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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 · 21 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
  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 · 99 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    2. NettleNettle
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. Mex
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. CrossbowCrossbow
    19. Wind
    20. CrossbowCrossbow
    21. Wind
    22. CrossbowCrossbow
    23. Wind ×2
    24. CrossbowCrossbow
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. SentrySentry
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. SentrySentry
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:12
    58. Wind ×2
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    63. Wind ×4
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. NettleNettle
    80. TickTick ×11
    81. SentrySentry
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    86. TickTick
    87. SentrySentry
    88. TickTick ×7
    89. SentrySentry
    90. TickTick ×8
    91. SentrySentry
    92. TickTick ×6
    93. SentrySentry
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. SentrySentry
    96. TickTick ×14
    97. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Boozha's (36 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Boozha

35.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
563 metal received · 18591 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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