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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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
  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 · 148 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. GauntletGauntletdone 7:09
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. Solar ×2
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Energy storage
    42. Mex
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:17 · typical 9:37
    44. Con turret
    45. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    46. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×7
    53. BeholderBeholder
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick
    58. BeholderBeholder
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×7
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×3
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. TickTick
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. TickTick
    76. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:22
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. TickTick
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. TickTick
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:56
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Wind
    96. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Con turret
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×3
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    120. TickTick
    121. T2 converter
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×4
    127. Con turret
    128. TickTick
    129. Con turret
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. T2 converter
    135. TickTick
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Con turret
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. Mex
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (48 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

Gieds

47.5 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1528 metal received · 43015 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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