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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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. BeamerBeamer
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 156 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. OverwatchOverwatch
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Wind
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Con turret
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. GauntletGauntletdone 7:46
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    21. Wind
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×3
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind ×4
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. OverwatchOverwatch
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 9:38
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×5
    42. TickTick ×3
    43. Con turret
    44. TickTick
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. TickTick
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. TickTick
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind ×2
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×4
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick ×2
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:35
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick ×3
    117. Wind
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. Converter
    123. TickTick
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. TickTick
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    127. TickTick ×3
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×2
    131. Wind
    132. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    133. TickTick ×5
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:35
    145. Converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. BlinkScout plane
    148. Converter
    149. Energy storage
    150. BlinkScout plane ×2
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. BlinkScout plane ×2
    154. Wind ×2
    155. Energy storage
    156. 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, 25/09/2026); 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

derkarl

38.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
285 metal received · 36100 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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