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Suicide front / Armada / Factory first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard suicide front

The role's default: factory first (mostly Bot Lab), pushing Rocketeer-led bot play into the middle to contest and hold the front, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:36 as the natural transition.

Usually lab first (63%)

#raid #push · 1244 distinct matches · 126 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1476 · 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 1244 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 (36%)

  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 (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. NettleNettle
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. TickTick
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. TickTick
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. LazarusLazarus
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
  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 (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 50 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Wind
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. TickTick
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind ×2
    9. SentrySentry
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. SentrySentry
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. CenturionCenturion ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. SentrySentry
    24. CrossbowCrossbow
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Con turret
    31. Converter
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Converter
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:24 · typical 9:38
    35. Converter
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. SentrySentry ×3
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. CenturionCenturion ×2
    45. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    46. Wind ×2
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (42 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

1476 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002052173106
4:003161658487
5:00424314151020
6:00543323271786
7:00666831762727
8:00791340353627
9:00930148084496
10:001068454295313
11:001224658946034
12:001409665046820
13:001621470167535
14:001807476888398
15:002043282939278
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

yubiyubi

42.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 8994 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=1470
Advanced Metal Extractor9:38Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1084

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