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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 · 29 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. CenturionCenturion ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. SentrySentry ×2
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn ×2
    25. Mex
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry ×2
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
  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 · 83 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind ×4
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn ×2
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×2
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Mex
    60. Wind ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. PawnPawn ×3
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:11 · typical 9:37
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:41
    73. Con turret ×2
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    76. Con turret
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Con turret
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    81. PawnPawn ×9
    82. Con turret
    83. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RefuseToLearn's (38 OS, 31/08/2026); 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

RefuseToLearn

37.6 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
45 metal received · 11687 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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