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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 · 49 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind ×3
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Converter ×2
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. 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 · 247 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Converter
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind ×2
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind ×3
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Converter ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Converter
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Converter
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter
    60. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:30
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Con turret
    66. OspreyHeavy transport
    67. Wind ×2
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:14 · typical 9:37
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×3
    80. Wind
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Converter
    93. BansheeBanshee
    94. Converter
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind ×4
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:44
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind ×2
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Converter ×2
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind ×2
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind ×2
    131. PawnPawn
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Wind
    136. Converter ×2
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. Converter
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Wind
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind ×2
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Converter
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn ×2
    159. Wind ×2
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind ×2
    168. PawnPawn ×2
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Converter
    172. PawnPawn
    173. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. Wind
    177. PawnPawn ×2
    178. Converter
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Con turret
    181. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    182. PawnPawn
    183. Converter
    184. Con turret
    185. PawnPawn ×2
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn ×2
    188. Con turret
    189. Wind ×2
    190. PawnPawn ×2
    191. Wind
    192. PawnPawn
    193. Con turret
    194. PawnPawn ×2
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn ×3
    199. Converter
    200. Construction BotCon bot
    201. Con turret
    202. Converter
    203. PawnPawn ×3
    204. Wind
    205. PawnPawn ×2
    206. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    207. PawnPawn
    208. Wind
    209. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    210. PawnPawn
    211. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind
    214. PawnPawn ×2
    215. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    216. Wind
    217. PawnPawn
    218. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    219. Wind
    220. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    221. PawnPawn
    222. Con turret
    223. PawnPawn
    224. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    225. Wind
    226. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    227. PawnPawn
    228. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    229. PawnPawn
    230. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    231. PawnPawn
    232. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    233. Converter
    234. PawnPawn
    235. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    236. PawnPawn
    237. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    238. PawnPawn
    239. Converter
    240. PawnPawn
    241. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    242. Con turret
    243. PawnPawn
    244. Wind ×2
    245. PawnPawn
    246. Wind
    247. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (38 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

Damsko

38.5 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
103 metal received · 34630 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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