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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 · 52 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. TickTick
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. TickTick
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Energy storage
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. TickTick
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. SentrySentry
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Converter
    47. SentrySentry
    48. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    49. SentrySentry
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. SentrySentry
    52. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 204 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. MaceMace
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. MaceMace
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. TickTick
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:04 · typical 9:37
    17. TickTick
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Con turret
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Con turret
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind ×3
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind ×3
    41. Converter
    42. SentrySentry ×2
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Wind ×3
    46. MaceMace
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×3
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Mex
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Con turret
    72. LazarusLazarus
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Converter
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Wind
    93. CrossbowCrossbow
    94. Wind
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. LazarusLazarus
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:47
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. CrossbowCrossbow
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Wind
    124. PawnPawn
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. LazarusLazarus
    127. Wind
    128. LazarusLazarus
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind
    131. LazarusLazarus
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. TickTick
    136. Converter
    137. CenturionCenturion
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Wind
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. LazarusLazarus
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. Wind
    148. GarpikeGarpike
    149. LazarusLazarus
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. PawnPawn
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. PawnPawn
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Converter
    160. LazarusLazarus
    161. IncisorIncisor
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. LazarusLazarus
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. LazarusLazarus
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. CenturionCenturion
    172. BlitzBlitz
    173. Wind
    174. PawnPawn
    175. BlitzBlitz
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. Wind
    178. BlitzBlitz
    179. Converter
    180. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    181. LazarusLazarus
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. LazarusLazarus
    184. BlitzBlitz
    185. TickTick
    186. CenturionCenturion
    187. Wind
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. Wind
    190. PawnPawn
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind
    193. LazarusLazarus
    194. BlitzBlitz
    195. Wind
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. BlitzBlitz
    198. Wind
    199. LazarusLazarus
    200. BlitzBlitz
    201. TickTick
    202. Converter
    203. CenturionCenturion
    204. BlitzBlitz

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

45.9 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1377 metal received · 51193 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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