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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 · 49 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Mex
    9. CenturionCenturion
    10. Mex
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    35. Energy storage
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    44. Con turret
    45. BeholderBeholder
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. RocketeerRocketeer
    48. SentrySentry
    49. RocketeerRocketeer
  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 · 77 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SentrySentry
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Mex
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:36
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:03
    15. EelSubmarinedone 7:55
    16. Wind ×2
    17. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind
    25. EelSubmarinefor Geo sea
    26. Wind ×2
    27. EelSubmarine
    28. CorsairDestroyerfor Geo seadone 10:56
    29. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    30. Wind
    31. PersecutorPersecutor
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    44. Wind
    45. JunoJuno
    46. Wind
    47. PersecutorPersecutor
    48. Wind
    49. CorsairDestroyerfor Geo sea
    50. Wind ×2
    51. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Con turret
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. Wind
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:07
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Mex
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. TickTick ×4
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (45 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

Gieds

44.7 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
9 metal received · 26790 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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