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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Vehicle PlantLegion Vehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 1:01
  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 · 31 steps
    1. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    2. Wind
    3. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    4. PharosPharos
    5. Mex ×2
    6. Legion Construction VehicleLegion Construction Vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. PharosPharos
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. DecurionDecurion
    11. Wind
    12. WheelieWheelie
    13. Mex
    14. BarrageBarrage
    15. Con turret
    16. Mex
    17. PharosPharos
    18. BarrageBarrage ×4
    19. Wind ×2
    20. BarrageBarrage
    21. Wind
    22. BarrageBarrage
    23. Wind
    24. BarrageBarrage
    25. Wind
    26. BarrageBarrage
    27. Wind
    28. BarrageBarrage
    29. Wind
    30. BarrageBarrage
    31. Wind
  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 · 124 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. BarrageBarrage ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. BarrageBarrage
    5. Con turret
    6. BarrageBarrage
    7. Wind ×3
    8. BarrageBarrage
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
    12. BarrageBarrage
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40 · typical 8:45
    15. Converter
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. BarrageBarrage
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind
    22. BarrageBarrage
    23. Wind
    24. BarrageBarrage
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. BarrageBarrage
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. BarrageBarrage
    31. Wind
    32. BarrageBarrage
    33. Wind
    34. DecurionDecurion
    35. HeliosHelios ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. PharosPharos
    39. HeliosHelios
    40. Wind ×2
    41. HeliosHelios ×2
    42. Wind
    43. HeliosHelios
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. HeliosHelios
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Legion Drone PlantLegion Drone Plantdone 10:50
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    54. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:41
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. MartyrMartyr
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. Wind
    65. MartyrMartyr ×2
    66. Wind
    67. MartyrMartyr ×2
    68. NoctuaNoctua
    69. MartyrMartyr ×5
    70. Con turret
    71. VisionVision ×6
    72. MartyrMartyr
    73. NoctuaNoctua
    74. VisionVision
    75. MartyrMartyr
    76. VisionVision
    77. MartyrMartyr
    78. VisionVision
    79. MartyrMartyr ×2
    80. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    81. NoctuaNoctua ×3
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    83. NoctuaNoctua
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    85. NoctuaNoctua ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    88. Wind ×2
    89. NoctuaNoctua
    90. Wind
    91. NoctuaNoctua
    92. Advanced solar
    93. NoctuaNoctua
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. NoctuaNoctua
    98. Advanced solar
    99. Wind ×2
    100. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    101. NoctuaNoctua
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Wind
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Con turret
    108. NoctuaNoctua
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Converter
    113. NoctuaNoctua
    114. Wind ×2
    115. NoctuaNoctua
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced solar
    118. NoctuaNoctua
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Legion Construction AircraftLegion Construction Aircraft
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (51 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

_X_

50.5 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
616 metal received · 69586 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

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