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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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Energy storage
    12. PawnPawn ×2
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Mex
    16. PawnPawn
    17. SentrySentry
    18. PawnPawn
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BeamerBeamer ×2
    21. OverwatchOverwatch ×2
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 5:56
  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 · 190 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×12
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. BeamerBeamer ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:03
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick ×2
    34. GauntletGauntlet
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Con turret
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. TickTick
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:19
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. TickTick
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. TickTick ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:44 · typical 9:37
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. TickTick
    67. Mex
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. TickTick
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. SentrySentry
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Mex
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Wind
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. PawnPawn ×2
    95. TickTick
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. TickTick
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. PawnPawn
    107. TickTick
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. PawnPawn
    112. TickTick
    113. PawnPawn
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. PawnPawn
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. PawnPawn
    130. TickTick
    131. PawnPawn
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn
    135. TickTick
    136. Solar
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Solar
    143. PawnPawn
    144. TickTick
    145. Wind
    146. TickTick
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Wind
    149. Solar
    150. TickTick
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Advanced solar
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. LazarusLazarus
    166. TickTick
    167. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. Advanced solar
    171. TickTick
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×4
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. TickTick ×4
    179. LazarusLazarus
    180. TickTick ×3
    181. LazarusLazarus
    182. TickTick ×2
    183. PawnPawn
    184. TickTick
    185. Wind
    186. CrossbowCrossbow
    187. TickTick
    188. CrossbowCrossbow
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (56 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

Immort

56.1 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1838 metal received · 80606 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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