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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 · 33 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind ×2
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Con turret
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind ×2
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. Energy storage
    28. CenturionCenturion
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. CenturionCenturion ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. 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 · 236 steps
    1. Mex
    2. CenturionCenturion
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. CenturionCenturion ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion ×2
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. AnemoneAnemone
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Converter
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Wind ×2
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Converter
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind ×2
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Converter
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. Wind ×2
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. BeholderBeholder
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Wind
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Converter
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. SentrySentry
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. TickTick ×3
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×3
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×6
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02 · typical 9:37
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Converter
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:21
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Construction ShipCon ship
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick ×2
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Converter
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:44
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×4
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. Wind
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Converter
    141. TickTick ×3
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×3
    156. Naval Construction Turret
    157. Wind
    158. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Subfor Geo sea
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×3for Geo sea
    166. Converter
    167. TickTick ×2for Geo sea
    168. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick ×2for Geo sea
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×4for Geo sea
    173. Wind
    174. TickTickfor Geo sea
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×2for Geo sea
    177. Wind
    178. TickTickfor Geo sea
    179. MaelstromMaelstromdone 13:46
    180. TickTickfor Geo sea
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick ×3for Geo sea
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×3for Geo sea
    185. Wind
    186. TickTickfor Geo sea
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick ×2for Geo sea
    189. MaelstromMaelstrom
    190. TickTickfor Geo sea
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick ×3for Geo sea
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick ×3for Geo sea
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. Converter
    198. TickTick
    199. MaelstromMaelstrom
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick ×2
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick
    205. Naval Construction Turret
    206. TickTick
    207. Wind
    208. TickTick ×2
    209. Wind
    210. TickTick ×2
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. Wind
    214. TickTick
    215. MaelstromMaelstrom
    216. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    217. TickTick
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick
    220. Naval Construction Turret
    221. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    222. TickTick ×2
    223. Converter
    224. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    225. TickTick ×2
    226. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    227. TickTick
    228. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    229. TickTick
    230. Naval Construction Turret
    231. Con turret
    232. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    233. TickTick ×2
    234. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    235. TickTick ×2
    236. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (42 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

Soliloqueur

42.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
94 metal received · 47408 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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