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Converter
    65. CrossbowCrossbow
    66. Wind
    67. CrossbowCrossbow
    68. Mex
    69. Wind
    70. CrossbowCrossbow
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. CrossbowCrossbow
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. Wind
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    89. SentrySentry
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. SentrySentry
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×3
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Converter
    111. PawnPawn ×3
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:04
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind ×3
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind ×3
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Wind
    128. Mex
    129. PlatypusPlatypus
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind ×2
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Converter
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. PlatypusPlatypus
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Con turret
    150. PlatypusPlatypus
    151. Wind ×2
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. PlatypusPlatypus
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:44
    157. PlatypusPlatypus
    158. PawnPawn
    159. PlatypusPlatypus
    160. PawnPawn
    161. PlatypusPlatypus
    162. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    163. PawnPawn
    164. PlatypusPlatypus
    165. PawnPawn
    166. T2 converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

42.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
471 metal received · 41221 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

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