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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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 208 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. OverwatchOverwatch
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind ×4
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×5
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×6
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    29. Energy storage
    30. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    31. Wind ×2
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:37
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Con turret
    38. AnemoneAnemone
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Converter
    47. Mex
    48. Wind ×2
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Energy storage
    53. Wind ×4
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×3
    63. AnemoneAnemone
    64. Converter
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. AnemoneAnemone
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. AnemoneAnemone
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. AnemoneAnemone
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. Converter ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Con turret
    105. Converter
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. Wind
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. Wind
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:50
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Advanced solar
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. BeamerBeamer
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PawnPawn ×4
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. Wind
    143. PawnPawn ×3
    144. Advanced solar
    145. BeamerBeamer
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. PawnPawn
    149. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:20
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind ×2
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. TickTick ×5
    156. Wind ×2
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×3
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×5
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×4
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×4
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick ×5
    170. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    171. TickTick ×5
    172. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    173. TickTick ×3
    174. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    175. TickTick ×2
    176. Con turret
    177. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    180. Advanced solar
    181. TickTick
    182. Con turret
    183. TickTick
    184. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    185. TickTick ×2
    186. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    187. TickTick ×2
    188. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    189. TickTick ×3
    190. Wind
    191. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    192. TickTick ×3
    193. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Con turret
    196. TickTick
    197. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    198. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    199. TickTick
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    203. TickTick
    204. Advanced solar
    205. TickTick
    206. Converter
    207. TickTick
    208. Fortification WallFortification Wall

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (50 OS, 13/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

50.4 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
18 metal received · 67123 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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