BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    8. GruntGrunt ×4
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. GuardGuard ×2
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GuardGuard ×2
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. GuardGuard
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×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 · 121 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    3. GuardGuard
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×3
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. CastroCastro
    24. Energy storage
    25. Wind ×7
    26. Con turret
    27. Energy storage
    28. Wind ×2
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:41
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Con turret ×2
    41. GruntGrunt ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. GruntGrunt ×6
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind ×2
    66. GruntGrunt ×7
    67. Wind
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. GraverobberGraverobber
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Con turret
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. Wind
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:31
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×5
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. GraverobberGraverobber
    106. Wind
    107. GraverobberGraverobber
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt ×6
    111. Advanced solar
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    114. Advanced solar
    115. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:38
    116. CenturionCenturion
    117. Cortex CommanderCortex Commander
    118. Advanced solar
    119. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    120. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    121. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Immort

54.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1099 metal received · 35329 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

Played most by

_X_64games of this build_Hawkey_44games of this buildImmort30games of this buildGuiTou25games of this buildViltrum23games of this build
Standard suicide front · Cortex Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas