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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 ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Energy storage
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Energy storage
    28. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. 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 · 105 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SentrySentry
    3. GauntletGauntletdone 6:15
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×4
    10. Con turret
    11. TickTick ×4
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    16. OverwatchOverwatch
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×7
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:22
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. TickTick
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. TickTick
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. TickTick
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. TickTick ×2
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. TickTick ×2
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. BeamerBeamer
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. TickTick
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. TickTick ×8
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. TickTick ×6
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. TickTick
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. TickTick ×6
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. TickTick
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Metal storage
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Con turret ×3
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 12:05 · typical 9:37
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. SentrySentry
    91. Con turret
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Con turret
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:06
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. JunoJuno
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    105. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:55

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Espera's (38 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Espera

38.4 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
362 metal received · 84103 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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