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Suicide front / Legion / Quick factory / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard suicide front

Quick Bot Lab into Vehicle Plant to project force at middle early with Ballista, Satyr, Decurion and Lance, transitioning into Barrage artillery and an Advanced Metal Extractor as the game develops.

#rush #raid · 26 distinct matches · 14 players · 79% of Legion Suicide front games · team won 50% of 26 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Vehicle Plant by 1:01

  1. Take a single mex and rush the bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish the bot lab fast to start early Decurion or Ballista pushes.
  3. Get the vehicle plant up to widen unit options for the front.
  4. Contest the middle early and expect combat losses right away.
  5. Pick up T2 constructor once middle is stabilized to prep for T2 arrivals.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 26 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

    Up to the Legion Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:20–0:35

    By 0:17 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 0:34 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Legion Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Legion Construction Bot3 Legion Construction Bot
    • Zagreus2 Zagreus
    Army
    • Pharos4 Pharos
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Ballista (42%) · Goblin (38%) · Satyr (38%) · Legion Construction Vehicle (35%) · Barrage (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 8 wind · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus
    2. GoblinGoblin
    3. Mex
    4. ZagreusZagreus
    5. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. GoblinGoblin ×3
    8. SatyrSatyr ×4
    9. Mex
    10. SatyrSatyr ×6
    11. PharosPharos
    12. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot ×3
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. BallistaBallista ×2
    15. Mex
    16. PharosPharos
    17. BallistaBallista
    18. PharosPharos
    19. BallistaBallista ×2
    20. CacophonyCacophony
    21. BallistaBallista
    22. Wind
    23. BallistaBallista
    24. NyxNyx
    25. Energy storage
    26. BallistaBallista
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. BallistaBallista
    30. Con turret
    31. GoblinGoblin ×3
    32. Wind
    33. PharosPharos
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret

    Some games also: Zagreus (46%) · Radar Tower (42%) · converter (38%) · Ballista (38%) · Pharos (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 8 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 33 steps
    1. PharosPharos
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. BrambleBramble
    5. GoblinGoblin ×8
    6. BrambleBramble
    7. Wind
    8. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 6:03 · typical 1:01
    9. Wind
    10. BarrageBarrage
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. PharosPharos
    14. Wind ×2
    15. PharosPharos
    16. Mex
    17. BarrageBarrage
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. PharosPharos
    21. Wind
    22. LanceLance
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. PharosPharos
    27. Wind ×2
    28. DecurionDecurion
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Con turret
    31. DecurionDecurion ×2
    32. Energy storage
    33. DecurionDecurion ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Maco's (52 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · in 54% 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

26 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0024900
2:0087900
3:00204220360
4:003176484320
5:0042971154788
6:00526718041130
7:00619125412201
8:00749140053250
9:00877445374000
10:001049947444506
11:001232249825031
12:001458453036112
13:001742860647159
14:002039474937635
15:002406490817997
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Suicide front trades heavily, destroying more enemy metal early than any other role shown but also losing the most, reflecting its all-in nature.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed hits 1253 by 5:00, far ahead of other roles at that mark.
  • + Metal produced by 5:00 reaches 4185, among the highest early figures.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5320 by 10:00, the heaviest losses of any build shown.
  • − Team win rate is only 48%, despite the aggressive early trades.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Cookie]Maco

52.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
77 metal received · 51940 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Legion Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:20–0:35 · n=17
Legion Vehicle Plant1:01Middle 50%: 0:36–6:33 · n=16
Advanced Metal Extractor8:45Middle 50%: 8:17–9:33 · n=13

Played most by

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