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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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Mex
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Mex
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. OverwatchOverwatch
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Mex
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
  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 · 172 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Mex
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:13 · typical 9:38
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Solar
    11. Wind
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Solar
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×2
    16. GauntletGauntletdone 8:17
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Energy storage
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Energy storage
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind ×2
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. Converter ×3
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind ×2
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:03
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    90. Wind ×2
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind ×2
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Converter
    101. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:22
    102. Converter
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind ×3
    105. PawnPawn
    106. Wind
    107. PlatypusPlatypus
    108. Converter
    109. TracerTracer
    110. PlatypusPlatypus
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Wind ×2
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Converter
    115. PlatypusPlatypus
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. PawnPawn
    119. PlatypusPlatypus
    120. Converter
    121. PlatypusPlatypus
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. PlatypusPlatypus
    126. Converter
    127. PlatypusPlatypus
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Converter
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Wind ×2
    136. PlatypusPlatypus
    137. PawnPawn
    138. PlatypusPlatypus
    139. Wind ×2
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Converter
    143. WelderWelder
    144. Wind ×2
    145. WelderWelder
    146. PawnPawn
    147. WelderWelder
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. WelderWelder
    151. Wind
    152. WelderWelder
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×2
    155. WelderWelder
    156. TickTick
    157. Converter
    158. WelderWelder
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. WelderWelder
    162. Converter
    163. WelderWelder
    164. Wind ×2
    165. WelderWelder
    166. Wind ×2
    167. WelderWelder
    168. Converter
    169. WelderWelder
    170. Converter
    171. Construction BotCon bot
    172. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 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

PlatinumBlonde

58.8 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1682 metal received · 22272 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

Played most by

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