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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (41 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Nutzz

41.0 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
362 metal received · 19318 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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