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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 · 39 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. SentrySentry
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. OverwatchOverwatch
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 154 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GauntletGauntletdone 6:11
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    8. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind ×4
    12. GauntletGauntlet
    13. Wind ×7
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Con turret
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Energy storage
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09 · typical 9:38
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×9
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Energy storage
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Con turret ×2
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Converter
    56. Energy storage
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Converter
    60. Energy storage
    61. Con turret
    62. PulsarPulsardone 13:35
    63. Wind ×3
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Converter
    76. Wind ×2
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Energy storage
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Converter
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:04
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn
    90. Energy storage
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Energy storage
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. Energy storage
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Wind
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    107. Converter
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    110. Wind
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:27
    113. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    126. BlinkScout plane
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. Converter
    130. Wind
    131. BlinkScout plane
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. BlinkScout plane
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. BlinkScout plane
    138. PawnPawn
    139. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    140. BlinkScout plane
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. BlinkScout plane
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Converter
    148. BlinkScout plane
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. BlinkScout plane
    152. Wind ×2
    153. PawnPawn
    154. BlinkScout plane

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is derkarl's (39 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

39.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
244 metal received · 42596 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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