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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 · 26 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×6
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Solar
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    26. LazarusLazarus ×2
  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 · 86 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. SentrySentry
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Con turret
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×7
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:32 · typical 9:37
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind ×7
    28. Energy storage
    29. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:35
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind ×2
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. VeilVeil
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. PawnPawn ×9
    48. LazarusLazarus ×2
    49. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:56
    50. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    51. CenturionCenturion ×4
    52. PawnPawn ×2
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    54. PawnPawn ×2
    55. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Advanced solar
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PawnPawn
    66. LazarusLazarus ×2
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. CenturionCenturion ×2
    70. Advanced solar
    71. BeamerBeamer
    72. CenturionCenturion
    73. Advanced solar
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Advanced solar
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. BeamerBeamer
    79. Advanced solar
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Con turret
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Con turret
    86. PawnPawn ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 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

Immort

55.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
31 metal received · 118340 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

Played most by

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