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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 · 409 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 425 · 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 409 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 · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×11
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    21. GuardGuard
    22. ThugThug
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. Mex
  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 · 95 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. ThugThug
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. ThugThug
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Mex ×2
    18. Mex
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Mex
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. ThugThug ×4
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. ThugThug
    32. SentrySentry ×2
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Mex
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Wind
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. ThugThug
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind ×2
    46. GruntGrunt ×3
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:15
    51. Wind
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt ×2
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. CastroCastro
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Energy storage
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    69. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    79. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:29
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    86. GraverobberGraverobber
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GuiTou's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

425 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002065193133
4:003154683643
5:00430516361416
6:00553025472414
7:00672735513533
8:00791944944504
9:00916551675488
10:001041858536283
11:001198063147108
12:001356168307989
13:001521774478812
14:001701882199641
15:0018387878210388
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

GuiTou

36.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
334 metal received · 19926 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=421
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=275

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