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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 · 37 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. SentrySentry
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. Wind
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Con turret
  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 · 97 steps
    1. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. PawnPawn
    36. GauntletGauntletdone 10:25
    37. PawnPawn ×2
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:06 · typical 9:37
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Con turret ×2
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. PawnPawn ×3
    46. SentrySentry
    47. PawnPawn ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. PawnPawn ×2
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. SentrySentry
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. SentrySentry
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×2
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (44 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

RAM_Ricardo

44.3 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

41 received units · includes a constructor
1103 metal received · 11881 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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