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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (43 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

TrapCaT

42.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
997 metal received · 74072 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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