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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 · 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

  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 353 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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:40 · 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
    • Aggravator2 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug ×5
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×4
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. ThugThug
    28. GuardGuard
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Con turret
    32. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    33. GuardGuard
    34. ThugThug
    35. GuardGuard
    36. ThugThug
    37. Twin GuardTwin Guard
  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 (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 · 145 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. GuardGuard
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. ThugThug
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Wind
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. ThugThug
    31. ThistleThistle
    32. Wind
    33. GuardGuard
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. ThistleThistle
    37. GuardGuard
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Wind
    40. GuardGuard
    41. Wind
    42. GuardGuard
    43. ThugThug ×2
    44. GuardGuard
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. GuardGuard
    50. ThugThug
    51. GuardGuard
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. GuardGuard
    55. Con turret
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Mex
    58. ThugThug
    59. Mex
    60. ThugThug
    61. Mex ×2
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. ThugThug
    65. Mex
    66. ThugThug ×4
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. Con turret
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind
    71. GraverobberGraverobber
    72. GruntGrunt ×3
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind ×2
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. AgitatorAgitatordone 12:24
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. GraverobberGraverobber
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. Wind
    111. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. RocketeerRocketeer
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind ×4
    117. GruntGrunt ×4
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Con turret
    121. GraverobberGraverobber
    122. Wind
    123. Energy storage
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×2
    127. GuardGuard
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. GuardGuard
    130. GruntGrunt ×2
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:29 · typical 9:42
    132. Wind
    133. Mex
    134. Wind
    135. GuardGuard
    136. FatboyFatboydone 14:11
    137. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GuardGuard
    141. GraverobberGraverobber
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Atlasfailed's (36 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 7:32 · 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
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027300
2:0095600
3:002058191130
4:003151663628
5:00432816971420
6:00553425652380
7:00676835643465
8:00797145054456
9:00923451865453
10:001045058116293
11:001194662887124
12:001361268158150
13:001530674618924
14:001705482219879
15:0018776887210532
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

[Grump]Atlasfailed

36.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
878 metal received · 66973 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

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