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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 · 45 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Con turret
    6. Mex
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. TickTick
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. BeholderBeholder
    33. Energy storage
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. TickTick
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Mex
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. SentrySentry
    44. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    45. SentrySentry
  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 · 97 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    7. TickTick
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Con turret
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    19. TickTick
    20. Wind
    21. TickTick ×2
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Converter
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick
    32. JunoJuno
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. TickTick
    37. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    38. TickTick
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×2
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. TickTick
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. TickTick
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. TickTick
    76. LazarusLazarus
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Converter
    79. Wind ×2
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:13
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    87. TickTick
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Wind
    93. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    94. TickTick
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

42.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

30 received units · includes a constructor
97 metal received · 53537 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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