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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. Mex
    3. TickTickfor Geo sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Wind
  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 · 75 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. GauntletGauntletdone 6:43
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. GauntletGauntlet
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. Mexfor Front
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Mex
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 9:37
    42. Wind
    43. Solar
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Solar
    47. Wind
    48. Solar
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind
    51. Energy storage
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Solar
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Solar
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:35
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. StoutStout
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. SentrySentry
    64. StoutStout
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. StoutStout
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. SentrySentry
    70. StoutStout
    71. Wind
    72. StoutStout
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 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

PlatinumBlonde

58.8 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
375 metal received · 17786 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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