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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
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. TickTick
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. TickTick
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    34. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Mex
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 142 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. NettleNettle
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. TickTick
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Energy storage
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. TickTick
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×4
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×4
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind ×2
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Con turret
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Wind
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Converter
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Converter
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind
    79. CrossbowCrossbow
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Wind
    85. Metal storage
    86. Wind
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. CrossbowCrossbow
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Converter
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. NettleNettle
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. NettleNettle
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Converter
    105. TickTick
    106. NettleNettle
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. NettleNettle
    112. TickTick
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. AnemoneAnemone
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. TickTick
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×4
    131. Converter
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick ×3
    137. Mex
    138. LazarusLazarus
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×4
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (43 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

yubiyubi

43.3 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units
216 metal received · 14835 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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