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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. 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. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. SentrySentry
    14. TickTick
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Con turret
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. SentrySentry
  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 · 162 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. NettleNettle
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Con turret
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Con turret
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:42 · typical 9:37
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×2
    49. SentrySentry ×6
    50. Wind
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×2
    53. CenturionCenturion
    54. Wind
    55. CrossbowCrossbow
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:27
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. CenturionCenturion
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Converter
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. CrossbowCrossbow
    80. Wind
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×2
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Mex
    89. Wind
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Wind
    92. CenturionCenturion
    93. Converter
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Wind ×2
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Converter
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. Wind
    101. SentrySentry ×2
    102. CrossbowCrossbow
    103. Wind ×2
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. Wind
    106. CenturionCenturion
    107. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:18
    108. Converter
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Metal storage
    115. Con turret
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. CenturionCenturion
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:24
    124. CrossbowCrossbow
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. LazarusLazarus
    129. Con turret
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind ×2
    133. PawnPawn ×2
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. Converter
    136. PawnPawn
    137. CenturionCenturion
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn ×2
    141. Converter
    142. CenturionCenturion
    143. Wind
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    149. Fusion ReactorFusion
    150. LazarusLazarus
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Con turret
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. Wind ×2
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. Mex
    158. Converter
    159. CenturionCenturion
    160. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    161. Wind
    162. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (42 OS, 31/08/2026); 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

yubiyubi

42.2 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
462 metal received · 17874 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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