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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 108 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus ×2
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Converter
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Con turret
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. TickTick ×3
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Mex
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Mex
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:09 · typical 9:36
    63. Mex
    64. Wind ×2
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×2
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind ×2
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (46 OS, 19/08/2026); 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

RAM_Ricardo

45.6 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
40 metal received · 8315 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

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