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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (48 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

xabre

47.9 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
419 metal received · 16041 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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