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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 · 36 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Mex
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Mex
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind ×2
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Con turret
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Energy storage
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
  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 · 142 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Mex
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. NettleNettle
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. SentrySentry
    69. PawnPawn
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. SentrySentry
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. Wind
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×5
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×6
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. PawnPawn ×5
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 9:37
    92. PawnPawn
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. PawnPawn ×6
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:52
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:35
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. PawnPawn ×6
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. PawnPawn ×6
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. PawnPawn ×6
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. PawnPawn ×3
    113. SentrySentry
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Fusion ReactorFusion
    116. PawnPawn ×2
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. PawnPawn ×6
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. PawnPawn ×6
    121. LazarusLazarus
    122. PawnPawn
    123. T2 converter
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. PawnPawn ×3
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. PawnPawn ×6
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. PawnPawn ×3
    131. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. PawnPawn ×5
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. PawnPawn
    137. LazarusLazarus
    138. PawnPawn ×5
    139. BirdshotBirdshot
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    142. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (43 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

42.5 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
73 metal received · 35165 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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