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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 · 49 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Mex
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. LazarusLazarus ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Wind
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Wind
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. Wind
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. 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 (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 · 174 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Con turret
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. Wind ×3
    10. PawnPawn
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. PawnPawn
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×3
    31. PawnPawn
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Con turret
    34. PawnPawn
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Energy storage
    38. PawnPawn
    39. Converter
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Converter ×2
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Converter ×2
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Converter
    46. PawnPawn ×4
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. Wind ×3
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 9:36
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. Mex
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×3
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. CenturionCenturion ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind
    68. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:32
    72. RoverScout
    73. TickTick
    74. RoverScout
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    157. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:49
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    164. TickTick
    165. RoverScout
    166. Con turret
    167. TickTick
    168. Con turret
    169. GhostGhost ×2
    170. SharpshooterSniper botdone 14:45
    171. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    172. SharpshooterSniper bot
    173. ArchangelArchangelnot finished by 15:00
    174. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (46 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

[crd]sisa

45.6 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
18 metal received · 22322 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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