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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 · 40 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. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. Energy storage
    40. 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 · 257 steps
    1. Converter
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Converter
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Converter
    21. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    22. Converter
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:29 · typical 9:37
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret ×4
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Con turret ×2
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:39
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Con turret
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Con turret
    54. PawnPawn ×9
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. Converter ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Con turret
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Converter
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Converter
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×2
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. ArbalestArbalest
    118. Wind ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind ×2
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:31
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind ×2
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Wind
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Converter
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Converter
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. Wind ×2
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind ×2
    172. PawnPawn
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind ×2
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Wind
    178. PawnPawn
    179. Converter
    180. Wind ×2
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Converter
    183. PawnPawn
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:44
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind ×2
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Wind ×2
    198. PawnPawn ×2
    199. Converter
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Wind
    202. Converter
    203. PawnPawn ×2
    204. Converter
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Converter
    208. PawnPawn
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind
    214. PawnPawn
    215. Wind
    216. PawnPawn
    217. Wind ×2
    218. PawnPawn ×2
    219. Wind
    220. Converter
    221. Wind
    222. PawnPawn ×3
    223. Wind ×2
    224. Converter
    225. PawnPawn
    226. Wind
    227. PawnPawn ×2
    228. Wind
    229. PawnPawn
    230. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labfor Frontdone 14:53
    231. Wind
    232. PawnPawn ×2
    233. Wind
    234. PawnPawn
    235. Wind ×2
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Con turret
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Wind
    240. PawnPawn
    241. Wind ×2
    242. PawnPawn ×2
    243. Con turret
    244. Wind
    245. Converter
    246. PawnPawn
    247. Wind
    248. PawnPawn ×2
    249. Wind
    250. Converter ×2
    251. PawnPawn ×2
    252. Con turret
    253. Wind
    254. PawnPawn
    255. Wind
    256. Converter
    257. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 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 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

42.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
2316 metal received · 71529 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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