Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

0:03Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
by 0:34Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
2:12Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
9:42Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
10:00+Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 353 GAMES

1
20:17
35:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:17
Economy
- 1Mex
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:17after 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:26–0:44
By 0:17 in all: 1 mex
The example game in this phase · 2 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:28Bot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:34
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:17 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 3Wind
Builders
- 4 Graverobber
- 3 Con bot
Army
- 3 Guard
- 14 Thug
- 3 Grunt
- 2 Aggravator
Other
- 1 Radar Tower
By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind
The example game in this phase · 48 steps
1. 0:46Wind ×2
2. 0:54Con bot
3. 0:59Wind
4. 1:06Con bot
5. 1:16Guard
6. 1:23Con bot
7. 1:37Aggravator
8. 1:42Mex
9. 1:44Aggravator ×4
10. 2:03Grunt
11. 2:07Aggravator ×3
12. 2:20Guard
13. 2:24Con turret
14. 2:29Aggravator
15. 2:30Mex
16. 2:38Guard
17. 2:49Radar Tower
18. 2:54Aggravator
19. 3:01Converter
20. 3:02Wind
21. 3:04Aggravator
22. 3:08Wind
23. 3:08Guard
24. 3:19Aggravator
25. 3:19Wind
26. 3:24Converter
27. 3:28Grunt
28. 3:29Wind
29. 3:36Converter
30. 3:37Grunt
31. 3:41Wind
32. 3:46Aggravator
33. 3:46Converter
34. 3:52Wind
35. 3:53Aggravator
36. 4:00Converter
37. 4:02Wind
38. 4:03Aggravator
39. 4:06Graverobber
40. 4:13Converter
41. 4:18Graverobber
42. 4:20Wind ×2
43. 4:31Graverobber
44. 4:35Wind ×2
45. 4:42Graverobber
46. 4:46Wind ×2
47. 4:53Graverobber
48. 4:56Wind ×2
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 14Wind
Builders
- 2 Con turret
- 2 Graverobber
- 1 Con bot
Army
- 1 Guard
- 6 Thug
- 3 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 · 186 steps
1. 5:04Grunt
2. 5:06Wind ×2
3. 5:10Grunt
4. 5:19Wind ×2
5. 5:20Aggravator
6. 5:29Wind
7. 5:31Aggravator
8. 5:32Wind
9. 5:37Con turret
10. 5:42Wind
11. 5:44Aggravator
12. 5:47Thug ×2
13. 5:52Wind ×2
14. 5:59Thug
15. 6:02Wind ×2
16. 6:08Thug
17. 6:08Con turret
18. 6:15Wind
19. 6:16Energy storage
20. 6:21Thug
21. 6:25Con turret
22. 6:31Thug
23. 6:33Wind
24. 6:36Con turret
25. 6:46Thug
26. 6:47Wind ×2
27. 6:59Thug
28. 7:00Wind ×2
29. 7:11Thug
30. 7:13Wind ×2
31. 7:18Vehicle Plantdone 7:25
32. 7:21Wind ×2
33. 7:26Con vehicle
34. 7:27Wind ×2
35. 7:35Con vehicle
36. 7:36Wind ×3
37. 7:49Brute
38. 7:49Wind ×2
39. 8:04Brute
40. 8:10Converter
41. 8:13Con turret
42. 8:17Brute
43. 8:18Converter
44. 8:33Brute
45. 8:34Converter ×2
46. 8:49Con vehicle
47. 8:50Converter
48. 8:52Con turret
49. 8:53Converter
50. 8:56Brute
51. 8:58Converter ×3
52. 9:15Brute
53. 9:15T2 mexdone 10:42 · typical 9:42
54. 9:17Converter ×2
55. 9:30Wind
56. 9:33Converter ×2
57. 9:34Brute
58. 9:36Converter
59. 9:36Wind
60. 9:42Converter
61. 9:47Wind
62. 9:47Con turret
63. 9:47T2 mex
64. 9:52Brute
65. 9:54Converter ×3
66. 10:30Wind
67. 10:37Converter
68. 10:45Wind
69. 10:51Converter ×2
70. 10:55Con turret
71. 10:56Wind
72. 11:01Converter
73. 11:02Fortification Wall
74. 11:04T2 mex
75. 11:04Fortification Wall
76. 11:04Wind
77. 11:06Fortification Wall
78. 11:06Incisor
79. 11:09Fortification Wall
80. 11:10Converter
81. 11:13Fortification Wall
82. 11:15Wind
83. 11:18Fortification Wall ×2
84. 11:23Converter
85. 11:25Fortification Wall
86. 11:27Wind
87. 11:29Fortification Wall ×2
88. 11:33Incisor
89. 11:35Fortification Wall
90. 11:35Converter
91. 11:35Wind
92. 11:39Fortification Wall
93. 11:39Wind
94. 11:40Incisor ×2
95. 11:45Wind ×2
96. 11:45T2 mex
97. 11:47Converter
98. 11:49Incisor
99. 11:51Wind ×3
100. 11:59Rattlesnakedone 13:06
101. 12:00Wind ×2
102. 12:06Converter
103. 12:09Wind
104. 12:13Incisor
105. 12:14Wind ×2
106. 12:26Incisor
107. 12:26Converter
108. 12:31Wind ×4
109. 12:48Converter
110. 12:50Wind ×2
111. 12:54Incisor
112. 12:58Converter
113. 13:04Wind ×2
114. 13:04Con turret
115. 13:06Fortification Wall
116. 13:10Wind
117. 13:11Fortification Wall
118. 13:13Wind
119. 13:13Bot Labdone 13:49
120. 13:14Con turret
121. 13:15Wind
122. 13:16Fortification Wall
123. 13:17Incisor
124. 13:18Converter
125. 13:20Fortification Wall
126. 13:21Wind ×2
127. 13:24Fortification Wall
128. 13:26Incisor
129. 13:26Con turret
130. 13:27Wind ×3
131. 13:34Con turret
132. 13:35Converter
133. 13:37Wind ×2
134. 13:43Incisor
135. 13:45Wind
136. 13:45Converter
137. 13:49Wind
138. 13:49Lazarus
139. 13:51Wind
140. 13:51Incisor
141. 13:54Lazarus
142. 13:56Wind
143. 13:57Incisor
144. 13:59Wind
145. 13:59T2 mex
146. 13:59Converter
147. 13:59Lazarus
148. 14:02Incisor
149. 14:06Wind
150. 14:06Lazarus
151. 14:08Wind
152. 14:08Incisor
153. 14:10Converter
154. 14:12Lazarus
155. 14:15Incisor
156. 14:17Wind ×2
157. 14:18Lazarus
158. 14:21Incisor
159. 14:22Converter
160. 14:22Wind
161. 14:22Lazarus
162. 14:23Wind
163. 14:24Incisor
164. 14:25Lazarus
165. 14:28Wind
166. 14:28Incisor
167. 14:30Lazarus
168. 14:33Wind
169. 14:33Incisor
170. 14:35Wind
171. 14:35Lazarus
172. 14:39Incisor
173. 14:39Wind ×2
174. 14:44Incisor
175. 14:46Wind
176. 14:47Incisor
177. 14:47Wind ×2
178. 14:49Incisor
179. 14:50Wind ×2
180. 14:52Incisor
181. 14:53Wind
182. 14:54Incisor
183. 14:56Wind ×2
184. 14:57Incisor
185. 14:58Wind
186. 14:59Incisor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Horlof's (39 OS, 05/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	273	0	0
2:00	956	0	0
3:00	2058	191	130
4:00	3151	663	628
5:00	4328	1697	1420
6:00	5534	2565	2380
7:00	6768	3564	3465
8:00	7971	4505	4456
9:00	9234	5186	5453
10:00	10450	5811	6293
11:00	11946	6288	7124
12:00	13612	6815	8150
13:00	15306	7461	8924
14:00	17054	8221	9879
15:00	18776	8872	10532

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

Horlof

39.1 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
3 metal received · 47720 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-30868-0097ecc
Naval balance tweaks off

Standard suicide front

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Horlof

Typical milestones

Played most by

Supporting games