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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 · 31 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind ×2
    6. PawnPawn
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. PawnPawn ×3
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Mex ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    15. Mex
    16. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. SentrySentry
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. RocketeerRocketeer ×7
  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 · 84 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Energy storage
    5. PawnPawn
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Energy storage
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Wind ×4
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret ×3
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×9
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 9:36
    36. Wind ×6
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×12
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:53
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. VeilVeil
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. LazarusLazarus
    61. Wind
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15
    77. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    78. Con turret ×3
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:41
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Energy storage
    83. LazarusLazarus ×4
    84. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Immort

54.3 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
67 metal received · 46430 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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