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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. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. SentrySentry
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 175 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Wind
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:18 · typical 9:37
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×3
    32. Con turret
    33. TickTick ×3
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. TickTick ×2
    36. Mex
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. Energy storage
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. ThistleThistle
    41. TickTick
    42. Energy storage
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. TickTick
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:20
    46. TickTick
    47. Energy storage
    48. TickTick
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. GuardGuard
    51. TickTick
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. GuardGuard
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. LazarusLazarus
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. TickTick
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. LazarusLazarus
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:38
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×3
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×2
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. JunoJuno
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. TickTick ×6
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×2
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind ×2
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind ×2
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Wind ×2
    153. TickTick
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Construction BotCon bot
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. Wind ×3
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. Wind ×3
    163. TickTick
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind ×2
    166. TickTick
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Wind ×2
    169. TickTick
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind ×2
    172. TickTick
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (45 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

RAM_Ricardo

45.2 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
12 metal received · 4987 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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