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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 · 29 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex ×2
    11. TickTick
    12. Wind
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. TickTick
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. TickTick
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. SentrySentry
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
  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 · 135 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. TickTick
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Wind
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Mex
    34. PawnPawn ×2
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. LazarusLazarus
    41. Wind
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Wind
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. PawnPawn ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. PawnPawn ×3
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×4
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Converter
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×3
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Converter
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Mex
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:11 · typical 9:36
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind
    74. SentrySentry ×2
    75. Wind
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn ×3
    81. Wind
    82. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Converter
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Energy storage
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. PawnPawn ×2
    99. Converter
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×3
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn ×2
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Converter
    108. SentrySentry
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn
    112. SentrySentry
    113. PawnPawn
    114. SentrySentry
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. SentrySentry ×2
    118. Wind
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. SentrySentry
    122. Wind
    123. SentrySentry ×2
    124. Wind ×2
    125. Converter
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick ×3
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick ×3
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Con turret
    135. Converter

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 7:31 · 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

Erilium

45.2 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
62 metal received · 45981 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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