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
Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20
- Open with mex and wind, drop Bot Lab immediately.
- Push out first "Centurion" as Pond's boost lands.
- Send "Rocketeer", "Centurion", "Pawn" mix to contest middle.
- Add Dragon's Teeth and Sentries to hold the line.
- Get Advanced Metal Extractor up as T2 nears.
Phase by phase
TYPICAL OF ITS 1244 GAMESFollow 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
Bot Lab first
Order
Bot Lab done ~0:20, middle half 0:20–0:33
Some games also: mex (36%)
- 2
Bot Lab to 5:00
Economy
5Mex
4Wind
Builders
3 Con bot
2 Lazarus
Army
4 Sentry
18 Rocketeer
2 Tick
1 Centurion
Other
1 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 · 50 steps
Tick ×2
Lazarus ×2
Con bot
Centurion
Con bot ×2
Rocketeer- Mex
Rocketeer
Sentry
Rocketeer
Radar Tower
Con bot- Mex
Sentry
Tick
Rocketeer- Mex
Lazarus
Rocketeer ×2
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Nettle
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×3
Beamer
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Lazarus
Sentry
Beamer
Rocketeer- Wind
Rocketeer- Con turret
Rocketeer- Wind
Tick
Rocketeer
Sentry- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Lazarus
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Rocketeer
Sentry
Beamer
Rocketeer- Wind
- 3
5:00 to 10:00
Economy
1Mex
17Wind
Builders
2 Con turret
2 Lazarus
1 Con bot
Army
1 Sentry
8 Rocketeer
1 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 · 175 steps
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×4
Tick
Rocketeer- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Lazarus
Dragon's Teeth ×3
Rocketeer- Wind
Rocketeer
Gauntletnot finished by 15:00
Rocketeer
Tick- Wind
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×6
Lazarus
Sentry- Wind
Rocketeer ×2
Sentry
Rocketeer- Wind
Tick
Rocketeer
Lazarus
Dragon's Teeth ×2- Wind
Con bot
Rocketeer ×2- Wind
- Con turret
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×3- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Lazarus
Dragon's Teeth ×3
Rocketeer
Gauntlet
Radar Tower- Wind
Rocketeer
Sentry
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×4- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Rocketeer
T2 mexdone 11:09 · typical 9:38
Lazarus- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth- Con turret
Dragon's Teeth ×5
Radar Tower
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×5- Wind
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Tick
Lazarus
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Sentry
Centurion- Wind
- Mex
Sentry- Energy storage
- Wind
Centurion
T2 mex- Wind
Centurion- Metal storage
- Con turret
Sentry- Con turret
Sentry- Wind
Crossbow
T2 mex
Sentry- Wind
Con bot- Wind
- Converter
- Wind
Sentry
Con bot- Converter
Lazarus- Wind
- Converter
Centurion- Wind
T2 mex- Converter
Centurion- Wind
- Converter
Centurion- Con turret
Sentry- Wind
- Converter
- Wind ×2
Nettle
Crossbow- Converter
Lazarus
Centurion- Wind
- Converter
Radar Tower- Wind
Centurion- Wind
Sentry- Con turret
- Converter
Centurion- Wind
T2 mex
Crossbow
Sentry- Wind
- Converter
Lazarus- Converter
Centurion- Wind
Sentry- Converter
Centurion- Converter
Centurion- Wind
- Converter
- Wind
Crossbow- Converter
Lazarus- Wind
- Converter
Centurion- Wind
Centurion- Wind
Vehicle Plantdone 14:40
Centurion- Converter
Nettle- Wind
Blitz
T2 mex- Converter
- Con turret
Crossbow
Nettle- Con turret
Blitz- Wind ×2
Lazarus
Blitz- Converter
Centurion
Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (44 OS, 20/09/2026); pick another.
Team trades
IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMESYou hand over
Nothing regular.
You get
4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
1 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
metal
Enemy metal destroyed
metal
Own metal lost
metal
1476 games.
Show as table
| By | Metal produced: This build | Enemy metal destroyed: This build | Own metal lost: This build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 | 226 | 0 | 0 |
| 2:00 | 888 | 0 | 0 |
| 3:00 | 2052 | 173 | 106 |
| 4:00 | 3161 | 658 | 487 |
| 5:00 | 4243 | 1415 | 1020 |
| 6:00 | 5433 | 2327 | 1786 |
| 7:00 | 6668 | 3176 | 2727 |
| 8:00 | 7913 | 4035 | 3627 |
| 9:00 | 9301 | 4808 | 4496 |
| 10:00 | 10684 | 5429 | 5313 |
| 11:00 | 12246 | 5894 | 6034 |
| 12:00 | 14096 | 6504 | 6820 |
| 13:00 | 16214 | 7016 | 7535 |
| 14:00 | 18074 | 7688 | 8398 |
| 15:00 | 20432 | 8293 | 9278 |
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
yubiyubi
43.6 OS · 20/09/2026
Open source match ↗48 received units · includes a constructor
1075 metal received · 12249 energy received
Typical milestones
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Xad28/09/2026 · 44 OS↗Xad28/09/2026 · 44 OS↗Deathkebab27/09/2026 · 36 OS↗Tregan27/09/2026 · 39 OS↗Immort27/09/2026 · 57 OS↗Immort27/09/2026 · 57 OS↗Soliloqueur27/09/2026 · 40 OS↗Soliloqueur27/09/2026 · 40 OS↗yubiyubi20/09/2026 · 44 OS↗32 more of 1468, the most recent
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