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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Mex
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Wind
    31. 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 · 45 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×5
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×2
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×2
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (43 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

43.5 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
46 metal received · 5588 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

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