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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 · 29 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. SentrySentry
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. BeholderBeholder
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 · 79 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry ×2
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Con turret
    23. CenturionCenturion ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53 · typical 9:37
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Mexfor Front
    46. Wind ×2
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×4
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. Pit BullPit Bull
    56. Wind ×4
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. LazarusLazarus ×2
    63. Wind
    64. LazarusLazarus
    65. Wind
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. Wind
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. Wind
    72. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:42
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RTX177013's (36 OS, 30/08/2026); 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 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

RTX177013

36.2 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
189 metal received · 7237 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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