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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
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. BeamerBeamer
  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 · 189 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. Mex
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labfor Geodone 6:37
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. PawnPawn ×7
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:11 · typical 9:37
    13. Wind ×2
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Mex
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. SentrySentry
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind ×3
    27. SentrySentry
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Energy storage
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. Solar
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Con turret
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:44
    56. Wind ×2
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:53
    60. PawnPawn ×2
    61. Wind ×2
    62. PawnPawn ×3
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Mex
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×3
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. PawnPawn ×3
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn ×2
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. SentrySentry
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn ×2
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. PawnPawn ×3
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn ×6
    96. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn ×5
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×4
    104. Wind ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. SentrySentry
    107. PawnPawn ×5
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×4
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind
    113. PawnPawn ×7
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×3
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×6
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn ×4
    124. Wind
    125. PawnPawn ×6
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind
    129. PawnPawn ×4
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×5
    132. Wind ×2
    133. PawnPawn ×4
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:27
    136. Wind ×3
    137. TickTick ×4
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×6
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×2
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×6
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×6
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Converter
    149. TickTick ×4
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×6
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×6
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. TickTick ×6
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×4
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×3
    161. Metal storage
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick ×6
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×7
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Wind
    174. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:34
    175. Wind
    176. LazarusLazarus
    177. Converter
    178. Wind ×3
    179. Converter
    180. LazarusLazarus
    181. Wind ×3
    182. Converter
    183. TitanTitannot finished by 15:00
    184. Wind ×2
    185. LazarusLazarus
    186. Converter
    187. Wind
    188. BeamerBeamer
    189. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 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

PlatinumBlonde

59.4 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

40 received units · includes a constructor
209 metal received · 45693 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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