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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 · 46 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind
    46. 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 · 107 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:01
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×2
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. SentrySentry
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×4
    51. Con turret
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Mex
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Con turret
    56. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    57. PawnPawn ×4
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Mex
    61. PawnPawn ×5
    62. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:38
    65. PawnPawn ×4
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. PawnPawn ×3
    68. Mex
    69. PawnPawn ×3
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. PawnPawn ×13
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×4
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×4
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×5
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:22 · typical 9:37
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind ×5
    87. PawnPawn ×4
    88. Wind
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. PawnPawn ×5
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:05
    98. Converter
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Converter
    101. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    102. Converter
    103. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    104. Converter
    105. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RefuseToLearn's (37 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

RefuseToLearn

37.3 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1310 metal received · 10667 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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