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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 ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. TickTick
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. NettleNettle
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. TickTick
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×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 · 127 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. GauntletGauntletdone 6:50
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Mex
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. TickTick
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. Metal storage
    33. Wind
    34. Solar ×2
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. Solar
    38. Energy storage
    39. Solar
    40. CrossbowCrossbow
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced solar
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced solar
    50. CrossbowCrossbow
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Advanced solar
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:22
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. CrossbowCrossbow
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Con turret
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Converter
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. CrossbowCrossbow
    76. Converter
    77. PawnPawn
    78. LazarusLazarus ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. CrossbowCrossbow
    84. Converter
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:08 · typical 9:37
    90. Converter
    91. PawnPawn
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. CrossbowCrossbow
    94. Wind
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. CrossbowCrossbow
    98. Converter
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. CenturionCenturion ×2
    104. Con turret
    105. CrossbowCrossbow
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Converter
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Wind
    111. CenturionCenturion ×2
    112. Converter
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. Wind
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. CrossbowCrossbow
    117. Converter
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Converter
    122. CrossbowCrossbow
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Wind
    126. CenturionCenturion
    127. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

yubiyubi

43.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
230 metal received · 52255 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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