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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 · 45 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. SentrySentry ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Mex
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. SentrySentry
  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 · 101 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Con turret
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. OverwatchOverwatch
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Wind
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. Wind
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. PawnPawn ×3
    28. Wind
    29. PawnPawn ×5
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×5
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×5
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn ×5
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn ×5
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:38 · typical 9:36
    44. PawnPawn
    45. SentrySentry
    46. PawnPawn
    47. SentrySentry
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn ×4
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn ×3
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. PawnPawn ×2
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn ×4
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn ×4
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. PawnPawn ×3
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn ×7
    67. Wind
    68. PawnPawn ×6
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn ×2
    71. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    72. PawnPawn
    73. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    74. Con turret
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn ×4
    78. Wind
    79. PawnPawn ×2
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. PawnPawn
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    87. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    92. Wind
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    96. PawnPawn ×3
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn ×4
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

HuntressesofArtemis

36.0 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
346 metal received · 5505 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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