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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 · 48 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. SentrySentry
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    43. SentrySentry
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. SentrySentry
    48. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 143 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. OverwatchOverwatch
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Mexfor Front
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. CenturionCenturion ×2
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. CenturionCenturion ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:53 · typical 9:37
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Solar
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Solar
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Solar
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Con turret
    85. Solar
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Solar
    90. Con turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:54
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×3
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×3
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×3
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×4
    120. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×4
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×5
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PawnPawn ×2
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn ×5
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind ×2
    143. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (60 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

PlatinumBlonde

59.6 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
125 metal received · 53818 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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