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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

42.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
21 metal received · 40633 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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