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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 · 40 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Mex
    11. TickTick
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Energy storage
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. TickTick
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    34. Mex
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. SentrySentry
    37. TickTick
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. LazarusLazarus ×2
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
  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 · 274 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    6. Mex
    7. GauntletGauntletdone 7:34
    8. TickTick
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind ×2
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind ×2
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46 · typical 9:36
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Con turret
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Mex
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. PawnPawn ×2
    75. Wind
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. PawnPawn
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn ×2
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn ×2
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Wind
    109. PawnPawn ×3
    110. Con turret
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Con turret
    113. PawnPawn ×5
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. PawnPawn ×2
    122. Converter
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Con turret
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick ×2
    132. Wind
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. Wind
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. LazarusLazarus ×2
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. Con turret
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. Wind
    150. TickTick
    151. Con turret
    152. TickTick
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick ×3
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×2
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Wind
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick ×4
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Converter
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick
    174. Con turret
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick ×3
    177. Converter
    178. TickTick
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind ×2
    187. TickTick
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind ×3
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. Wind ×2
    193. Converter
    194. TickTick ×2
    195. Wind ×2
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. Con turret
    198. Wind
    199. Converter ×2
    200. TickTick
    201. Con turret
    202. Wind
    203. TickTick ×2
    204. Wind
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind ×2
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick
    210. Con turret
    211. Wind
    212. TickTick
    213. Converter
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind ×2
    216. TickTick ×2
    217. Wind ×4
    218. Con turret
    219. TickTick
    220. Wind ×2
    221. TickTick
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick
    224. Wind ×2
    225. Converter
    226. Wind
    227. TickTick ×2
    228. Wind ×2
    229. TickTick
    230. Wind ×2
    231. TickTick
    232. Converter
    233. Wind
    234. TickTick
    235. Wind
    236. TickTick
    237. Wind
    238. TickTick
    239. Converter
    240. Wind ×2
    241. TickTick
    242. Converter
    243. Wind
    244. TickTick
    245. Wind
    246. TickTick
    247. Converter
    248. TickTick
    249. Wind ×2
    250. TickTick
    251. Wind
    252. TickTick
    253. Wind ×3
    254. TickTick
    255. Converter
    256. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    257. TickTick
    258. Wind ×3
    259. TickTick ×2
    260. Metal storage
    261. Wind ×3
    262. TickTick
    263. Wind
    264. TickTick
    265. Wind ×4
    266. TickTick ×2
    267. Wind
    268. Converter
    269. Wind
    270. TickTick
    271. Wind
    272. TickTick
    273. Converter
    274. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (44 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Xad

44.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
45 metal received · 36889 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

Played most by

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