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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

43.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
7 metal received · 38467 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

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