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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 · 26 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Solar
    5. Wind
    6. TickTick
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. CenturionCenturion
    18. Mex
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. SentrySentry
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. CenturionCenturion ×4
    24. Solar ×2
    25. CenturionCenturion ×4
    26. LazarusLazarus
  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 · 132 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CenturionCenturion ×2
    3. Solar ×3
    4. CenturionCenturion
    5. Con turret
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Con turret
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. SentrySentry
    13. LazarusLazarus ×2
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Con turret
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Wind
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind ×2
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. TickTick
    22. Wind
    23. TickTick ×2
    24. Wind
    25. TickTick
    26. Con turret
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×2
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Con turret
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:06
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×3
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. Metal storage
    71. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Energy storage
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    79. Wind
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:58 · typical 9:38
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. HoundHound
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    98. Wind
    99. Pit BullPit Bull
    100. Wind ×7
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:22
    105. Wind ×5
    106. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:00
    107. Wind ×4
    108. ButlerButler
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Converter ×3
    113. Con turret
    114. Converter ×2
    115. Wind
    116. Converter ×6
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Fusion ReactorFusion
    120. Converter
    121. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:34
    122. Converter
    123. Con turret
    124. BlinkScout plane
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. Converter
    129. BlinkScout plane
    130. Converter
    131. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    132. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (56 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

Immort

55.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
230 metal received · 19114 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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