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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 · 38 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Mex
    29. TickTick
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    32. TickTick
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
  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 · 182 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    8. Con turret
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Energy storage
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Advanced solar
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:29
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. AnemoneAnemone
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced solar
    63. Wind
    64. AnemoneAnemone
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Mex
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Advanced solar
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Mex
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:59
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. Wind
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. Converter
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. WelderWelder
    117. Wind
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. Wind
    120. WelderWelder
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. WelderWelder
    124. Wind
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. WelderWelder
    128. Wind
    129. WelderWelder
    130. Wind
    131. WelderWelder
    132. Wind ×2
    133. WelderWelder
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. WelderWelder
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    140. WelderWelder
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    143. NettleNettle
    144. Wind ×2
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. WelderWelder
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    151. Wind
    152. ButlerButler
    153. WelderWelder
    154. Wind
    155. WelderWelder
    156. Wind ×2
    157. WelderWelder
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. WelderWelder
    161. Converter
    162. Wind
    163. WelderWelder
    164. Wind
    165. WelderWelder
    166. Wind
    167. SprinterSprinter ×2
    168. Wind
    169. SprinterSprinter
    170. Wind
    171. SprinterSprinter ×2
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. SprinterSprinter
    175. Wind
    176. SprinterSprinter
    177. Converter
    178. SprinterSprinter
    179. Wind
    180. SprinterSprinter
    181. Wind
    182. SprinterSprinter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (45 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

Erilium

45.2 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
16 metal received · 33869 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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