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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 · 37 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. PawnPawn
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. TickTick
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. TickTick
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 98 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. OverwatchOverwatch
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    8. Wind
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. TickTick
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Mex
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. Energy storage
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Con turret
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Solar
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:49 · typical 9:37
    36. Solar
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. PawnPawn ×3
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind ×6
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced solar
    58. Wind ×12
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Mex
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. LazarusLazarus
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Mex
    69. Wind
    70. SentrySentry
    71. PawnPawn
    72. SentrySentry
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. SentrySentry
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. SentrySentry
    79. PawnPawn
    80. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:25
    81. ChainsawChainsaw
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. CenturionCenturion
    84. SentrySentry
    85. Con turret
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Con turret ×2
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Con turret
    90. SentrySentry
    91. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:48
    92. Con turret ×2
    93. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:44
    94. Con turret
    95. ArbalestArbalest
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    97. Con turret
    98. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (36 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

JustSomeGuy

35.6 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
350 metal received · 34101 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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