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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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex ×2
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. MaceMace
    10. Mex ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. MaceMace
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. LazarusLazarus ×2
    34. Converter
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 71 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Converter
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Converter
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Converter
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Converter
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. AnemoneAnemone
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:59 · typical 9:37
    25. SentrySentry
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    32. SentrySentry
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LasherLasher
    35. ThugThug ×3
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:52
    39. TickTick
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. MaceMace
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. TickTick
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. Wind
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. Mex
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. MauserMauser
    59. Wind
    60. Mex
    61. Wind
    62. Mex
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Wind
    67. SentrySentry
    68. CenturionCenturion ×4
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:58
    71. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [ADS]Kackbarren's (41 OS, 18/09/2026); 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

[ADS]Kackbarren

41.1 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
213 metal received · 10468 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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