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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 · 39 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Energy storage
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. SentrySentry
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 181 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. PawnPawn
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. PawnPawn
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. TickTick
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Con turret
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:53 · typical 9:37
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Con turret
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind ×3
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind ×2
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind ×4
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Con turret
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:17
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind ×3
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Con turret
    64. Converter
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×4
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Converter
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind ×3
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. QuakerQuakerdone 11:35
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×2
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×3
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Converter
    101. PawnPawn ×4
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:30
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×3
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. Converter
    114. PawnPawn ×2
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. Wind ×2
    118. CenturionCenturion
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. CenturionCenturion
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Con turret
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. PawnPawn
    133. CenturionCenturion
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind
    140. CenturionCenturion
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Converter
    145. CenturionCenturion
    146. PawnPawn ×2
    147. CenturionCenturion
    148. Wind
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. CenturionCenturion
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind
    157. CenturionCenturion
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn ×2
    161. CenturionCenturion
    162. Converter
    163. PawnPawn
    164. CenturionCenturion
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind
    169. CenturionCenturion
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind
    172. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:33
    173. Wind ×2
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×5
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    179. Wind ×3
    180. Converter
    181. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Xad

46.1 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
168 metal received · 25771 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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