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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 0:44 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×5
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×10
  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 · 86 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Mex
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Mex
    20. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:21
    21. Wind ×3
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:25
    28. Mex
    29. RascalRascal
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:21 · typical 9:42
    31. RascalRascal
    32. GarpikeGarpike
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RascalRascal ×7
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. RascalRascal ×2
    39. Solar
    40. RascalRascal
    41. Solar
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Energy storage
    45. RascalRascal ×10
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. RascalRascal
    48. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:24
    49. RascalRascal ×2
    50. ValiantValiant
    51. RascalRascal ×2
    52. ValiantValiant
    53. RascalRascal ×2
    54. ValiantValiant
    55. RascalRascal
    56. Con turret
    57. ValiantValiant
    58. RascalRascal
    59. ValiantValiant
    60. RascalRascal
    61. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:48
    62. RascalRascal ×2
    63. ValiantValiant
    64. RascalRascal ×6
    65. ValiantValiant
    66. RascalRascal
    67. Con turret
    68. RascalRascal
    69. ValiantValiant
    70. RascalRascal ×3
    71. Con turret
    72. RascalRascal
    73. Con turret
    74. RascalRascal
    75. ValiantValiant
    76. RascalRascal ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. RascalRascal ×2
    79. ValiantValiant
    80. Con turret
    81. RascalRascal ×3
    82. ValiantValiant
    83. RascalRascal
    84. GuardGuard
    85. RascalRascal
    86. ValiantValiant

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [GerBoyz]Stinkfisch's (39 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

[GerBoyz]Stinkfisch

39.0 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 74545 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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