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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (49 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

xabre

48.5 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
75 metal received · 50506 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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