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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline bot lab opening: secure mexes, push out Thugs, Aggravators and Grunts to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives.

#rush · 353 distinct matches · 76 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 366 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:34

  1. Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
  5. Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 353 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

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:26–0:44

    By 0:17 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug14 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator2 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×4
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. TrasherTrasher
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (50%) · energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (44%) · Twin Guard (31%) · converter (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 125 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. JanusJanus
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Solar
    13. MaceMace
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. MaceMace
    19. ThugThug
    20. MaceMace
    21. ThugThug
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. Mex
    25. Con turret
    26. MaceMace
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. MaceMace
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. MaceMace
    31. Con turret
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. MaceMace
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Con turret
    37. MaceMace
    38. GruntGrunt ×3
    39. Con turret
    40. Energy storage
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind ×2
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:42
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Wind
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Wind
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Solar
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Solar
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced solar
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Solar ×2
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Advanced solar
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. Advanced solar
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Advanced solar
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Con turret
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:25
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. Advanced solar
    90. GruntGrunt ×3
    91. Con turret
    92. BruteBrute
    93. IncisorIncisor
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Advanced solar
    96. IncisorIncisor
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. IncisorIncisor
    100. GraverobberGraverobber
    101. WardenWarden
    102. IncisorIncisor
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. GraverobberGraverobber
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    108. IncisorIncisor
    109. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    110. GraverobberGraverobber
    111. IncisorIncisor
    112. GraverobberGraverobber
    113. IncisorIncisor
    114. Advanced solar
    115. GraverobberGraverobber
    116. IncisorIncisor
    117. GraverobberGraverobber
    118. IncisorIncisor
    119. GraverobberGraverobber
    120. IncisorIncisor ×2
    121. GraverobberGraverobber
    122. IncisorIncisor
    123. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    124. GraverobberGraverobber
    125. StarlightStarlightdone 14:57

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (61 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 7:32 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

366 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027300
2:0095600
3:002058191130
4:003151663628
5:00432816971420
6:00553425652380
7:00676835643465
8:00797145054456
9:00923451865453
10:001045058116293
11:001194662887124
12:001361268158150
13:001530674618924
14:001705482219879
15:0018776887210532
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline aggressive job, winning half its games while both dealing and taking heavy metal losses fighting at middle.

  • + Fastest Bot Lab of any role (0:34), gets units fighting almost immediately.
  • + Destroys 8805 enemy metal by 15:00 through constant middle pressure.
  • − Loses 10461 own metal by 15:00, more than it destroys.
  • − Metal production lags behind other front role at 18297 by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_Hawkey_

60.7 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
498 metal received · 15946 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:26–0:44 · n=362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:42Middle 50%: 8:46–10:57 · n=238

Played most by

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