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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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. TickTick ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Mex ×2
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. Mex
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Energy storage
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 · 131 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Energy storage
    9. CenturionCenturion ×2
    10. Wind
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. Wind ×2
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Wind ×2
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind ×2
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Windfor Geo sea
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Windfor Geo sea
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. Windfor Geo sea
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Windfor Geo sea
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Windfor Geo sea
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Windfor Geo sea
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. LazarusLazarus
    50. Windfor Geo sea
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. Converter
    53. Windfor Geo sea
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Windfor Geo sea
    56. Converter
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Converter
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Metal storage
    72. PawnPawn ×5
    73. Converter
    74. PawnPawn ×4
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:26
    76. Converter
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Converter
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    84. Converter
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    86. Advanced solar
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    90. ScorpionScorpion
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:32
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    98. BeamerBeamer ×4
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Con turret ×2
    101. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:24
    102. CenturionCenturion
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. CenturionCenturion
    106. Wind ×2
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    109. CenturionCenturion
    110. Wind
    111. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    112. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    116. Wind
    117. PawnPawn
    118. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    119. PawnPawn ×2
    120. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. PawnPawn
    124. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    125. PawnPawn ×2
    126. Wind
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. PawnPawn ×2
    130. Wind
    131. PawnPawn ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Immort

56.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
744 metal received · 44294 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

Played most by

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