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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 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

Damsko

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1290 metal received · 73793 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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