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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 · 1289 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1527 · 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 1289 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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    2. Wind
    3. TickTickfor Suicide front
    4. Mex
    5. TickTick ×4for Suicide front
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. TickTick ×3for Suicide front
    13. Mex
    14. TickTick
    15. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    16. Mex
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    18. TickTick ×3
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    20. Mex
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Suicide front
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    25. Con turret
    26. Mex
    27. MaceMace
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×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 (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 · 200 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. PawnPawn ×6
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. Solar
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. PawnPawn ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:36
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind ×2
    30. PawnPawn
    31. Wind ×2
    32. PawnPawn ×2
    33. Wind ×2
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn ×2
    41. Wind ×2
    42. PawnPawn
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Wind ×2
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Pond
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    56. Tidal
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:51
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. PawnPawn
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. Converter
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Wind
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Tidal
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    80. Fusion ReactorFusion
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Converter
    85. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:00
    86. Wind ×2
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Tidal
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Fusion ReactorFusion
    100. Wind
    101. Tidal
    102. Converter
    103. LazarusLazarus
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:34
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Con turret
    112. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    113. Tidal
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    116. Converter
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind
    123. Con turret
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Tidal
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Construction ShipCon ship
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:10
    132. Con turret
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:16
    137. Con turret
    138. DolphinDolphin
    139. Wind
    140. LazarusLazarus
    141. BeamerBeamer
    142. Con turret
    143. Wind
    144. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    145. Con turret
    146. DolphinDolphin
    147. Converter
    148. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    149. Con turret
    150. Tidal
    151. Wind
    152. DolphinDolphin ×2
    153. Con turret
    154. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. DolphinDolphin
    159. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    160. DolphinDolphin
    161. Con turret
    162. LazarusLazarus
    163. BeamerBeamer
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. DolphinDolphin
    167. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    168. Converter
    169. DolphinDolphin
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    174. DolphinDolphin
    175. Con turret
    176. DolphinDolphin
    177. TickTick
    178. Con turret
    179. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    180. Wind
    181. Con turret
    182. DolphinDolphin
    183. FalconFighter
    184. DolphinDolphin
    185. Con turret
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick
    188. Con turret
    189. Tidal
    190. Converter
    191. DolphinDolphin
    192. FalconFighter
    193. DolphinDolphin
    194. FalconFighter
    195. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    196. TickTick
    197. FalconFighter
    198. Wind
    199. FalconFighter
    200. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 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 7:31 · 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

1527 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002050179106
4:003161658496
5:00424314121026
6:00543322971789
7:00667031752710
8:00792040293619
9:00931747894495
10:001069754225316
11:001226558996054
12:001411464906830
13:001623070097536
14:001811476808373
15:002046683169249
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

PlatinumBlonde

59.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

81 received units · includes a constructor
535 metal received · 26650 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=1520
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:41–10:48 · n=1126

Played most by

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