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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 · 1289 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1527 · 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 1289 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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTickfor Pond
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. OverwatchOverwatch
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 35 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Wind ×2
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    7. MaceMace ×4
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. MaceMace
    10. Con turret
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Con turret
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. MaceMace ×10
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind
    18. MaceMace
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:36
    21. MaceMace
    22. Wind
    23. MaceMace ×2
    24. Wind
    25. MaceMace ×2
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn ×2
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×3
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (39 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1527 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002050179106
4:003161658496
5:00424314121026
6:00543322971789
7:00667031752710
8:00792040293619
9:00931747894495
10:001069754225316
11:001226558996054
12:001411464906830
13:001623070097536
14:001811476808373
15:002046683169249
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

ManBearPig_

39.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
80 metal received · 5281 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=1520
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1126

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