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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 · 46 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    30. SentrySentry
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 205 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    6. SentrySentry
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×5for Front
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3for Front
    19. Con turret
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Energy storage
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Con turret ×3
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×6
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 9:37
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Energy storage
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind ×9
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:09
    59. Wind ×3
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind ×3
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind ×2
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×4
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×3
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Con turret
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×3
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. TickTick ×4
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick
    94. Con turret ×2
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×4
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Con turret
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind ×2
    144. TickTick ×3
    145. Wind ×2
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:10
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. StoutStout
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. Wind
    158. StoutStout
    159. TickTick
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. JanusJanus
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. StoutStout
    167. Wind
    168. Con turret
    169. TickTick
    170. LazarusLazarus
    171. Wind
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. StoutStout
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. Con turret
    179. JanusJanus
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×3
    182. Metal storage
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. Con turret
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. StoutStout
    191. Con turret
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. StoutStout
    198. TickTick
    199. Wind ×2
    200. TickTick
    201. JanusJanus
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. TickTick ×2
    205. StoutStout

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fruit_'s (41 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

Fruit_

41.1 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
18 metal received · 11855 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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