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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug ×4
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard ×2
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. GuardGuard
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. ThugThug
    29. GuardGuard
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug ×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 · 60 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug
    3. Mex ×2
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug ×4
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. ThugThug ×4
    22. Mex
    23. AgitatorAgitatordone 10:56
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:23
    29. Mex
    30. GraverobberGraverobber ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. OverwatchOverwatch
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Mex
    37. Wind ×3
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Solar
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind ×2
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. BeamerBeamer
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Mex
    56. ShellshockerArty
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Atlasfailed's (36 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Atlasfailed

36.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
78 metal received · 18057 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

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