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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 · 36 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. PawnPawn ×4
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. TickTick
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. 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 · 181 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. BeamerBeamer
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:26 · typical 9:37
    21. Con turret
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. SentrySentry
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. PawnPawn ×2
    29. TickTick ×5
    30. Con turret
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. Energy storage
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind ×3
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind ×2
    46. SentrySentry
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. Solar
    51. Wind
    52. Solar ×2
    53. Wind
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. SentrySentry
    56. AnemoneAnemone
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. AnemoneAnemone
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Solar
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Solar
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×5
    77. Wind
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:43
    79. PawnPawn
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind ×2
    82. PawnPawn
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PawnPawn
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. PawnPawn
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind ×2
    107. TickTick
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. PawnPawn
    117. TickTick
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. CenturionCenturion
    123. TickTick
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. TickTick
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. TickTick
    130. CenturionCenturion
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. CenturionCenturion
    135. TickTick
    136. Pit BullPit Bull
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. TickTick
    141. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick
    144. CenturionCenturion
    145. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Con turret
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    149. TickTick
    150. CenturionCenturion
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. TickTick
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. LazarusLazarus
    157. TickTick
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. LazarusLazarus
    162. TickTick
    163. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    164. TickTick
    165. Con turret
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    167. TickTick
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    169. TickTick ×3
    170. Wind
    171. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    172. TickTick ×3
    173. Con turret
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    175. TickTick ×3
    176. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    177. TickTick
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick ×2
    180. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    181. TickTick

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

55.6 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
562 metal received · 18728 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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