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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is derkarl's (40 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

derkarl

39.6 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
69 metal received · 15443 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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