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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 · 43 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Energy storage
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    31. TickTick
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Converter
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. SentrySentry
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. SentrySentry
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 243 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. PawnPawn ×4
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Con turret
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:54
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×3
    30. PawnPawn
    31. StorkLight transport
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind ×2
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. OspreyHeavy transport
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Converter
    58. Wind ×5
    59. Converter
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 9:37
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind ×3
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Converter
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Converter
    121. TickTick ×3
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Con turret
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick ×4
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Con turret
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. Con turret
    139. Converter
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind ×2
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind ×3
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Converter ×2
    150. TickTick
    151. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind ×2
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind
    175. Con turret
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind ×2
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. Con turret
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind ×3
    185. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:15
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. TickTick
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Converter
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. TickTick
    199. StormbringerBomber
    200. Wind
    201. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    202. TickTick
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. StormbringerBomber
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick
    209. BlitzBlitz
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick
    212. Wind
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. TickTick
    215. StormbringerBomber
    216. TickTick
    217. Converter
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. TickTick
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. TickTick
    222. StormbringerBomber
    223. Wind
    224. TickTick
    225. BlitzBlitz
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick
    228. Wind
    229. BlitzBlitz
    230. TickTick
    231. StormbringerBomber
    232. Wind
    233. TickTick
    234. BlitzBlitz
    235. Wind
    236. TickTick
    237. BlitzBlitz
    238. Converter
    239. TickTick
    240. StormbringerBomber
    241. TickTick
    242. BlitzBlitz
    243. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

46.0 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
10 metal received · 42103 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

Played most by

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