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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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. NettleNettle
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. SentrySentry
    39. 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 · 111 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. SentrySentry
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick ×7
    17. Wind
    18. TickTick
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Con turret
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. Energy storage
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×3
    39. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×6
    43. Wind ×2
    44. OverwatchOverwatch
    45. LazarusLazarus ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:37
    47. Wind ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. Metal storage
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. JunoJuno
    67. Converter
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:14
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Con turret
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    81. Converter
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    86. Con turret
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Con turret
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    90. Con turret
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:25
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Wind
    102. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    105. PlatypusPlatypus
    106. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    107. Wind
    108. PlatypusPlatypus
    109. TumbleweedRolling bomb
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. Converter

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

Espera

37.5 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
545 metal received · 37982 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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