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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fruit_'s (41 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

Fruit_

40.9 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
297 metal received · 47416 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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