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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 · 43 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawnfor Geo
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. LazarusLazarus
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    38. LazarusLazarus
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. 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 · 158 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. GauntletGauntletdone 6:39
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Converter
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. WolverineWolverinefor Front
    34. Wind
    35. WolverineWolverinefor Front
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:36
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Con turret
    41. CenturionCenturion
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×2
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. JanusJanus
    52. PounderPounder
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind
    61. Mex
    62. Wind ×5
    63. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 10:31
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. PawnPawn ×2
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×5
    78. Con turret ×2
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Con turret
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Converter
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. WolverineWolverinefor Front
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. WolverineWolverinefor Front
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. PawnPawn ×2
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:26
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter
    113. StoutStout
    114. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind ×4
    127. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:30
    128. Wind ×5
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. Con turret
    134. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 13:49
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind
    138. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:07
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. AmbassadorAmbassador
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind ×4
    145. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:54
    146. Con turret
    147. AmbassadorAmbassador
    148. Wind ×2
    149. Construction ShipCon ship
    150. Wind ×5
    151. AmbassadorAmbassador
    152. Wind ×3
    153. Naval Construction Turret
    154. Wind ×4
    155. AmbassadorAmbassador
    156. Wind ×2
    157. Pit BullPit Bull
    158. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 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

[crd]sisa

44.6 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1071 metal received · 30486 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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