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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. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. 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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. GauntletGauntletdone 6:56
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. TickTick ×3
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. TickTick
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. TickTick
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. TickTick
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. TickTick
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×6
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. NettleNettle
    32. TickTick ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Wind
    36. TickTick ×4
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×5
    39. Wind
    40. TickTick ×4
    41. Wind
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Wind
    44. TickTick ×4
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick ×3
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11
    52. TickTick
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×6
    56. Con turret
    57. TickTick
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. TickTick ×5
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Con turret
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick ×4
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×2
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Energy storage
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. CatalystCatalystdone 14:03
    100. TickTick
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. Energy storage
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Energy storage
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick ×4
    112. Wind ×2
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. BeamerBeamer
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind ×3
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:46
    131. Wind ×2
    132. TickTick
    133. BeamerBeamer
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (45 OS, 26/08/2026); 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 · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
54 metal received · 16762 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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