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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 · 44 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SentrySentry
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. TickTick
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. 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 · 151 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Con turret
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Energy storage
    7. TickTick
    8. GauntletGauntletdone 7:15
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Con turret
    11. TickTick
    12. PawnPawn ×4
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. PawnPawn ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Con turret
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 9:36
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. TickTick
    42. Converter
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:48
    45. Wind
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:38
    68. Energy storage
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter ×2
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Con turret
    73. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:24
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Converter
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. PawnPawn ×2
    100. Wind
    101. PawnPawn
    102. Wind
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Metal storage
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Wind
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. PawnPawn
    111. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    112. Con turret
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. Wind
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. Converter
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. Converter
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    131. ChainsawChainsaw
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Wind
    134. LazarusLazarus
    135. Wind
    136. LazarusLazarus
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn ×2
    139. Wind
    140. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:41
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Con turret
    144. Wind
    145. PawnPawn ×2
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. PawnPawn
    148. Converter
    149. ChainsawChainsaw
    150. PawnPawn
    151. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OldSpanker's (49 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 7:31 · 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

OldSpanker

49.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 56840 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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