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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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Mex
    11. TickTick
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 (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 · 103 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Wind
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. PawnPawn ×2
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×3
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:30 · typical 9:36
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Mex
    36. CenturionCenturion ×2
    37. Wind
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. CenturionCenturion ×2
    41. Wind
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Mex
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×3
    52. TickTick ×3
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×8
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. TickTick ×5
    62. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:44
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×3
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×6
    73. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:09
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×5
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×5
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×5
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×3
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

HuntressesofArtemis

36.3 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

64 received units · includes a constructor
473 metal received · 3881 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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