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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 · 44 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. TickTick ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. MaceMace
    14. SentrySentry
    15. MaceMace ×3
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. OverwatchOverwatch
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. OverwatchOverwatch
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. SentrySentry
    41. TickTick
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Wind
  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 · 152 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Energy storage
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. SentrySentry
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Mex
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Mexfor Front
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×3
    45. Mexfor Front
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn
    49. SentrySentry
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Wind
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Mexfor Front
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Mexfor Geo
    68. PawnPawn ×3
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. SentrySentry
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Wind
    79. Metal storage
    80. PawnPawn ×4
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Energy storage
    84. PawnPawn
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. PawnPawn
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    92. PawnPawn ×4
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×3
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. MaceMace
    100. Wind
    101. MaceMace
    102. SentrySentry
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Mex
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. SentrySentry
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. PawnPawn
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    116. BlitzBlitz ×2
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. MaceMace
    123. RocketeerRocketeer
    124. PawnPawn
    125. MaceMace
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz ×2
    128. RocketeerRocketeer
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Mex ×2
    132. Wind
    133. SentrySentry
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. MaceMace
    136. Wind
    137. GauntletGauntletdone 12:36
    138. MaceMace
    139. Wind
    140. SentrySentry
    141. Wind ×2
    142. SentrySentry
    143. Wind
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:55 · typical 9:37
    145. Wind ×2
    146. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BeamerBeamer
    149. Wind ×4
    150. BeamerBeamer
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Maco's (52 OS, 06/08/2026); 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

[Cookie]Maco

52.0 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
951 metal received · 10583 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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