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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (35 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

JustSomeGuy

35.1 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
251 metal received · 44413 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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