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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Damsko

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

50 received units · includes a constructor
110 metal received · 33968 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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