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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (41 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

Syphos

41.3 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
350 metal received · 30591 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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