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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 · 28 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×12
  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 · 73 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Con turret
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    16. Wind ×2for Geo
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    19. Windfor Geo
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Windfor Geo
    22. Con turret
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Con turret
    27. TickTick
    28. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    31. Con turret
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 10:17 · typical 9:37
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. TickTick
    37. Windfor Geo
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Windfor Geo
    40. Con turret
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. BeamerBeamer ×2
    43. Windfor Geo
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×2for Geo
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:36
    48. Wind ×3for Geo
    49. TickTick
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. TickTick ×3
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind ×2for Geo
    54. TickTick ×5
    55. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind ×2for Geo
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind ×2for Geo
    60. TickTick
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind ×2for Geo
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind ×2for Geo
    66. TickTick
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2for Geo
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Windfor Geo
    72. TickTick
    73. Windfor Geo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Handicapping_mySelf's (36 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

Handicapping_mySelf

35.9 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

65 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 29384 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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