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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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. TickTick
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×11
    27. TickTick
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Con turret
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 153 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. ThugThug
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. SentrySentry
    7. ThugThug
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. NettleNettle
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind ×3
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Wind
    34. NettleNettle
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. NettleNettle
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Energy storage
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×3
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Wind ×10
    51. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:38
    52. Wind ×4
    53. StoutStout
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 10:41
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    56. Con turret
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. TickTick
    59. Con turret
    60. TickTick ×5
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Converter
    91. TickTick
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick
    98. Con turret
    99. TickTick
    100. Converter
    101. CatalystCatalystdone 13:34
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. Energy storage
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind ×3
    118. TickTick
    119. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind ×3
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind ×2
    135. PrevailerPrevailerdone 14:45
    136. Wind
    137. MercuryMercurydone 14:43
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×11
    141. Converter
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind ×4
    144. Converter
    145. Wind ×2
    146. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    147. Wind ×4
    148. Con turret
    149. Wind ×8
    150. PulsarPulsar
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (59 OS, 01/09/2026); 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

59.2 OS · 01/09/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 70926 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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