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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OUDLES's (37 OS, 31/08/2026); 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

OUDLES

36.8 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
250 metal received · 44628 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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