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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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. SentrySentry
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    20. SentrySentry
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Mex
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    26. OverwatchOverwatch
    27. NettleNettle
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Solar
    32. Wind
    33. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    34. Wind
    35. 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 · 197 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. GauntletGauntletdone 5:42
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Wind
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    21. PawnPawn
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Energy storage
    25. PawnPawn
    26. Wind
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Con turret
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind ×2
    35. BeamerBeamer
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:04 · typical 9:36
    41. BeamerBeamer
    42. Wind
    43. Energy storage
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GauntletGauntlet
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×4
    52. TickTick
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. TickTick
    55. Wind
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. TickTick
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    61. TickTick
    62. JunoJuno
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    67. TickTick
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Con turret
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:17
    88. TickTick
    89. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:10
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    104. Wind
    105. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Solar
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    113. TickTick
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. Solar
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Wind
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. TickTick
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. Wind
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. TickTick
    128. GhostGhost
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. TickTick
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. TickTick
    136. GhostGhost
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. TickTick
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. TickTick
    144. PlatypusPlatypus
    145. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    146. TickTick
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. Wind
    149. PlatypusPlatypus
    150. TickTick
    151. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    152. TickTick
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. PlatypusPlatypus
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. TickTick
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. PlatypusPlatypus
    162. TickTick
    163. PlatypusPlatypus
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick
    167. PlatypusPlatypus
    168. TickTick ×2
    169. PlatypusPlatypus
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. PlatypusPlatypus
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind
    175. TickTick
    176. PlatypusPlatypus
    177. SentrySentry
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. PlatypusPlatypus
    181. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    182. TickTick ×2
    183. PlatypusPlatypus
    184. Wind
    185. TickTick
    186. Mex
    187. TickTick
    188. PlatypusPlatypus
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. PlatypusPlatypus
    193. TickTick
    194. Wind
    195. TickTick
    196. PlatypusPlatypus
    197. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (60 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

PlatinumBlonde

59.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 42261 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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