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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (59 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

watermeloans

58.8 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

104 received units · includes a constructor
498 metal received · 11554 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

Played most by

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