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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 · 40 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. PawnPawn
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. OverwatchOverwatch
    33. Wind
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Wind
  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 · 125 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn ×3
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×5
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick ×3
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×3
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. PawnPawn
    32. SentrySentry
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:38
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. SentrySentry
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Energy storage
    40. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    41. Con turret
    42. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    43. Mex
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. Wind
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. Twilight
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Converter
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    70. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:34
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:36
    81. Converter
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. Converter ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. VeilVeil
    94. TickTick
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:49
    100. TickTick ×3
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Energy storage
    104. TickTick ×5
    105. Energy storage
    106. TickTick ×5
    107. Energy storage
    108. TickTick ×4
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. TickTick ×2
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind ×5
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

arcsiz

35.6 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
150 metal received · 21129 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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