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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is watermeloans's (60 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

watermeloans

60.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
164 metal received · 39156 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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