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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

TrapCaT

42.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
400 metal received · 185264 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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