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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 · 41 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. OverwatchOverwatch
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. Wind ×3
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. LazarusLazarus
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. SentrySentry ×2
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Con turret
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. MaceMace
    40. Con turret
    41. MaceMace
  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 · 144 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Energy storage
    3. MaceMace
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Energy storage
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. MaceMace
    9. Wind
    10. MaceMace
    11. Wind
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Wind
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Wind
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Wind
    22. GauntletGauntletdone 6:56
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Wind
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    28. Wind ×6
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Wind ×10
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. CrossbowCrossbow
    41. Wind
    42. CrossbowCrossbow
    43. NettleNettle ×3
    44. Con turret
    45. Wind
    46. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    47. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    48. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    49. Mex
    50. CrossbowCrossbow
    51. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    52. SentrySentry
    53. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. SentrySentry
    56. LazarusLazarus
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:36
    59. Converter
    60. RocketeerRocketeer
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    63. Converter
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Converter
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. RocketeerRocketeer
    68. Converter
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Con turret ×2
    71. RocketeerRocketeer
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. RocketeerRocketeer
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Converter
    76. RocketeerRocketeer
    77. Converter
    78. RocketeerRocketeer
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Converter
    81. SentrySentry
    82. RocketeerRocketeer
    83. SentrySentry
    84. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. TickTick ×7
    88. BeamerBeamer
    89. TickTick
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. TickTick
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. TickTick
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. TickTick
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. TickTick ×5
    102. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    103. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:22
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Converter
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. Converter
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. Converter
    118. TickTick
    119. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. TickTick ×3
    125. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    126. TickTick ×2
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. BeamerBeamer
    130. TickTick ×10
    131. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. PlatypusPlatypus
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. PlatypusPlatypus
    136. TickTick ×2
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. TickTick
    139. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    140. PlatypusPlatypus
    141. TickTick
    142. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    143. PlatypusPlatypus
    144. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

ManBearPig_

37.9 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
255 metal received · 173674 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

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