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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 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. SentrySentry
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. SentrySentry
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. TickTick
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    30. Mex
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. TickTick
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. 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 · 127 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Wind
    8. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. PawnPawn
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. PawnPawn
    24. Wind
    25. CenturionCenturion
    26. Wind
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. CenturionCenturion
    32. Wind
    33. Energy storage
    34. Wind ×2
    35. PawnPawn
    36. TickTick
    37. CenturionCenturion
    38. Wind
    39. JanusJanus
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. PawnPawn
    44. JanusJanus
    45. PawnPawn
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Wind
    48. CenturionCenturion
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. WhistlerMissile truck
    51. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. PawnPawn
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:36
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. CenturionCenturion
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×2
    72. PawnPawn
    73. AnemoneAnemone
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick ×2
    78. AnemoneAnemone
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick ×2
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. TickTick
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    84. TickTick
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    91. Wind
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind
    95. CenturionCenturion
    96. Wind
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    98. CenturionCenturion
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    100. Wind ×2
    101. TickTick
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. TickTick ×2
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. CenturionCenturion
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. Wind
    123. CenturionCenturion
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Pit BullPit Bull
    127. CenturionCenturion

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

watermeloans

59.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
951 metal received · 16048 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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