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

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

derkarl

38.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 19728 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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