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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 · 45 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Energy storage
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. SentrySentry
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    40. Converter
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    44. LazarusLazarus ×2
    45. 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 · 118 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. TickTick
    3. NettleNettle
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. NettleNettle
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. TickTick
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:09 · typical 9:37
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Con turret
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. SentrySentry
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:31
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. SentrySentry
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. OspreyHeavy transport
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. NettleNettle
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    54. NettleNettle
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Wind ×2
    62. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    63. Wind
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Wind ×2
    66. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    67. Wind
    68. RocketeerRocketeer
    69. Wind
    70. NettleNettle
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. Wind
    73. RocketeerRocketeer
    74. Wind
    75. RocketeerRocketeer
    76. Wind
    77. RocketeerRocketeer
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Wind
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. FalconFighter
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter
    88. Wind
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. FalconFighter
    91. Wind
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. FalconFighter
    94. Wind ×8
    95. CrossbowCrossbow
    96. Wind ×2
    97. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    98. Wind
    99. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    100. Wind
    101. CenturionCenturion ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. CenturionCenturion ×3
    105. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    106. Con turret ×2
    107. CenturionCenturion ×2
    108. LazarusLazarus ×2
    109. Con turret
    110. LazarusLazarus ×3
    111. Wind
    112. CenturionCenturion
    113. Wind
    114. CenturionCenturion
    115. Wind
    116. CenturionCenturion
    117. Wind
    118. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Xad

46.0 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
183 metal received · 69853 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

Played most by

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