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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 · 40 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Wind
    40. 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 · 88 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Energy storage
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:37
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn ×5
    24. Wind
    25. HarpoonHarpoon
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Mex
    28. PawnPawn
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. HarpoonHarpoon
    39. Wind ×2
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. HarpoonHarpoon
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind ×3
    58. Advanced solar
    59. Wind ×4
    60. Advanced solar
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced solar
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced solar
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Pit BullPit Bull
    72. Wind
    73. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:58
    74. Wind
    75. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    76. Wind
    77. StoutStout ×2
    78. Wind
    79. JanusJanus
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:37
    82. StoutStout
    83. Wind ×2
    84. StoutStout
    85. Wind
    86. JanusJanus
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind ×8

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fruit_'s (41 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Fruit_

41.3 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
24 metal received · 15997 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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