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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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2for Geo sea
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. PawnPawn
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 95 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:57 · typical 9:37
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. PawnPawn ×9
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Mex
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Windfor Geo sea
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×4for Geo sea
    32. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:05
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    36. Wind
    37. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    38. Wind
    39. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    40. Wind
    41. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    42. Windfor Geo sea
    43. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    44. Windfor Geo sea
    45. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    48. Windfor Geo sea
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Windfor Geo sea
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Windfor Geo sea
    56. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Windfor Geo sea
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Wind
    61. DolphinDolphin ×2
    62. Wind
    63. CorsairDestroyerdone 13:23
    64. Wind
    65. Windfor Geo sea
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:49
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Wind
    73. BlinkScout plane
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. Wind
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. BlinkScout plane
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Wind
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    83. Wind
    84. BlinkScout plane
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. Wind
    87. BlinkScout plane
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BlinkScout plane
    90. Wind
    91. EelSubmarinenot finished by 15:00
    92. CorsairDestroyer
    93. BlinkScout plane
    94. Wind ×3
    95. BlinkScout plane

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Leohvm

50.8 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
65 metal received · 11350 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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