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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 · 1244 distinct matches · 126 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 60% of 1476 · 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 1244 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
    • Rocketeer18 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 · 35 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Mex
    3. TickTick
    4. SentrySentry
    5. TickTick ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Wind
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    25. Wind
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. Wind
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. Con turret
  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 (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 · 173 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Con turret
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Wind
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. Wind
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    15. BeamerBeamer
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Wind
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Wind
    33. LazarusLazarus
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. TickTick
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. TickTick
    48. Con turret
    49. TickTick
    50. Con turret
    51. TickTick
    52. Energy storage
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. Mex
    56. TickTick
    57. Energy storage
    58. TickTick
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:00 · typical 9:38
    60. Con turret
    61. TickTick ×3
    62. Wind
    63. TickTick
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick
    93. Pit BullPit Bull
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Wind ×3
    96. TickTick
    97. SentrySentry
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:57
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind ×3
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. SentrySentry
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. SentrySentry
    113. TickTick ×3
    114. SentrySentry
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. SentrySentry
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind ×2
    124. TickTick
    125. SentrySentry
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind ×2
    130. TickTick
    131. SentrySentry
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×2
    134. TickTick ×2
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick ×2
    145. Pit BullPit Bull
    146. Wind ×2
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick
    157. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:47
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. TickTick ×2
    167. Wind
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. TickTick
    171. Decoy Fusion ReactorDecoy Fusion Reactor
    172. Wind
    173. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (46 OS, 19/08/2026); 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 58% 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

1476 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088800
3:002052173106
4:003161658487
5:00424314151020
6:00543323271786
7:00666831762727
8:00791340353627
9:00930148084496
10:001068454295313
11:001224658946034
12:001409665046820
13:001621470167535
14:001807476888398
15:002043282939278
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

RAM_Ricardo

45.6 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
299 metal received · 62327 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=1470
Advanced Metal Extractor9:38Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1084

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