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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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Energy storage
    50. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Con turret
  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 · 179 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Converter
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. NettleNettle
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. NettleNettle
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. NettleNettle
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Converter
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Converter
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. GauntletGauntlet
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:48 · typical 9:37
    51. NettleNettle ×2
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Con turret
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×3
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn ×2
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind ×2
    86. LazarusLazarus
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind ×2
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind ×2
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind ×2
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind ×2
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:40
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter ×2
    121. Wind
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Converter ×2
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Converter
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Converter
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Converter
    136. Construction BotCon bot
    137. Wind ×2
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Wind
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×2
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind ×2
    147. PawnPawn ×2
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. PawnPawn
    151. Wind
    152. PawnPawn ×2
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. PawnPawn ×2
    156. Wind ×2
    157. PawnPawn
    158. Wind
    159. PawnPawn
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind
    163. PawnPawn
    164. Wind
    165. PawnPawn
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Converter
    175. Wind
    176. Con turret
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

TrapCaT

41.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
66 metal received · 18557 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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