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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 · 38 steps
    1. TickTick ×3
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. SentrySentry
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. SentrySentry
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Energy storage
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind ×3
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×2
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Con turret
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. 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 (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 · 149 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. NettleNettle
    3. Con turret
    4. CenturionCenturion ×2
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick
    11. Wind
    12. TickTick
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:12 · typical 9:36
    17. TickTick
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind ×5
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. Wind
    59. RocketeerRocketeer
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:25
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Energy storage
    65. Wind ×4
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    71. Wind ×6
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TickTick
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. TickTick ×3
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×4
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×5
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. TickTick
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    108. TickTick
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    111. TickTick
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×5
    116. Wind
    117. TickTick ×4
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×6
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick ×4
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. TickTick ×4
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. TickTick ×2
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. TickTick ×3
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. TickTick
    142. Con turret
    143. TickTick ×13
    144. Con turret
    145. TickTick ×6
    146. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:46
    147. TickTick ×23
    148. Wind
    149. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (36 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

Hannodins

36.5 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
713 metal received · 51772 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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