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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 (63%)

#rush · 1213 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1440 · 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 1213 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 · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Wind ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. MaceMace
    12. Mex
    13. MaceMace
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Con turret
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. Wind
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. PawnPawn
  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 · 92 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Wind ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. NettleNettle
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind ×2
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Con turret
    25. Energy storage
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Metal storage
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Energy storage
    36. Converter
    37. Advanced solar
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced solar
    40. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:49
    41. Mex
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Converter
    44. Con turret
    45. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    46. ButlerButler
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. ButlerButler
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:55 · typical 9:36
    50. Con turret ×2
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    54. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    56. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:25
    57. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    58. GhostGhost
    59. BeamerBeamer
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. FatboyFatboynot finished by 15:00
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Pit BullPit Bull
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    80. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. ButlerButler ×3
    83. Pit BullPit Bull
    84. ButlerButler ×3
    85. PulsarPulsardone 13:57
    86. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:16
    87. ButlerButler ×2
    88. Converter ×9
    89. BasilicaBasilicanot finished by 15:00
    90. Converter ×5
    91. ArbalestArbalest
    92. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kuchy's (42 OS, 13/08/2026); 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 70% 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

1440 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002054172106
4:003161659486
5:00424214171020
6:00543123291786
7:00666531822732
8:00791340383630
9:00931348184495
10:001069854325322
11:001225358976066
12:001405165186829
13:001614670217530
14:001803976888368
15:002035582999232
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

Kuchy

42.0 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
35 metal received · 23430 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=1434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1057

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