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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 · 42 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. SentrySentry
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex ×3
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex ×2
    16. TickTick
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn ×2
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Con turret
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. PawnPawn ×4
    39. Con turret
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Con turret
    42. 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 · 213 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. PawnPawnfor Front
    3. PawnPawn
    4. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawnfor Front
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawnfor Front
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawnfor Front
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawnfor Front
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawnfor Front
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Mex
    23. PawnPawnfor Front
    24. Con turret
    25. PawnPawnfor Front
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. PawnPawnfor Front
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Mex
    30. PawnPawnfor Front
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. PawnPawnfor Front
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. PawnPawnfor Front
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawnfor Front
    44. Wind ×3
    45. AnemoneAnemone
    46. Converter
    47. PawnPawnfor Front
    48. Mex
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn ×2for Front
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawnfor Front
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawnfor Front
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Converter
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn ×2
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. LazarusLazarus
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39 · typical 9:37
    75. Wind
    76. Mex
    77. Mex
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Converter
    82. PawnPawn ×2
    83. Wind
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Mex
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Converter
    93. PawnPawn
    94. NettleNettle
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Wind
    97. NettleNettle
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. NettleNettle
    102. Wind
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Converter
    108. PawnPawn
    109. LazarusLazarus
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Wind
    112. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:39
    113. PawnPawn ×2
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Converter
    123. Construction ShipCon shipfor Pond
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×3
    128. Wind
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×2
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Construction ShipCon ship
    135. DolphinDolphin
    136. PawnPawn ×2
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. LazarusLazarus
    140. Wind
    141. PawnPawn ×3
    142. DolphinDolphin
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. Wind
    147. DolphinDolphin
    148. LazarusLazarus
    149. Wind
    150. PawnPawn
    151. DolphinDolphin
    152. PawnPawn
    153. Converter
    154. PawnPawn ×2
    155. DolphinDolphin
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. PawnPawn ×2
    159. Wind
    160. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    161. LazarusLazarus
    162. DolphinDolphin
    163. Wind
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. DolphinDolphin
    166. Wind
    167. PawnPawn ×2
    168. Wind
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Construction ShipCon ship
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind
    173. LazarusLazarus
    174. Wind
    175. PawnPawn
    176. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:41
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. DolphinDolphin
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. Converter
    184. PawnPawn
    185. LazarusLazarus
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn ×2
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn ×2
    190. TickTick
    191. PawnPawn
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn
    194. LazarusLazarus
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. Wind
    198. PawnPawn
    199. Naval Construction Turret
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Converter
    202. PawnPawn ×2
    203. Wind
    204. PawnPawn
    205. LazarusLazarus
    206. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    207. Wind
    208. PawnPawn ×3
    209. Wind
    210. PawnPawn ×2
    211. Wind
    212. PawnPawn
    213. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 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

Soliloqueur

42.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1404 metal received · 28113 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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