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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 · 26 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. MaceMace
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. MaceMace
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. Mex
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. MaceMace
  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 · 93 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. MaceMace
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. MaceMace
    6. Wind
    7. MaceMace
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. OverwatchOverwatch
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. Wind
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus ×2
    27. MaceMace
    28. Wind
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. MaceMace ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    33. MaceMace
    34. Converter
    35. MaceMace ×3
    36. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    37. Converter
    38. MaceMace
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 9:37
    40. MaceMace
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Wind
    44. MaceMace ×2
    45. Energy storage
    46. MaceMace
    47. Wind ×3
    48. MaceMace
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind ×3
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×2
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind ×3
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. SentrySentry
    59. AnemoneAnemone
    60. WhistlerMissile truck
    61. LazarusLazarus
    62. Mex
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. SentrySentry ×2
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind
    75. SentrySentry
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. SentrySentry ×2
    86. Wind
    87. SentrySentry ×2
    88. CenturionCenturion
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind
    91. Solar
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. SentrySentry

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [ADS]Kackbarren's (41 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

[ADS]Kackbarren

40.8 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
578 metal received · 22899 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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