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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 · 32 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. TickTick
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. SentrySentry
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
  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 · 92 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Mex
    5. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. RocketeerRocketeer ×5
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×9
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer ×10
    14. CenturionCenturion
    15. Con turret
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:38
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Wind
    20. CenturionCenturion
    21. Wind ×4
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Wind ×3
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind ×3
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind ×4
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. Wind
    36. LazarusLazarus
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Wind ×2
    45. CenturionCenturion
    46. Wind ×2
    47. CenturionCenturion
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. CenturionCenturion
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. CenturionCenturion
    57. Wind ×2
    58. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:57
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Energy storage
    66. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    69. Wind
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    71. Energy storage
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. CenturionCenturion
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    77. Energy storage
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Wind
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    83. Wind
    84. ScorpionScorpion
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Wind
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RTX177013's (35 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

RTX177013

35.3 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
16 metal received · 10450 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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