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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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Mex
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Energy storage
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    36. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 167 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. PawnPawn ×5
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Metal storage
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:07 · typical 9:37
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Con turret
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×3
    57. Wind
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. OverwatchOverwatch
    61. TickTick
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×6
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick ×8
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×7
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×8
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. TickTick ×7
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×5
    76. Con turret
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick ×7
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. LazarusLazarus ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    87. TickTick ×2
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. OverwatchOverwatch
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:14
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind ×2
    109. TickTick
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×2
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Converter
    135. TickTick
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. Con turret
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. Con turret
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Converter
    152. TickTick ×4
    153. Wind
    154. TickTick
    155. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:39
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind ×2
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Converter
    164. TickTick ×4
    165. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    166. TickTick
    167. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 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

Xad

46.0 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
164 metal received · 23301 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

Played most by

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