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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 · 369 distinct matches · 77 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 382 · 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 369 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 0:49 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×4
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. TrasherTrasher
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. ThugThug
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. Mex
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Mex
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. ThugThug ×5
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. GuardGuard
    29. ThugThug
    30. SentrySentry
    31. ThugThug
  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 (48%) · Radar Tower (43%) · Twin Guard (32%) · converter (30%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 54 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. TrasherTrasher ×2
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug
    16. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Mex
    20. GruntGrunt ×3
    21. Mex
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    24. GruntGrunt ×10
    25. Solar
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Mex
    38. GruntGrunt ×8
    39. Mex
    40. GruntGrunt ×6
    41. Mex
    42. GruntGrunt ×2
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Energy storage
    45. CastroCastro
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Wind
    48. Wind
    49. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:19
    50. Wind
    51. SentrySentry ×3
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    54. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (60 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

382 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027500
2:0096400
3:002059193133
4:003151673635
5:00432816931420
6:00553225612403
7:00677035643490
8:00795044984460
9:00923452115483
10:001046558576310
11:001198963667149
12:001361268318150
13:001518475068924
14:001695583189835
15:0018357890410495
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_

60.3 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
355 metal received · 33383 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=378
Advanced Metal Extractor9:40Middle 50%: 8:45–10:57 · n=246

Played most by

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