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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (42 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

yubiyubi

42.1 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1063 metal received · 35537 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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