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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 · 39 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex ×2
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Energy storage
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    24. SentrySentry
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. SentrySentry
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. SentrySentry
    35. ThugThug
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. ThugThug
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. ThugThug
  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 · 202 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. ThugThug
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. Wind ×3
    5. OverwatchOverwatch
    6. Wind ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Wind
    11. TickTick ×2
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. TickTick ×2
    18. Wind
    19. GauntletGauntletdone 8:00
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind ×3
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. WardenWarden
    26. Wind
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Con turret
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:56 · typical 9:36
    30. Mex
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind ×2
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. CenturionCenturion
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. CenturionCenturion
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. Wind ×3
    54. CenturionCenturion
    55. TickTick
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. TickTick
    62. Con turret
    63. TickTick ×5
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. TickTick
    66. Con turret
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. GauntletGauntlet
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Wind ×3
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. TickTick
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    89. TickTick
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Energy storage
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. TickTick
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. TickTick
    111. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    112. Wind
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. Con turret
    115. TickTick
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. Wind
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:05
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick
    125. Wind
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind ×4
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind ×3
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. TickTick
    139. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    140. Wind ×2
    141. TickTick
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    143. TickTick
    144. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    148. TickTick
    149. Con turret
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×2
    158. Wind
    159. Con turret
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. Wind ×2
    162. TickTick
    163. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:31
    164. Con turret
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Con turret
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×2
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×3
    177. Wind ×2
    178. TickTick
    179. Con turret
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Wind ×2
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind ×2
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind ×2
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×2
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. Wind
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. Wind
    202. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [BS]Hellzie's (41 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

[BS]Hellzie

40.5 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
319 metal received · 27558 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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