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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (60 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

watermeloans

60.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

328 received units · includes a constructor
4025 metal received · 27540 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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