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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 · 44 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Wind
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Energy storage
    44. 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 · 197 steps
    1. Converter
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:07 · typical 9:37
    33. Converter
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Con turret
    52. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:51
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Converter
    56. Con turret
    57. Converter ×3
    58. Con turret
    59. Converter ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Con turret
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Wind ×3
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Wind
    71. Converter ×2
    72. Wind
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. CenturionCenturion
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Wind ×3
    84. CenturionCenturion
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Converter
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Converter ×2
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret ×2
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind ×3
    112. CenturionCenturion
    113. Wind ×9
    114. CenturionCenturion
    115. Wind ×6
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind ×2
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind ×2
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. Con turret
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. Converter ×2
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind ×2
    134. PawnPawn
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind ×2
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Converter ×2
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind ×3
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind ×3
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Con turret
    150. Wind ×5
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind ×5
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×4
    155. Con turret ×2
    156. PawnPawn
    157. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:36
    158. Wind ×3
    159. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:41
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Converter
    164. PawnPawn
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×2
    169. PawnPawn
    170. Converter
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. PawnPawn
    174. Converter
    175. Wind ×2
    176. PawnPawn
    177. Con turret
    178. Wind
    179. Converter
    180. PawnPawn
    181. Wind
    182. Converter
    183. Con turret
    184. Converter
    185. PawnPawn
    186. Converter
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Con turret
    189. PawnPawn
    190. Converter ×2
    191. Wind ×2
    192. Con turret
    193. PawnPawn
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn
    196. Wind
    197. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrapCaT's (42 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

TrapCaT

41.5 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
859 metal received · 45685 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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