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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 · 1289 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1527 · 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 1289 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 · 33 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. NettleNettle
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    25. OverwatchOverwatch
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    27. Mexfor Front
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    31. Solar
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 159 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. Wind ×4
    13. Con turret
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Wind ×2
    16. AnemoneAnemone
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Wind ×4
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind ×2
    21. HarpoonHarpoon
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn ×2
    27. Wind ×2
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Wind ×2
    30. HarpoonHarpoon
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39 · typical 9:36
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×6
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×2
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:46
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind ×6
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Mex
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Pit BullPit Bull
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:40
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    75. Wind
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:48
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Converter
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Wind
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    91. PawnPawn ×2
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Converter
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    109. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. PawnPawn ×3
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    113. PawnPawn ×3
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. Wind
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. PawnPawn ×2
    118. Converter
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn ×2
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. LazarusLazarus
    131. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    132. PawnPawn
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. PawnPawn ×6
    137. Wind
    138. PawnPawn ×4
    139. Converter
    140. PawnPawn ×3
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn ×7
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Con turret
    148. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    149. CenturionCenturion ×2
    150. Converter
    151. Con turret
    152. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    153. Wind
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. Wind
    156. NettleNettle
    157. Wind
    158. Con turret
    159. 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, 26/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

1527 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002050179106
4:003161658496
5:00424314121026
6:00543322971789
7:00667031752710
8:00792040293619
9:00931747894495
10:001069754225316
11:001226558996054
12:001411464906830
13:001623070097536
14:001811476808373
15:002046683169249
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

59.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1035 metal received · 58568 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=1520
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1126

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