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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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. 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 · 138 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn ×5
    6. Solar
    7. PawnPawn
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×3
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×2
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×3
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:38 · typical 9:37
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn ×2
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Wind
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. SentrySentry
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Con turret
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:22
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz ×2
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. BlitzBlitz ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. RoverScout
    81. Con turret
    82. Mex
    83. RoverScout ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. RoverScout ×4
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    88. Mex
    89. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    92. Wind ×3
    93. RoverScout
    94. Wind ×2
    95. RoverScout
    96. Wind
    97. Mex
    98. Wind
    99. RoverScout
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. RoverScout
    103. Wind
    104. RoverScout
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. RoverScout
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    112. SentrySentry
    113. Wind ×3
    114. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    115. RoverScout
    116. Wind ×3
    117. SentrySentry
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. RoverScout ×2
    121. Wind ×3
    122. RoverScout
    123. Converter
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. Wind ×3
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind ×3
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. BeamerBeamer
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind ×3
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. BeamerBeamer
    138. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 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

krtf

44.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
69 metal received · 11065 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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