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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. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Windfor Tech
    5. SentrySentryfor Tech
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturion
    9. Con turretfor Tech
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. TickTick
    17. Energy storagefor Tech
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    22. TickTick
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    25. Windfor Tech
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    27. Windfor Tech
    28. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
  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 · 104 steps
    1. Windfor Tech
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Windfor Tech
    4. Con turretfor Tech
    5. LazarusLazarus ×3
    6. Metal storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turretfor Tech
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Con turretfor Tech
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. TickTick
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    16. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    18. TickTick
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    20. Windfor Tech
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    23. Windfor Tech
    24. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Techdone 9:06 · typical 9:36
    27. Wind ×2for Tech
    28. Con turretfor Tech
    29. Wind ×2for Tech
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    31. Windfor Tech
    32. Con turretfor Tech
    33. Wind ×6for Tech
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    35. Wind ×5for Tech
    36. Converterfor Tech
    37. Wind ×8for Tech
    38. Converterfor Tech
    39. Wind ×2for Tech
    40. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    41. Wind ×2for Tech
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2for Tech
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labfor Techdone 11:39
    46. Windfor Tech
    47. Converter
    48. Windfor Tech
    49. Converterfor Tech
    50. Wind ×7for Tech
    51. Converterfor Tech
    52. Converter
    53. Windfor Tech
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×5for Tech
    56. Converterfor Tech
    57. Wind ×6for Tech
    58. Converterfor Tech
    59. Converter
    60. Windfor Tech
    61. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    62. Wind ×3for Tech
    63. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    64. Wind ×2for Tech
    65. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    66. Converterfor Tech
    67. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    68. GhostGhost
    69. Wind ×2for Tech
    70. Converter
    71. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    72. Windfor Tech
    73. ButlerButlerfor Tech
    74. Windfor Tech
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    76. Windfor Tech
    77. Converter
    78. ButlerButler
    79. GhostGhost
    80. Converterfor Tech
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    82. SmugglerJammer botfor Tech
    83. Converter
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    85. Windfor Tech
    86. SharpshooterSniper botfor Techdone 13:01
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    88. Wind ×2for Tech
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    90. Windfor Tech
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Tech
    92. Windfor Tech
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. Converterfor Tech
    95. Windfor Tech
    96. GhostGhostfor Tech
    97. Wind ×3for Tech
    98. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Tech
    99. Windfor Tech
    100. Converterfor Tech
    101. Windfor Tech
    102. SmugglerJammer botfor Tech
    103. Wind ×2for Tech
    104. SharpshooterSniper botfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (46 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Xad

45.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
217 metal received · 38461 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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