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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 · 28 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Mex
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×11
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    27. OverwatchOverwatch
    28. 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 · 119 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. OverwatchOverwatch
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:42 · typical 9:38
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind ×2
    20. TickTick ×5
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. TickTick ×2
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind ×2
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:41
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. TickTick
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. TickTick
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. TickTick
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. TickTick ×5
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. TickTick
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. BeamerBeamer
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. BeamerBeamer
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. TickTick
    89. Con turret
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. TickTick ×3
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. SentrySentry
    103. TickTick
    104. SentrySentry ×2
    105. TickTick
    106. SentrySentry
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. Con turret
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. TickTick
    118. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    119. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'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

ManBearPig_

38.8 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 15205 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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