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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentryfor Geo
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    19. TickTick
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    23. TickTick
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. CenturionCenturion
  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 · 151 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. TickTick
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:05 · typical 9:36
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. TickTick
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. GauntletGauntlet
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick ×3
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. Solar
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×2
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind ×4
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. CrossbowCrossbow
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Energy storage
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind ×2
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. TickTick
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Wind
    69. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:08
    70. Wind
    71. CenturionCenturion
    72. Wind ×2
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. CenturionCenturion
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. CrossbowCrossbow
    80. Wind
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Wind
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. TickTick
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. TickTick
    92. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:36
    93. CenturionCenturion
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. Wind
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    97. CrossbowCrossbow
    98. Wind
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    100. CenturionCenturion
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. Wind
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    104. CenturionCenturion
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. Wind
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. CenturionCenturion
    109. Wind
    110. CrossbowCrossbow
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:08
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. CenturionCenturion
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    121. TickTick
    122. BeamerBeamer
    123. Con turret
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. CenturionCenturion
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. CenturionCenturion
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. BeamerBeamer
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. Con turret
    136. BlitzBlitz ×4
    137. Con turret
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2
    140. TickTick
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. CrossbowCrossbow
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. CenturionCenturion
    146. BlitzBlitz ×2
    147. BeamerBeamer
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Con turret ×2
    150. CenturionCenturion
    151. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (59 OS, 02/09/2026); 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

watermeloans

58.8 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
3419 metal received · 83344 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

Played most by

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