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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 16/09/2026); 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

PRO_Rerory

49.7 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 25052 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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