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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 51 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Mex ×2
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Mex
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Con turret
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. BeholderBeholder
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Energy storage
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    44. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    45. Converter
    46. AggravatorAggravator
    47. Converter
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Con turret
  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 · 52 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. BeholderBeholder
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Con turret
    5. BeholderBeholder
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:36
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. CastroCastro
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. Wind
    14. GuardGuard ×2
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Wind
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Wind
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Wind ×2
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Wind
    33. CastroCastro
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:41
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Wind
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Wind ×3
    47. GuardGuard
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. Mex
    50. GuardGuard
    51. Pit BullPit Bull
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (46 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

Gieds

45.5 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

28 received units · includes a constructor
28 metal received · 18054 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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