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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. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex ×2
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Mex
    15. Con turret
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. OverwatchOverwatch
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Wind
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    34. Wind
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind
    37. TickTick
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×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 · 97 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. GauntletGauntletdone 6:09
    6. Wind ×4
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×5
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Wind ×2
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind
    16. TickTick
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. TickTick
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. TickTick
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. Energy storage
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. TickTick ×2
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. TickTick
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:36
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. TickTick
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Con turret
    41. SentrySentry ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Con turret
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:20
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. JunoJuno
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    55. BeamerBeamer
    56. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    57. Con turret
    58. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×5
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Wind ×6
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. Wind ×11
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:09
    65. Wind ×3
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:56
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×6
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×5
    90. T2 converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×3
    94. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×4

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

Espera

39.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
806 metal received · 63628 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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