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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. ThugThug
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. TrasherTrasher
    23. GuardGuard
    24. GruntGrunt ×4
    25. Solar
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×3
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
  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. ThugThug ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:52
    4. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGrunt ×3
    8. Wind
    9. AgitatorAgitator
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. ThugThug
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. ThugThug
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. KarkinosKarkinos
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. Wind
    22. AgitatorAgitator
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. SAMSAM
    30. Wind
    31. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Con turret
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. SAMSAM
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:03
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Con turret
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    52. Con turret
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Con turret
    55. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Con turret
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (60 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

_Hawkey_

60.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
22 metal received · 23152 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

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