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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 · 50 steps
    1. TickTickfor Pond
    2. Mex
    3. TickTickfor Pond
    4. Wind
    5. TickTickfor Pond
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Mex
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    45. BeamerBeamer
    46. Wind
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    48. GauntletGauntletdone 7:17
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. 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 · 60 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. MaceMace
    10. Con turret
    11. MaceMace
    12. Mex
    13. MaceMace ×2
    14. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Mex
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind ×5
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Advanced solar
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced solar
    30. Energy storage
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced solar
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced solar
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Con turret ×3
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:48 · typical 9:37
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Mex
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    46. NettleNettle ×2
    47. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. SentrySentry
    53. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:11
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    56. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    57. Advanced solar
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Advanced solar
    60. BlitzBlitz ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is IMBALANCED's (41 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

IMBALANCED

40.9 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
320 metal received · 44950 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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