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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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Mex
  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 · 153 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Solar
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. Advanced solar
    19. Con turret
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    22. Advanced solar
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Energy storage
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced solar
    29. Con turret
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced solar
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced solar
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 9:37
    42. Converter ×3
    43. Advanced solar
    44. Converter ×3
    45. SentrySentry ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced solar
    54. Converter ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Converter ×3
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Converter
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. Advanced solar
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Advanced solar
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Converter
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. Wind
    73. Energy storage
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:41
    75. Converter
    76. Advanced solar
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced solar
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced solar
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Converter
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Converter
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Advanced solar
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Advanced solar
    104. NettleNettle
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Converter ×2
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×3
    114. Wind
    115. SentrySentry
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Con turret
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Converter
    122. Energy storage
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. JunoJuno
    127. LazarusLazarus ×2
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Converter
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Converter
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Advanced solar
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×2
    142. Wind
    143. Converter
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Advanced solar
    146. Wind
    147. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    148. Converter ×2
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (36 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.6 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
51 metal received · 78878 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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