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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 · 40 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. SentrySentry
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. BeamerBeamer
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Mex
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. BeamerBeamerfor Pond
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Wind
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. LazarusLazarus
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Con turret
  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 · 184 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. Wind
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. Wind
    20. GauntletGauntletdone 7:50
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Wind
    27. TickTick ×4
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 9:38
    36. Mex
    37. TickTick ×5
    38. Mex
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind ×2
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. NettleNettle
    50. TickTick
    51. Wind
    52. TickTick
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TickTick ×2
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick ×2
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. SentrySentry
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×3
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. BeamerBeamer
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. Con turret
    105. TickTick
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Mex
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:21
    121. TickTick ×6
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. PulsarPulsardone 14:06
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Wind
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. TickTick
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. Wind ×2
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×3
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Energy storage
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×5
    152. Energy storage
    153. TickTick ×2
    154. Wind
    155. TickTick ×2
    156. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    157. TickTick
    158. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    159. TickTick
    160. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    161. Energy storage
    162. TickTick ×3
    163. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    164. TickTick ×2
    165. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    169. TickTick
    170. Energy storage
    171. TickTick
    172. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    176. TickTick
    177. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    178. TickTick
    179. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    180. TickTick
    181. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    182. TickTick ×3
    183. Wind
    184. JunoJuno

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (45 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

RAM_Ricardo

45.1 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
592 metal received · 25200 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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