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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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex ×2
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind ×2
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. OverwatchOverwatch
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
  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 · 51 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GauntletGauntletdone 7:00
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. GauntletGauntlet
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Energy storage
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×4
    34. GauntletGauntlet
    35. Wind ×11
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:38
    46. Wind ×3
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×3
    51. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is derkarl's (40 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 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

39.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
69 metal received · 8415 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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