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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 · 34 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 121 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. PawnPawn ×6
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn ×14
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×7
    8. Wind ×2
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind ×3
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind ×3
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Energy storage
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×6
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. Mex
    32. PawnPawn ×4
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn ×5
    35. Con turret
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Advanced solar
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×3
    42. PawnPawn ×2
    43. Wind ×4
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Wind ×2
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:02 · typical 9:37
    58. SentrySentry
    59. PawnPawn
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind ×4
    62. AnemoneAnemone
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind ×3
    66. AnemoneAnemone
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. AnemoneAnemone
    73. Wind ×4
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. AnemoneAnemone
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:35
    78. Wind
    79. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:44
    80. Wind
    81. VeilVeil
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. PawnPawn
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. PawnPawn
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. PawnPawn
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind ×2
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:49
    103. PawnPawn
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. PawnPawn
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. PawnPawn
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Construction ShipCon ship
    116. Pit BullPit Bull
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. PawnPawn
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nutzz's (41 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

Nutzz

41.3 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
351 metal received · 23527 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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