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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 · 49 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. SentrySentry
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Mexfor Pond
    23. TickTick
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Mexfor Pond
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Energy storage
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. SentrySentry
    38. TickTick
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    40. TickTick
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Converter
    43. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    44. SentrySentry
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. SentrySentry
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. TickTick
  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 · 128 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×8
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. SentrySentry
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. SentrySentry
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. WardenWarden
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    16. ThugThug
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 9:37
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:42
    36. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. LazarusLazarus ×2
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Wind
    52. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:06
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. ThugThug
    59. Wind
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Con turret ×3
    64. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:42
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    67. StorkLight transport
    68. OspreyHeavy transport
    69. Con turret
    70. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    71. Con turret ×3
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Con turret ×2
    74. TickTick ×6
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×3
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. StormbringerBomber
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. StormbringerBomber
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. TickTick
    99. Converter
    100. StormbringerBomber
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. StormbringerBomber
    104. Pit BullPit Bull
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. StormbringerBomber
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. StormbringerBomber
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. StormbringerBomber
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. StormbringerBomber
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Xad

46.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
810 metal received · 41218 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

Played most by

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