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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 · 31 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. BeamerBeamerfor Front
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:07
    31. 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 · 142 steps
    1. ShellshockerArty
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. ShellshockerArty
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. Wind
    7. ShellshockerArty
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ShellshockerArty
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind
    17. ShellshockerArty
    18. Con turret
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. ShellshockerArty
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:45 · typical 9:37
    26. Wind
    27. JanusJanus
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Wind
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. PawnPawn
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. TickTick
    63. Con turret
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. GauntletGauntletdone 10:44
    66. TickTick
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. TickTick ×4
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick ×3
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. TickTick ×5
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. TickTick
    83. Con turret
    84. TickTick
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick ×5
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick ×4
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Con turret
    92. TickTick
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:48
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Advanced solar
    100. TickTick ×4
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Advanced solar
    104. TickTick ×3
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Advanced solar
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. TickTick ×5
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. TickTick ×5
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. TickTick
    131. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    132. TickTick
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. BlitzBlitz
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. BlitzBlitz
    138. TickTick
    139. PawnPawn
    140. BlitzBlitz
    141. PawnPawn
    142. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (46 OS, 19/08/2026); 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

RAM_Ricardo

45.6 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
35 metal received · 12736 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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