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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 · 43 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick
    3. Mex
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    23. BeamerBeamer
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    36. Energy storage
    37. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. Wind
    43. 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 · 213 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. PawnPawn ×2
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Wind
    12. OverwatchOverwatch
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Wind
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. GauntletGauntletdone 7:38
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn ×3
    32. Wind ×2
    33. GauntletGauntlet
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. Wind ×2
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:36
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind ×2
    58. SentrySentry
    59. Wind
    60. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    71. TickTick
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. TickTick
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. TickTick
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. TickTick
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. Solar
    89. TickTick
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×4
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Con turret
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Solar
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×3
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×3
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:03
    115. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:15
    116. TickTick ×5
    117. BlinkScout plane
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. BlinkScout plane
    121. TickTick ×2
    122. BlinkScout plane
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×2
    125. BlinkScout plane
    126. TickTick
    127. BlinkScout plane
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. BlinkScout plane
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. BlinkScout plane
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. BlinkScout plane
    137. TickTick
    138. BlinkScout plane
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. BlinkScout plane
    143. TickTick ×2
    144. BlinkScout plane
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. BeamerBeamer
    148. TickTick
    149. BlinkScout plane
    150. TickTick ×2
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. BlinkScout plane
    154. Con turret
    155. TickTick ×3
    156. Wind
    157. BlinkScout plane
    158. TickTick ×3
    159. BlinkScout plane
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. Converter
    164. BlinkScout plane
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Con turret
    169. BlinkScout plane
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick
    174. BlinkScout plane
    175. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:49
    176. TickTick
    177. Converter
    178. TickTick
    179. BlinkScout plane
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Con turret
    183. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    184. Converter
    185. TickTick
    186. BlinkScout plane
    187. TickTick
    188. Con turret
    189. BlinkScout plane
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. Converter
    193. TickTick
    194. Con turret
    195. BlinkScout plane
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. BlinkScout plane
    199. TickTick
    200. Converter
    201. TickTick ×2
    202. Converter
    203. TickTick
    204. Wind
    205. PlatypusPlatypus
    206. TickTick
    207. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    208. PlatypusPlatypus
    209. TickTick
    210. Converter
    211. TickTick
    212. Wind
    213. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

58.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 24340 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

Played most by

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