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 · 1289 distinct matches · 127 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1527 · 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 1289 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
17 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 · 39 steps
Tick
Lazarus
Con bot
Sentry
Con botfor Pond
Con bot- Mex ×2
Centurion- Mex
Lazarus
Sentry
Rocketeer
Con bot
Lazarus
Rocketeer- Wind
Rocketeer- Wind
Radar Tower
Rocketeer ×2
Sentry
Rocketeer ×2
Centurion
Rocketeer ×5
Con bot
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Con bot
Dragon's Teeth ×2
Sentry
Pawn ×2
Radar Tower
Pawn
Rocketeer ×2- Mex
Radar Tower
Sentry
Centurion
Radar Tower- Energy storage
- 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 (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 · 178 steps
Rocketeer ×5- Con turret
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×3
Centurion
Rocketeer- Wind
Con bot- Wind
Sentry- Wind
Con bot- Wind
Rocketeer- Wind
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth ×2- Wind
- Con turret
Dragon's Teeth
Rocketeer
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Sneaky Pete
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Rocketeer- Wind
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Centurion
Overwatch- Wind ×2
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Rocketeer- Wind
Beamer
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
- Energy storage
Rocketeer
Con bot- Converter
- Wind
Centurion- Wind
- Mex
- Wind
- Converter
Centurion- Wind
- Con turret
- Wind ×2
- Converter
Rocketeer- Wind
- Converter
- Wind
Centurion- Wind
- Mex
- Converter
Rocketeer ×2- Converter
Radar Tower
Rocketeer- Converter
Rocketeer- Converter ×2
Sentry
Rocketeer- Converter
Rocketeer- Converter ×2
Pawn
Sneaky Pete
T2 mexdone 11:01 · typical 9:36
Rocketeer- Wind ×2
Radar Tower
Centurion
Tick- Wind ×2
Tick ×2- Wind ×2
Tick ×3- Wind ×2
Tick
T2 mex
Tick ×2- Wind
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth- Wind ×2
Tick
Pit Bull
Tick ×2
Dragon's Teeth- Wind
Tick- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Tick
Dragon's Teeth- Wind ×2
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Tick ×2
Dragon's Teeth
T2 mex
Tick- Wind
Dragon's Teeth
Tick- Wind
Tick
Dragon's Teeth
Tick- Wind ×2
Tick ×3- Wind ×2
Tick ×4- Wind ×2
Tick ×2
Rattlesnakedone 13:32
Tick ×2- Wind
Tick- Wind
Tick ×4- Wind ×2
Tick ×5- Wind
Tick ×2- Wind
Tick ×2- Wind ×2
Tick ×2- Wind
Tick- Wind
Tick ×2
Pit Bull- Wind
Tick- Wind
Tick- Con turret
Tick- Wind
Tick- Wind
Tick ×2- Wind
- Con turret
- Wind
Tick ×3- Wind
Rattlesnake
Tick- Wind
Tick ×2- Wind
Tick
Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (45 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 7:31 · in 59% 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
1527 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 | 2050 | 179 | 106 |
| 4:00 | 3161 | 658 | 496 |
| 5:00 | 4243 | 1412 | 1026 |
| 6:00 | 5433 | 2297 | 1789 |
| 7:00 | 6670 | 3175 | 2710 |
| 8:00 | 7920 | 4029 | 3619 |
| 9:00 | 9317 | 4789 | 4495 |
| 10:00 | 10697 | 5422 | 5316 |
| 11:00 | 12265 | 5899 | 6054 |
| 12:00 | 14114 | 6490 | 6830 |
| 13:00 | 16230 | 7009 | 7536 |
| 14:00 | 18114 | 7680 | 8373 |
| 15:00 | 20466 | 8316 | 9249 |
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
HotDawg
44.6 OS · 27/09/2026
Open source match ↗8 received units · includes a constructor
116 metal received · 54346 energy received
Typical milestones
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