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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 · 41 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Energy storage
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Mex
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Converter
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 201 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. PawnPawn ×6
    4. Con turret
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Metal storage
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. PawnPawn ×7
    10. Con turret
    11. PawnPawn ×8
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Converter
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Converter
    33. PawnPawn ×3
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Converter
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind ×2
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Converter
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Wind ×2
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. Wind ×2
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. CenturionCenturion
    63. Wind ×2
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Wind ×3
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Converter
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. Con turret
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Wind ×2
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:34 · typical 9:37
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Con turret
    86. CenturionCenturion
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Wind ×2
    91. MauserMauser
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. CenturionCenturion
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind
    97. CenturionCenturion
    98. Wind ×4
    99. CenturionCenturion
    100. Converter
    101. CenturionCenturion
    102. Wind ×2
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. Wind
    105. AggravatorAggravator
    106. CenturionCenturion
    107. Wind ×2
    108. DecurionDecurion
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Converter
    111. CenturionCenturion
    112. Wind
    113. ZagreusZagreus
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. RocketeerRocketeer
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn ×3
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn ×2
    125. Wind
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Wind
    131. HopliteHoplite
    132. Con turret
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Con turret
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Converter
    148. LazarusLazarus
    149. DecurionDecurion
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. AggravatorAggravator
    153. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:46
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. Converter
    156. ThugThug
    157. Wind ×2
    158. LazarusLazarus
    159. CenturionCenturion
    160. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:02
    161. Wind
    162. DecurionDecurion
    163. Wind ×2
    164. LazarusLazarus
    165. Wind ×2
    166. LazarusLazarus
    167. CenturionCenturion
    168. Wind
    169. LazarusLazarus
    170. Converter
    171. LazarusLazarus ×4
    172. Con turret
    173. LazarusLazarus
    174. PhalanxPhalanxdone 14:23
    175. PawnPawn ×2
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. PawnPawn
    178. LazarusLazarus
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Con turret
    183. CenturionCenturion
    184. PawnPawn
    185. LazarusLazarus
    186. PawnPawn ×3
    187. LazarusLazarus
    188. PawnPawn ×2
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn ×3
    191. PhalanxPhalanx
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn ×4
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn ×3
    196. Wind
    197. PawnPawn ×3
    198. Converter
    199. PawnPawn ×5
    200. Wind
    201. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Xad

46.1 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1528 metal received · 57871 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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