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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 · 42 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Windfor Front
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Windfor Front
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. OverwatchOverwatch
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Windfor Front
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. GauntletGauntletfor Frontdone 5:55
    36. Windfor Front
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Solar
    40. Windfor Front
    41. Wind
    42. PawnPawn
  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 · 112 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×7
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn ×8
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Windfor Front
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Windfor Front
    15. Energy storage
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:33 · typical 9:36
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Windfor Front
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Windfor Front
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Wind ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind ×2
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×2
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind ×3
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind ×2
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:08
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. Wind ×3
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. BasilicaBasilicanot finished by 15:00
    99. Wind ×2
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Solar ×2
    103. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:08
    104. Wind
    105. Solar
    106. Wind
    107. Solar ×2
    108. Wind ×10
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

PlatinumBlonde

59.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1324 metal received · 23894 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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