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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 · 35 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. TickTick
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Construction BotCon bot ×2
  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 · 214 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn ×9
    4. NettleNettle
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. NettleNettle
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:34 · typical 9:37
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. PawnPawn ×17
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. PawnPawn ×3
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×3
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. PawnPawn
    33. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    39. ValiantValiant
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Converter
    44. ValiantValiant
    45. Wind
    46. ValiantValiant
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. ValiantValiant ×2
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. ValiantValiant
    55. Wind
    56. ValiantValiant
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. ValiantValiant
    60. PawnPawn
    61. ValiantValiant
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. ValiantValiant
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind
    67. ShurikenShuriken
    68. PawnPawn
    69. ShurikenShuriken
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. ShurikenShuriken
    73. PawnPawn
    74. ShurikenShuriken
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. ShurikenShuriken
    80. PawnPawn
    81. ShurikenShuriken
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. ShurikenShuriken
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. ShurikenShuriken
    88. LazarusLazarus
    89. Converter
    90. ShurikenShuriken
    91. LazarusLazarus ×3
    92. ShurikenShuriken
    93. Wind
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. ShurikenShuriken
    96. Converter
    97. PawnPawn
    98. ShurikenShuriken
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. ShurikenShuriken
    102. Converter
    103. ShurikenShuriken
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind
    106. ShurikenShuriken
    107. PawnPawn
    108. ShurikenShuriken
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Converter
    111. ShurikenShuriken
    112. PawnPawn
    113. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    114. PawnPawn
    115. ShurikenShuriken
    116. Converter
    117. PawnPawn
    118. ShurikenShuriken
    119. PawnPawn
    120. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    121. Converter
    122. PawnPawn
    123. ShurikenShuriken
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Converter
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    128. PawnPawn ×2
    129. Converter
    130. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. ChainsawChainsaw
    136. ValiantValiant
    137. Mex
    138. ValiantValiant
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. ValiantValiant
    143. Con turret
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Converter
    146. Con turret
    147. ValiantValiant
    148. PawnPawn
    149. ValiantValiant
    150. Converter
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. ValiantValiant
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. ValiantValiant
    156. Con turret
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind
    160. ValiantValiant
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. ValiantValiant
    165. Wind
    166. ValiantValiant
    167. Wind
    168. Wind
    169. ValiantValiant
    170. Wind ×2
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind
    173. ValiantValiant
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn
    176. Wind ×2
    177. ValiantValiant
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. ValiantValiant
    181. Wind
    182. Wind
    183. ValiantValiant
    184. Wind
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    187. ValiantValiant
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn
    190. ValiantValiant
    191. Wind
    192. ValiantValiant
    193. Wind
    194. PawnPawn
    195. ValiantValiant
    196. Wind
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Wind
    200. Converter
    201. Con turret
    202. ValiantValiant
    203. Wind
    204. ValiantValiant
    205. Wind
    206. Wind
    207. ValiantValiant
    208. PawnPawn
    209. Wind ×2
    210. ValiantValiant
    211. Wind
    212. ValiantValiant
    213. PawnPawn
    214. ValiantValiant

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (41 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

Nutzz

41.5 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

168 received units · includes a constructor
163 metal received · 93522 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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