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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Mex
    8. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    9. Mex
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. ThugThug
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. GuardGuard
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. GuardGuard
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. PawnPawn
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. GuardGuard
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×3
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
  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 · 123 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Con turret
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. GuardGuard
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind ×2
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Con turret ×2
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Wind ×3
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind ×2
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind ×2
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind ×2
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind ×2
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. JellyfishJellyfish
    53. Wind ×3
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. Wind ×5
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Mex
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Converter
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GraverobberGraverobber
    76. Converter
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Converter
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. Converter
    81. GruntGrunt ×2
    82. JellyfishJellyfish
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. GruntGrunt ×8
    86. GraverobberGraverobber
    87. Mex
    88. GruntGrunt ×6
    89. Converter
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. GraverobberGraverobber
    92. Converter
    93. Con turret
    94. GruntGrunt ×3
    95. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Converter
    98. GruntGrunt ×3
    99. Converter
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. ScorpionScorpion
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. CastroCastro
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Con turret
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:17
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Mex
    119. GraverobberGraverobber
    120. HerculesLight transport ×2
    121. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    122. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    123. Mex ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (36 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.6 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
84 metal received · 32221 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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