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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 · 34 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    27. Energy storage
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. SentrySentry
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
  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 · 110 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. OverwatchOverwatch
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 9:37
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. SentrySentry ×3
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Con turret
    37. Energy storage
    38. Con turret
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Converter ×3
    42. Wind ×9
    43. Mex
    44. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    45. SentrySentry ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:09
    48. SentrySentry
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    52. TickTick
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×7
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×7
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×5
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    62. TickTick
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:31
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Advanced solar
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Advanced solar
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Advanced solar
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Advanced solar
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×3
    91. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    92. Wind
    93. Mex
    94. TickTick
    95. Advanced solar
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. SentrySentry
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. SentrySentry
    110. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 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

ManBearPig_

38.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

43 received units · includes a constructor
101 metal received · 81710 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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