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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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. Con turret
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    32. Mex
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 160 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×3
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Wind ×4
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Wind ×3
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind ×2
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. BeamerBeamer
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Mex
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. GauntletGauntletdone 8:26
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. CenturionCenturion
    30. Wind ×2
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Con turret ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. Mex
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:18
    40. Mexfor Geo sea
    41. Energy storage
    42. Wind ×2
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:24
    46. Wind
    47. Mexfor Geo sea
    48. Wind ×2
    49. BeamerBeamer
    50. Wind
    51. ButlerButler ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. ButlerButler
    55. Wind ×4
    56. HoundHound
    57. Wind ×2
    58. HoundHound
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Frontdone 12:29 · typical 9:37
    62. Wind
    63. HoundHound
    64. Wind ×2
    65. HoundHound
    66. Wind ×2
    67. SentrySentry
    68. Wind
    69. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    70. Wind
    71. HoundHound
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. Mex
    75. Wind
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Wind ×2
    78. SentrySentry
    79. Wind
    80. Mex
    81. Wind
    82. HoundHound
    83. Wind
    84. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:01
    85. HoundHound
    86. Wind
    87. Mex
    88. Wind
    89. HoundHound
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Wind ×3
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. Wind ×3
    96. HoundHound
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. Wind ×2
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. HoundHound
    101. Wind
    102. Twilight
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    105. HoundHound
    106. Wind ×2
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. HoundHound
    109. Wind ×2
    110. HoundHound
    111. Wind
    112. HoundHound
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TickTick
    115. HoundHound
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind ×2
    118. TickTick
    119. HoundHound
    120. TickTick ×3
    121. Wind
    122. HoundHound
    123. TickTick ×3
    124. HoundHound
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. HoundHound
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. HoundHound
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. TickTick
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. HoundHound
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. HoundHound
    150. TickTick
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. TickTick
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. HoundHound
    158. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 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

PlatinumBlonde

59.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
95 metal received · 17918 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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