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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 · 38 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. BeamerBeamer
    38. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 61 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. OverwatchOverwatch
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:35
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Con turret
    20. WolverineWolverine
    21. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:57
    22. Con turret
    23. Mex
    24. WolverineWolverine
    25. Con turret
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. TickTick ×6
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced solar
    31. WolverineWolverine
    32. TickTick
    33. Mex
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick
    43. Mex
    44. TickTick
    45. Advanced solar
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. WolverineWolverine
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (45 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

RAM_Ricardo

45.2 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
79 metal received · 58686 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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