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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 · 33 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    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 ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    22. LazarusLazarus ×2
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. 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 · 161 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Wind
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. PawnPawn ×4
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×3
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Mex
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:01
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. OspreyHeavy transport
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×3
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. BeamerBeamer ×2
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. BlinkScout plane
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. Solar ×2
    68. BlinkScout plane
    69. Solar
    70. PawnPawn
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. Solar ×2
    73. PawnPawn
    74. AnemoneAnemone
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Mex
    79. PawnPawn
    80. AnemoneAnemone
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    85. Wind
    86. NettleNettle
    87. BlinkScout plane
    88. NettleNettle
    89. Wind
    90. SentrySentry ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. PawnPawn ×2
    98. BlinkScout plane
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. PawnPawn
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. Con turret
    103. PawnPawn ×4
    104. Mex
    105. PawnPawn ×4
    106. Solar
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Con turret
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn ×2
    113. Mex
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced solar
    117. PawnPawn
    118. BeamerBeamer
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Advanced solar
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. StormbringerBomber
    127. Wind
    128. BeamerBeamer
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Mex
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. StormbringerBomber
    136. PawnPawn
    137. Wind
    138. Mex
    139. Advanced solar
    140. PawnPawn
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. StormbringerBomber
    144. Mex
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Advanced solar
    150. StormbringerBomber
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×2
    153. StormbringerBomber
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Wind
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Wind
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. StormbringerBomber
    161. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Leohvm's (51 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

Leohvm

50.7 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
178 metal received · 27480 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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