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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 · 44 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. TickTick
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    19. TickTick
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Energy storage
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. NettleNettle
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. SentrySentry ×2
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    38. SentrySentry
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. Con turret
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Mex
    44. 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 · 266 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. JanusJanus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. TickTick
    9. Metal storage
    10. GauntletGauntletdone 9:57
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Con turret ×4
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind ×3
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×10
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. TickTick
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TickTick ×2
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. Converter
    40. TickTick
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. TickTick
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind ×2
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. NettleNettle
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TickTick
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. Mex
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×4
    91. TickTick
    92. SentrySentry
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. SentrySentry
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:36
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick ×3
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn ×13
    120. SentrySentry
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. PawnPawn ×2
    124. SentrySentry
    125. Con turret
    126. PawnPawn ×14
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Con turret
    129. Wind ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    137. Wind ×7
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×10
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind ×4
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. BeamerBeamer
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    152. Converter ×2
    153. Wind ×2
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Converter
    159. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:28
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×5
    163. Converter
    164. Wind ×4
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Wind ×3
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    172. Wind ×4
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×3
    177. Converter ×2
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind ×5
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind ×2
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Con turret
    185. Converter
    186. Wind
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind
    189. Converter
    190. Wind
    191. Converter
    192. Con turret
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    195. Wind ×3
    196. Converter ×2
    197. Wind ×3
    198. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    199. Converter
    200. Wind
    201. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    202. Wind ×2
    203. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    204. Wind ×2
    205. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    206. Wind
    207. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:56
    208. Wind
    209. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    210. Wind
    211. Converter
    212. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:00
    213. Wind
    214. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    215. Wind
    216. Converter
    217. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    218. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    219. Wind ×2
    220. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    221. Wind
    222. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:23
    223. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    224. Wind ×3
    225. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    226. Converter
    227. Wind
    228. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    229. Wind ×2
    230. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    231. Converter
    232. Wind
    233. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    234. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    235. Wind ×2
    236. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    237. Wind
    238. Con turret
    239. Wind
    240. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    241. Wind
    242. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    243. Wind
    244. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    245. Wind
    246. Con turret
    247. Wind
    248. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    249. Converter
    250. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    251. Wind
    252. Con turret
    253. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    254. Wind ×3
    255. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    256. Wind
    257. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    258. Wind ×2
    259. Construction BotCon bot
    260. Wind ×2
    261. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    262. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    263. Wind
    264. Converter
    265. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    266. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (44 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 7:30 · 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

Xad

44.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1787 metal received · 68988 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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