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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. NettleNettle
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Con turret
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 109 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. TickTick
    3. GauntletGauntletdone 7:22
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. NettleNettle
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Mex
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    28. Energy storage
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Con turret
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. Metal storage
    34. Wind
    35. CrossbowCrossbow
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind ×2
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind ×5
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind ×2
    43. CrossbowCrossbow
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:36
    46. SentrySentry
    47. LazarusLazarus
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Advanced solar
    50. CenturionCenturion
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×2
    54. NettleNettle
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Advanced solar
    57. CenturionCenturion
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced solar
    61. Wind
    62. CrossbowCrossbow
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced solar
    65. Wind ×2
    66. LazarusLazarus ×2
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. LazarusLazarus ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BeamerBeamer
    73. Wind
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Energy storage
    78. LazarusLazarus
    79. Wind ×3
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Wind
    82. AnemoneAnemone
    83. Wind ×2
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind
    86. Mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. Wind ×3
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Mex
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Armada CommanderArmada Commander
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Mex
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:48
    102. Wind ×11
    103. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

yubiyubi

43.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
404 metal received · 50306 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

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