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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 · 50 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. TickTick
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. NettleNettle
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. TickTick
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. SentrySentry
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. SentrySentry
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
    50. Wind
  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 · 175 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    3. TickTick
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. TickTick
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. GauntletGauntlet
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. SentrySentry
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    52. Wind
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. TickTick
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:09 · typical 9:38
    57. LazarusLazarus
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Con turret
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. TickTick
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. SentrySentry
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. Wind
    75. Mex
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Energy storage
    78. Wind
    79. CenturionCenturion
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. CenturionCenturion
    83. Metal storage
    84. Con turret
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Con turret
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Wind
    89. CrossbowCrossbow
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Converter
    100. LazarusLazarus
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. CenturionCenturion
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Converter
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. CenturionCenturion
    111. Con turret
    112. SentrySentry
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. Wind ×2
    116. NettleNettle
    117. CrossbowCrossbow
    118. Converter
    119. LazarusLazarus
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    124. Wind
    125. CenturionCenturion
    126. Wind
    127. SentrySentry
    128. Con turret
    129. Converter
    130. CenturionCenturion
    131. Wind
    132. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    133. CrossbowCrossbow
    134. SentrySentry
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. LazarusLazarus
    138. Converter
    139. CenturionCenturion
    140. Wind
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Converter
    143. CenturionCenturion
    144. Converter
    145. CenturionCenturion
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. CrossbowCrossbow
    150. Converter
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. Wind
    156. CenturionCenturion
    157. Wind
    158. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:40
    159. CenturionCenturion
    160. Converter
    161. NettleNettle
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    165. Converter
    166. Con turret
    167. CrossbowCrossbow
    168. NettleNettle
    169. Con turret
    170. BlitzBlitz
    171. Wind ×2
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Converter
    175. CenturionCenturion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

yubiyubi

43.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

48 received units · includes a constructor
1075 metal received · 12249 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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