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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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 88 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Mex
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Mex
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:37
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. SentrySentry
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. TickTick ×2
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×5
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×4
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×4
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. TickTick ×4
    52. Con turret
    53. TickTick ×2
    54. BeamerBeamer
    55. TickTick ×4
    56. BeamerBeamer
    57. TickTick ×8
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick
    60. Pit BullPit Bull
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick ×4
    64. Pit BullPit Bull
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. TickTick ×10
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Energy storage
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Energy storage
    74. Wind
    75. Energy storage
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Energy storage
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×4
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (45 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

45.0 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
598 metal received · 34221 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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