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 ×2
2. 0:18Bot Labdone 0:35 · 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 · 38 steps
1. 0:38Graverobber
2. 0:39Mex
3. 0:47Grunt
4. 0:57Graverobber
5. 1:06Con bot
6. 1:08Radar Towerfor Pond
7. 1:20Grunt
8. 1:24Thug ×3
9. 1:45Mex
10. 1:45Thug
11. 1:52Con bot
12. 2:08Con botfor Pond
13. 2:12Guard
14. 2:23Graverobber
15. 2:32Thug ×3
16. 2:51Guard
17. 2:58Thug
18. 3:01Guard
19. 3:06Thug
20. 3:12Con botfor Pond
21. 3:14Pawn
22. 3:15Twin Guard
23. 3:35Con botfor Pond
24. 3:37Guard
25. 3:52Aggravator ×2
26. 4:03Thug
27. 4:10Aggravator
28. 4:12Thug
29. 4:18Aggravator
30. 4:21Thug
31. 4:24Windfor Pond
32. 4:25Aggravator ×2
33. 4:39Windfor Pond
34. 4:40Aggravator
35. 4:43Con turret
36. 4:46Energy storagefor Pond
37. 4:48Aggravator
38. 4:49Windfor Pond
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 · 134 steps
1. 5:04Windfor Pond
2. 5:07Thug
3. 5:11Con turretfor Pond
4. 5:17Radar Tower
5. 5:25Graverobber
6. 5:27Castro
7. 5:34Windfor Pond
8. 5:45Thug
9. 5:46Mex
10. 5:56Thug
11. 5:57Con turret
12. 5:57Graverobber
13. 5:58Windfor Pond
14. 6:00Con turret
15. 6:05Thug
16. 6:15Windfor Pond
17. 6:24Guard
18. 6:32Windfor Pond
19. 6:35Graverobber
20. 6:36Thistle
21. 6:49Windfor Pond
22. 6:57Graverobber
23. 7:01Windfor Pond
24. 7:06Graverobber
25. 7:08Castro
26. 7:12Windfor Pond
27. 7:23Thug
28. 7:24Windfor Pond
29. 7:31Thug ×2
30. 7:40Windfor Pond
31. 7:51Thug
32. 7:52Windfor Pond
33. 7:58Thug
34. 8:02Mex
35. 8:03Windfor Pond
36. 8:06Thug
37. 8:12T2 mexfor Ponddone 9:47 · typical 9:42
38. 8:13Thug
39. 8:14Windfor Pond
40. 8:15Con turretfor Pond
41. 8:22T2 mexfor Pond
42. 8:26Windfor Pond
43. 8:36T2 mex
44. 8:38Wind ×2for Pond
45. 8:59T2 mex
46. 9:04Wind ×3for Pond
47. 9:51Con turretfor Pond
48. 9:56Windfor Pond
49. 9:59Energy storagefor Pond
50. 10:03Bot Labdone 10:09
51. 10:05Vehicle Plantdone 10:17
52. 10:08Wind
53. 10:10Energy storagefor Pond
54. 10:10Guard
55. 10:15Tick
56. 10:22Thistle
57. 10:23Incisor
58. 10:24Brute
59. 10:28Con turret
60. 10:29Brute
61. 10:30Thistle
62. 10:30Tick
63. 10:34Con turret
64. 10:36Wind
65. 10:36Tick
66. 10:39Wind
67. 10:40Con turretfor Pond
68. 10:41Thistle
69. 10:42Brute
70. 10:42Wind
71. 10:43Tick
72. 10:44Rattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
73. 10:51Pounderfor Pond
74. 10:52Wind
75. 10:54Tick
76. 10:58Wind
77. 10:59Tick
78. 11:01Brutefor Pond
79. 11:01Tickfor Pond
80. 11:02Wind
81. 11:05Tick
82. 11:06Wind
83. 11:06Brutefor Pond
84. 11:07Tick
85. 11:11Wind
86. 11:11Tick
87. 11:11Brute
88. 11:13Wind
89. 11:13Tick
90. 11:17Pounder
91. 11:17Tick ×2
92. 11:20Wind
93. 11:21Windfor Pond
94. 11:21Tick
95. 11:22Wind
96. 11:22Incisorfor Pond
97. 11:23Tick
98. 11:26Windfor Pond
99. 11:26Tick
100. 11:27Incisor
101. 11:28Tick
102. 11:31Incisor
103. 11:31Tick
104. 11:31Windfor Pond
105. 11:35Tick
106. 11:35Incisor
107. 11:36Windfor Pond
108. 11:37Tick ×2
109. 11:40Incisor
110. 11:41Windfor Pond
111. 11:41Rattlesnake
112. 11:41Tick
113. 11:42Guard
114. 11:43Tick
115. 11:44Incisor
116. 11:46Windfor Pond
117. 11:49Tick
118. 11:52Wind ×2for Pond
119. 12:01Incisor
120. 12:10Windfor Pond
121. 12:12Dragon's Teeth ×2
122. 12:16Windfor Pond
123. 12:19Dragon's Teeth ×2
124. 12:23Windfor Pond
125. 12:26Dragon's Teeth ×2
126. 12:30Windfor Pond
127. 12:31Dragon's Teeth ×2
128. 12:35Dragon's Teethfor Geo
129. 12:35Windfor Pond
130. 12:39Dragon's Teeth ×2
131. 12:41Windfor Pond
132. 12:42Dragon's Teeth
133. 12:45Dragon's Teethfor Geo
134. 12:46Windfor Geo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Maco's (53 OS, 04/09/2026); 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

[Cookie]Maco

53.3 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

40 received units · includes a constructor
126 metal received · 57673 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31193-76ced98
Naval balance tweaks on

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

[Cookie]Maco

Typical milestones

Played most by

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