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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 · 45 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. Wind
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. BeamerBeamer
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. 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 · 98 steps
    1. GauntletGauntletdone 6:23
    2. Wind
    3. Con turret
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×9
    22. GauntletGauntlet
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:36
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Con turret
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Converter
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Con turret ×2
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:11
    73. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:17
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×6
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    80. Wind ×3
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×5
    83. Converter
    84. Wind ×6
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×6
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BlinkScout plane
    90. Wind ×2
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. BlinkScout plane
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. LazarusLazarus
    98. BlinkScout plane

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is derkarl's (39 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

derkarl

38.6 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
170 metal received · 39390 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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