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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 · 1291 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1529 · 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 1291 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
    • Rocketeer17 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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Con turret
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. SentrySentry ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    23. Wind ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Con turret
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 (47%) · energy storage (46%) · Radar Tower (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 · 112 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 9:36
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind
    33. NettleNettle
    34. CrossbowCrossbow
    35. Wind
    36. NettleNettle
    37. CrossbowCrossbow
    38. Wind
    39. CrossbowCrossbow
    40. Con turret
    41. CrossbowCrossbow
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. CrossbowCrossbow
    44. Energy storage
    45. Converter
    46. SentrySentry ×3
    47. Converter ×3
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret ×4
    51. Wind ×6
    52. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:05
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. DolphinDolphin ×6
    60. Wind ×3
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Wind
    63. DolphinDolphin
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Wind
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind ×2
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Wind
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:17
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. CenturionCenturion
    87. Converter ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Converter ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Converter ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Converter ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    97. Converter
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. DolphinDolphin ×5
    102. Wind
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Converter
    105. DolphinDolphin ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. SerpentSerpentnot finished by 15:00
    111. Wind
    112. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 59% 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

1529 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002051180106
4:003161658496
5:00424314131026
6:00543322981789
7:00667031752710
8:00792040313619
9:00931747964495
10:001069954265316
11:001226559036054
12:001411365126830
13:001622270137536
14:001810976968373
15:002046683299249
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

[crd]sisa

44.8 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
44 metal received · 33450 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=1522
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1128

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