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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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    38. MaceMace
    39. 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 · 114 steps
    1. MaceMace ×9
    2. Con turret
    3. MaceMace ×7
    4. Con turret
    5. MaceMace ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. MaceMace
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:38 · typical 9:37
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Energy storage
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. MaceMace
    31. Wind
    32. MaceMace
    33. Energy storage
    34. Wind
    35. MaceMace
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. MaceMace
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. MaceMace
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. MaceMace
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. MaceMace ×2
    49. TickTick
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Converter
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×5
    58. Converter
    59. TickTick
    60. Converter
    61. TickTick ×6
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×9
    64. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×4
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×3
    76. Advanced solar
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Advanced solar
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. TickTick
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×6
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    108. TickTick
    109. BeamerBeamer
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×4
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

ManBearPig_

38.0 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
183 metal received · 11718 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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