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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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    14. Mex
    15. Energy storage
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. TickTick
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    32. Mex
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    35. Con turret
    36. 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 (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 · 228 steps
    1. GauntletGauntletdone 5:41
    2. TickTick
    3. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Con turret
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Wind
    28. PawnPawn ×3
    29. Wind
    30. PawnPawn ×2
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. GauntletGauntlet
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Con turret
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. PawnPawn
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Con turret
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    74. Converter
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 11:23
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Converter
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Converter ×2
    105. Wind ×9
    106. Converter ×2
    107. Wind ×4
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter ×2
    113. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:14
    114. Wind ×14
    115. Converter
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×10
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:18
    122. Wind ×7
    123. Converter ×2
    124. Wind ×3
    125. PersecutorPersecutor
    126. Wind ×7
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Wind
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Wind ×2
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Wind ×2
    139. PawnPawn
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind
    144. PawnPawn
    145. Wind
    146. PawnPawn
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. PawnPawn
    150. Wind
    151. PawnPawn
    152. Wind
    153. PawnPawn
    154. Wind ×2
    155. PawnPawn
    156. Wind ×2
    157. ScorpionScorpion
    158. PawnPawn
    159. Wind
    160. PawnPawn
    161. Wind ×2
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Converter ×2
    164. PawnPawn ×2
    165. Wind ×2
    166. PawnPawn
    167. Wind ×2
    168. PawnPawn
    169. Wind ×3
    170. PawnPawn
    171. Wind ×2
    172. LazarusLazarus
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. LazarusLazarus
    176. Wind ×2
    177. LazarusLazarus
    178. Converter
    179. Wind
    180. LazarusLazarus
    181. Wind ×3
    182. LazarusLazarus
    183. Wind ×2
    184. Con turret
    185. Wind
    186. Converter
    187. LazarusLazarus
    188. Wind ×3
    189. Con turret
    190. Wind
    191. LazarusLazarus
    192. Wind ×4
    193. Con turret
    194. Converter
    195. LazarusLazarus
    196. Wind ×2
    197. Con turret
    198. Wind
    199. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    200. LazarusLazarus
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. Con turret
    204. Converter
    205. Wind
    206. LazarusLazarus
    207. Con turret
    208. Wind ×4
    209. PersecutorPersecutor
    210. LazarusLazarus
    211. Converter
    212. Wind
    213. LazarusLazarus
    214. Wind
    215. LazarusLazarus
    216. Converter
    217. Wind
    218. LazarusLazarus
    219. Wind
    220. LazarusLazarus
    221. Wind
    222. PawnPawn ×2
    223. Wind
    224. PawnPawn
    225. Wind
    226. PawnPawn
    227. Converter
    228. PawnPawn

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

Xad

44.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
484 metal received · 84857 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

Played most by

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