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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 410 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 426 · 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 410 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 0:27–0:44

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 49 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. GuardGuard
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind ×2
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Con turret
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. Wind
    46. AggravatorAggravator
    47. Wind
    48. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    49. Wind ×2
  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
    • Thug5 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator

    Some games also: energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Twin Guard (32%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 167 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind
    5. ThistleThistle
    6. Wind ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Wind ×2
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Wind
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. Wind ×2
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. CastroCastro
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Wind
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Wind
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Wind
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind ×3
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×2
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Metal storage
    35. Con turret
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:04
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt ×3
    43. Mex
    44. GruntGrunt ×2
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind ×2
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. GuardGuard ×2
    50. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:35
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×3
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind ×2
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind ×2
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Con turret
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Wind ×2
    68. GuardGuard
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind ×2
    73. GruntGrunt ×4
    74. Wind ×2
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:55 · typical 9:41
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. Mex
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind ×2
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Mex
    97. Wind
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    99. Mex
    100. Wind
    101. CastroCastro
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Energy storage
    104. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:52
    105. Energy storage
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. HerculesLight transport
    108. CastroCastro
    109. Wind
    110. JunoJuno
    111. Wind
    112. HerculesLight transport
    113. Wind ×2
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:48
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. Con turret
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    122. Wind
    123. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    124. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:19
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    126. Wind
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    128. GuardGuard
    129. Wind
    130. GuardGuard ×2
    131. Wind
    132. UmbraJammer
    133. ProphetRadar vehicle
    134. Wind
    135. ShredderShredderdone 13:16
    136. Wind
    137. ConsulConsulfor Front
    138. StarlightStarlightdone 13:45
    139. Wind
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. Converter
    142. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. StarlightStarlight
    148. Wind
    149. Converter
    150. Wind
    151. Converter
    152. TracerTracer
    153. Wind
    154. ConsulConsulfor Front
    155. Converter
    156. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:35
    157. Wind
    158. GuardGuard
    159. Wind
    160. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    161. GuardGuard
    162. AmbassadorAmbassador
    163. Converter
    164. GuardGuard
    165. Con turret ×3
    166. Converter
    167. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:33 · in 56% 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

426 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002064194133
4:003154682645
5:00430316331418
6:00553025392419
7:00672035523537
8:00791944944525
9:00915251605480
10:001040958576293
11:001194663357112
12:001355368317999
13:001518474488814
14:001702082219599
15:0018420878610385
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

PRO_Rerory

50.1 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
863 metal received · 34939 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:27–0:44 · n=422
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=276

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